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While everyone’s contemplating the etymology of various Br’er Rabbit references, note the phrase Pierre Poilievre used immediately before.

Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we have a leader, a real Canadian leader.

This, you might not realize, is a sly reference to one of the more effective American campaign ads of the 1980s. Clip after the jump.

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