In a speech at an annual conference for financial markets professionals, Pierre Poilievre told attendees that private companies are less susceptible to “woke capitalism” than public entities, while criticizing those he described as “self-serving elites.”
The federal Conservative leadership candidate made the comments as he delivered the opening keynote on May 5 at the Private Capital Markets Association’s Spring Conference 2022. It was the fourth year he participated in the conference. A few hours later, he took part in the first Conservative leadership debate alongside four of his rivals.
“This woke movement is designed to enrich a small privileged few at the expense of workers and investors, and to distract people using identity politics,” Poilievre said in his address.
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