Cue another Poilievre re-brand "The key to success is sincerity. If you can fake that, you've got it made"

At the Parliamentary press gallery dinner this weekend, Pierre Poilievre actually made fun of himself:

Right wing journalists were ecstatic. "Poilievre steals the show at parliamentary press gallery dinner" posted Rebel News.

Pierre Poilievre's Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner speech, with comments by Moose on the Loose. LOVE it!! Way to go @pierrepoilievre!
Pierre CRASHES Ottawa Press Gallery Dinner With HILARIOUS Speech No One ... https://t.co/gUO1tLRN6y via @YouTube

— 🇨🇦 tbdawn 🇨🇦 (@tbdawn) December 2, 2025

So I suspect we're seeing the start of another Poilievre "rebranding" attempt

As George Burns once said "The key to success is sincerity. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

And these are mostly old cartoons - he's been trying for years to figure out how to get Canadians to like him. 

Here's some more recent ones:

Rachel Gilmore makes a good point:

This would be a lot funnier if he showed any remorse for the journalist he disrespected in that apple-chewing moment (and the many others he’s attacked) Without that, it just kinda feels like all the press and pundits cheering are saying “yeah that was fine, this is all a game”

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— Rachel Gilmore (@rachelgilmore.bsky.social) November 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM

I couldn't find a clip of Carney's speech alone, but here are some excerpts:

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Don Davies' speech was also very good.

Decision desk is calling it: interim NDP leader Don Davies wins Press Gallery Dinner speeches. https://t.co/E5KxxHDMbL

— Glen E. McGregor (@glen_mcgregor) November 30, 2025

Here is the full dinner - Carney at 40 minutes, Poilievre at 1 hour 10 minutes, and Davies at 1 hour 44 minutes:

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So I guess we'll see how long this re-brand lasts - and whether Poilievre can actually make it through that leadership vote in January: