‘He’s in full control’: Why Poilievre is distancing Conservatives from corporate Canada

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s recent criticism of “useless” corporate lobbyists is rooted in his party’s skepticism of the modern business community and also meant to demonstrate that he is not “beholden” to anyone as he prepares to form government, say political observers.

In fact, those observers say that Poilievre’s strategy involves deliberately ditching the traditional business luncheon circuits in Ottawa, Toronto or Montreal to speak directly to voters.


Frankly I am skeptical.

Under Trudeau corporate Canada has dictated the Liberal Party’s ruinous mass immigration policy.

We all know how it works.

Trudeau’s Liberal Party curries favour with ethnic vote blocs by flooding the country with immigrants of dubious economic and social caliber.

The corporate class gets the malleable cheap labour pool they want while the well positioned profit from the shortages caused by the huge increase in population.

The article mentions that Poilievre is bypassing the business class and speaking directly to working class voters, both of them.

Nowhere is mass immigration mentioned as a topic of discussion in Poilievre’s heart to hearts and for that I call time.

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Ivison: Poilievre’s popularity may have hit a ceiling, pollster says

The poll suggests the Conservatives have 40 per cent support, compared to the Liberals on 23 per cent and the NDP on 21 per cent.

But Kurl pointed out that the results of the next election will depend entirely on what is happening at the time on the number one issue that is dominating the mindset of voters — the cost of living.


A generation of Canadians will likely never be able to afford a home, for some even rent will be beyond their means.

Justin Trudeau did that and the situation will not be reversed in time for the next election.

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Tom Mulcair: The GTA and Quebec still stand in the way of the Pierre Poilievre juggernaut

There are two steep hills that Pierre Poilievre will have to climb if he hopes to turn his good polling numbers into victory: the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Quebec.

The 60 or so seats in the GTA and the 78 seats of La Belle Province have been elusive prizes since the creation of the Conservative Party under Stephen Harper.

In 2021, the Liberals ran the table in Toronto, Mississauga and Brampton. This time around, things promise to be very different. Clever policy work, deep data and an open approach to ethnocultural communities and their concerns could open the floodgates for Poilievre.

Personally I believe the disgust Canadians hold for Trudeau makes re-election impossible however Mulcair is not talking pie in the sky nonsense.

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Pierre Poilievre’s ‘Axe the Tax’ rally draws thousands of supporters to Toronto Congress Centre

Explaining why he decided to spend his Sunday afternoon at a Conservative rally against the carbon tax, Graham Humphries expressed a common sentiment among those in attendance.

“Trudeau sucks, obviously.”

Humphries, 32, was joined by his wife, Kelci Wolter, who was pushing their nearly 1-year-old son in a stroller. He said he actually voted for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals back in 2015. He didn’t follow politics back then, though, and just went along with what was a popular choice at the time. Now Humphries said he’s paying attention, and he believes “we’re going off a cliff.”

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Pierre Poilievre accuses corporate Canada of ‘sucking up’ to Trudeau’s government

OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is accusing corporate Canada — including natural resources companies and housing developers — of “sucking up” to the Liberals and is urging them to actively campaign against the government.

The audience for his latest salvo at the corporate sector was the sector itself, a Greater Vancouver Board of Trade breakfast, which Poilievre acknowledged isn’t the kind of crowd he talks to that often.

He told a room of business leaders and numerous Conservatives that his affection for the business world lies with the entrepreneurs who risk it all to make a living — not the lobbyists or CEOs who only focus on what’s best for themselves.

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Poilievre mean to journalists says CBC

Could be twins, at least on spiritual plain says CBC

What, if anything, should voters make of Pierre Poilievre’s attitude toward journalists?

What should voters make of Pierre Poilievre’s criticism of journalists?

All politicians disagree from time to time with the way they’re depicted by journalists. Any number of them have been vocal about it, publicly or privately. (The late Brian Mulroney, who has been fondly remembered over the past week, was known to harangue journalists on the phone when he disagreed with their coverage.) Sometimes their complaints have been justified.

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Ukrainians blast Pierre Poilievre’s MPs at Toronto townhall meeting: ‘You’re gonna lose our support’

OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s approach to Ukraine will cost the party support among Ukrainians unless things change, a trio of MPs were warned at a recent town hall.

At a Feb. 25 townhall in Etobicoke, the MPs — James Bezan, Tom Kmiec and Shuvaloy Majumdar — were confronted by criticism Poilievre is missing in action on the Ukraine file and that when he does show up, he only delivers partisan talking points.

Meanwhile, the party’s continued use of the word Nazi to describe a Ukrainian soldier honoured in Parliament last year is disparaging the entire Ukrainian community, MPs heard.

Honestly this sounds like a set up.

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Don Martin: Pierre Poilievre’s road to apparent victory will soon start to get rougher

OTTAWA – He may be peaking too soon.

Pierre Poilievre and his Conservatives appear to be on cruise control to a rendezvous with the leader’s prime ministerial ambition.

This week’s byelection in a riding just east of Toronto featured a Liberal show of force, including campaign visits by the prime minister and a parade of cabinet ministers, to try to make it a close contest. It ended up being a cakewalk with 57 per cent of the vote steamrolling to Conservative heavyweight Jamil Jivani over the hapless Liberals at 22 per cent.

Wise to be cautious but Trudeau is so despised I do not believe it possible for him to comeback.

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Tory MP Jamil Jivani slams ‘liberal elites’ at Queen’s Park, ruffling feathers in Ford government

There appears to be no love lost between Premier Doug Ford’s governing Progressive Conservatives and Pierre Poilievre’s federal opposition Conservatives.

Tensions between the two Tory parties, smouldering for months, have flared up in recent weeks.

In his victory speech after Monday’s Durham byelection, newly elected federal Conservative Jamil Jivani lashed out against “liberal elites,” including those running the show at Queen’s Park.

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Conservatives riding high after a lopsided victory in Durham federal byelection

Conservative candidate Jamil Jivani, a commentator and activist, scored a sizable victory in a federal byelection Monday — a lopsided result the Tories are spinning as an ominous sign for the Liberals in the Greater Toronto Area.

Jivani claimed about 57 per cent of the vote compared to 22.5 per cent for his closest competitor — Liberal candidate and local ward councillor Robert Rock — in this suburban-rural riding east of Oshawa, Ont., on the outskirts of the province’s Golden Horseshoe region.

I hope they keep the momentum. I will likely vote PPC however as they are the only party willing to fix the mass immigration mess.

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It’s a Conservative stronghold — but here’s why Pierre Poilievre’s Tories will be closely watching this byelection on Monday

OTTAWA — Who wins Monday’s byelection in the riding of Durham likely won’t set off a political earthquake in Ottawa — but there could be aftershocks.

The riding, about an hour from downtown Toronto, has returned a Conservative MP consistently since Stephen Harper took over the party in 2004.

It even gave the Tories a leader — Erin O’Toole, whose resignation last year after being kicked out as leader opened the door for Monday’s vote.

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Poilievre vows to ‘always stand with Ukraine’ as third year of Russian war begins

OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre has vowed that “Canada will always stand with Ukraine” as the world marks the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the country.

The federal Conservative Party leader posted on social media today, denouncing the “tyranny” of Russian President Vladimir Putin and applauding Ukraine’s “unshakeable resolve and determination.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused Poilievre of abandoning Ukraine because of the Conservatives’ opposition to the Canada-Ukraine trade agreement.

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Poilievre Promises to Boost Military, Cut Foreign Aid to ‘Terrorists’

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promises that if elected prime minister, he will cut “wasteful” funding to “terrorists” and boost Canada’s military.

“My common-sense plan will cut wasteful foreign aid that goes to dictators, terrorists, and multinational bureaucracies and put that money into reinforcing our military,” Mr. Poilievre said to reporters Feb. 15 in Montreal.

“Bring our money home,” he added.

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Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, once again makes fools of liberals

The unbearably oleaginous Justin Trudeau has been Canada’s prime minister since 2015, so there hadn’t been much pleasure in watching politics there for quite a while. But just over two years ago, Pierre Poilievre became leader of the Conservative Party and started exercising his dry wit and even garnering attention here.

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Poilievre says he would ‘cut wasteful foreign aid,’ work towards NATO spending target

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging that a future government would cut what he calls “wasteful foreign aid” and would not allow funding to go to “dictators, terrorists and multinational bureaucracies.”

He made the comment Thursday in response to a question about his position on NATO’s military spending targets, as ministers from the military alliance meet in Brussels.

All foreign aid is wasteful.

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