Does Pierre Poilievre Admire Pete Hegseth?

Quiet Canines Podcast · Jul 8, 2026 · 2m

What does Pierre Poilievre mean by “woke” culture? He must have read Pete Hegseth’s book, The War on Warriors. Last year, Hegseth told U.S. military leaders he wanted to end what he called “woke” culture in the army. He said: “For too long we’ve promoted too many uniformed leaders for the wrong reasons. Based on their race. Based on gender quotas. Based on historic, so called firsts. We became the woke department. But not anymore.”

Hegseth is conflating woke with DEI, or diversity, equity, inclusion. So what he’s really saying is that women, Black people, Indigenous people, LGBTQ people, or…