Episode 14: Our MP's Derangement + Bots Is Not Peterborough, or Canada

This will be a short column because really, what more is there to say about Peterborough MP Michelle Ferreri, beyond her hatred of all things Liberal, woke, Trudeau, Carney?

We just have to live through her increasingly desperate attempts at keeping attention on herself and the Conservative Party amidst Poilievre's spectacular fall in the polls, a 30 point lead gone in just a month.  

EKOS Research has another set of polling numbers being made public in a few hours, the gist of which he hinted at last night:

Well, Michelle is not having it and launched into a 6 minute car rant video a few days ago, which starts off like this:

Struggling for relevance in a Party swamped by sinking numbers, screeching messaging that's no longer resonating with the public, she's been given no discernable role at this period in time. Struggling for attention from her leadership cabal, both front and backroom, where behind closed doors, they're trying to pivot their messaging and the public perception of their Leader. Struggling to make video content with the House of Commons & Committees prorogued and her video clip factory shut down. 

Their Canada First Rally was by all measures a flop, more staffers and family members than actual public, with plenty of social media posts about the Conservatives who came to Ottawa on hired buses but never made it inside the Rally room. 

But I digress. This week's car rant video is over the top in its desperation. She is practically jumping through the screen at us in her rage.

"Control the media, control the people", she rages.

"Liberals want to nearly double CBC funding as an investment in National Security," reading a National Post headline that's made her head explode. 

Her response?  "Liberals want to pay off the CBC to control their messaging...they just bought off the media again and this is the reality. This. Is. The. Reality...They're getting paid to tell the Liberal and NDP messaging."

Now anyone even slightly sane knows this is absolutely not true. But Michelle Ferreri has created a 6 minute video ranting about this, about Carney, telling her followers to never watch or listen to CBC, throwing all sorts of lies in to rile up her followers.

Stats from this video over the course of 2 days. If you look at the Twitter stats, the push is unbelievable. And the numbers are much much higher, based on continued sharing:

Musk's algorithm manipulation and the Conservative Bot armies' impact is real.

With these views and shares, this video is now on other platforms, including TikTok, racking up thousands and thousands of more views.

The lack of limits around MPs' use of social media is a big problem in this country and one that must be addressed. 

This is our Federal Representative of Peterborough Constituents in the House of Commons, our voice. 

We pay her $4,000 per day in salary and expenses, reaching just under $3 million by the time an election is over.

If you are a Constituent like me, does this represent you?