Populism has negative connotations because it's often based upon ill considered viewpoints.

There's nothing wrong with a sense of pride in your country, however when you start to think you're better than others, that's an issue.

Populism is the politics of Rob Ford, uneducated, inarticulate, ineffective and counter productive to society.

The biggest issues facing Canadians is climate change, and unemployment due to lack of skills and education.

The old high pay, low skill jobs have been absorbed by automation, the government needs to get going on re-training workers and providing more STEM education, at lower cost to a wider group of Canadians.