Category: Pierre Poilievre

Tory MP to Table Bill That Would Repeal Assisted Suicide Extension for the Mentally Ill

Conservative MP Ed Fast says he will be introducing a private member’s bill that seeks to repeal the planned extension of Canada’s medically assisted suicide laws to include individuals whose sole medical condition is mental illness. Fast made the announcement in Ottawa on March 6 during a press conference in which he was joined by…


Poilievre Joins Mounting Calls for Public Inquiry into Beijing Election Interference Allegations

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has joined a growing list of officials and politicians who are calling for a public inquiry into allegations of Beijing’s interference in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections. “Conservatives are announcing today we support an independent and public inquiry,” Poilievre said while speaking to reporters in Ottawa on March 1. Poilievre…


Liberals, Conservatives, NDP Start Stepping Back From TikTok Video App

Canadian politicians have started deactivating their TikTok accounts after the federal government and House of Commons both decided to ban the app from their devices. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has already suspended his use of the TikTok video app and a spokesman says all members of caucus will do the same. Treasury Board President Mona…


Prime Minister Hopeful Poilievre Makes Election Promises to Axe Carbon Tax, Cap Government Spending

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will axe the carbon tax and will cap government spending with a new dollar-for-dollar law if he is elected prime minister in the next federal election. “Politicians need laws to limit their spending. They need to be disciplined by law or they will spend irresponsibly,” said Poilievre. “It’s time that politicians…


European Lawmaker Denounced by Trudeau and Poilievre After Meeting With Tory MPs

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre on Feb. 24 criticized a visiting European politician, both calling her views “hateful” and “vile.” “Consistently, we see Conservative parliamentarians and people who should know better associating themselves with folks responsible for a particularly vile level of rhetoric and hatred,” Trudeau said during a press…


Trudeau Responds to Poilievre’s Call to Close Roxham Road Border Crossing

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today responded to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call for Ottawa to close the Roxham Road unofficial border crossing within 30 days, saying that the action would not reduce the high number of asylum-seekers entering Canada. “Could somebody put up barricades and a big wall?” Trudeau said while speaking to reporters on…


Closing Roxham Road Won’t Stop Asylum-Seekers From Entering Canada, Trudeau Says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today responded to recent calls for Ottawa to close the Roxham Road unofficial border crossing, saying that the action would not reduce the high number of asylum-seekers entering Canada. “For years we have been focused on closing Roxham Road. The challenge is not to say ‘oh, we should close it’—the challenge…


Poilievre Calls on Trudeau to Close Roxham Road Unofficial Border Crossing Within 30 Days

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to close the unofficial border crossing at Roxham Road in Quebec within the next 30 days. “If Canada is a country, then it has borders, and if the prime minister is the head of the government, he is responsible for protecting those borders,” Poilievre…


Poilievre Condemns Trudeau Response to Convoy as Divisive, Following Release of Rouleau Report

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau divided Canadians by his speech and actions against the Freedom Convoy, despite Justice Paul Rouleau’s conclusion that the use of the Emergencies Act to clear convoy protests was justifiable. In his press conference in Calgary on Feb. 17, Poilievre didn’t refute Rouleau’s finding, but accused the…


Poilievre Responds to Remarks From CBC President That He’s Stoking ‘CBC Bashing’ in Canada

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has responded to recent comments by CBC’s President and CEO, Catherine Tait, who said that the federal opposition leader has been stoking criticism of the government-funded public broadcaster. “CBC’s overpaid President & CEO is not even pretending to be unbiased,” Poilievre wrote in a Twitter post on Feb. 9. “She launched…