When it comes to nailing down Pierre Poilievre’s economic policy, it can be hard separating the real from the surreal.
There’s the love of cryptocurrency. There’s the too-clever-by-half “Justinflation” slogan. There’s the threat to make central bankers walk the plank.
When he launches into a 500-year-old history lesson on Henry VIII and “Old Coppernose,” you start to wonder how many cannabis shops are in Mr. Poilievre’s neighbourhood.
With Pierre Poilievre’s landslide leadership win, all the moth-eaten political tropes have been dusted off and the dead horses dragged out to be flogged. Prominent among these is angst around the prospective demise of “progressive,” or moderate, conservatism.
People struggling to pay the rent or mortgage, or unable to make a necessary purchase are not worried about trying something different when it comes to government
It was a crushing first ballot victory for Conservative leadership hopeful Pierre Poilievre. But this win does not mean what most people think.
The first leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Stephen Harper, presided over the unification of the Canadian Alliance (formerly known as the Reform Party of Canada) and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Mr. Harper was focused on making the merger work and building a coalition to challenge the Liberals.
Pierre Poilievre’s victory in the Sept. 10 Conservative leadership vote was a seminal moment for the party and the Conservative political movement. It was the first sign in years that Conservatives are focused, united and ready to take on Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — and beat him.
Lots of very positive things happening but … we likely have 3 years till the next election and I doubt Junior’s handlers will allow him to call an early one now.
How Pierre Poilievre is winning new support among young, diverse voters
“If you listen to his speeches, it’s very direct, very simple and very relatable for young people who are struggling with inflation issues, who are finding themselves unable to buy a house because things are just too expensive for them,” Park said.
“Some of his messages are very extreme, to be honest, but in a way that satisfies a certain appetite among the Canadian public about a change and an alternative sort of vision that could take them forward and help them plan a new future.”
Meet Canada’s new Tory leader vowing to boot out Justin Trudeau
Canada’s new populist Tory leader claimed Justin Trudeau’s government had ruined “the lives of its citizens” as he kicked off his bid to boot the prime minister out of office.
Pierre Poilievre, 43, has branded the country’s decades-high inflation “Justin-flation” to hammer Mr Trudeau’s public spending levels as he becomes his main challenger.
It was this combative style that propelled him to a landslide victory last Saturday in the Canadian Conservative Party’s leadership election.
I’m referring to the excitement, which some partisans found as inexplicable, that attended Pierre Poilievre’s campaign for leadership — the huge enthusiasm for his rallies and the great numbers that attended.
OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre began his Conservative leadership campaign with a video featuring him alone, dressed in a dark suit and crisp white shirt, seated at a heavy wooden desk, shelves crammed with books and photos behind him.
His campaign’s final video showed him on a stage in a rumpled blue shirt, sleeves rolled above his wrist, surrounded by thousands of cheering fans.
What took him from one to the other is the story of a politician who had long thought about what he’d do if he became prime minister, and finally decided to give it a try.
At a lunchtime campaign stop in the town of Fergus, Ont., in April, the lineup to see Pierre Poilievre wound around the hallways of a recreation centre.
Two nights earlier, his downtown Toronto rally finished with hundreds standing in a serpentine line for 90 minutes, waiting to take a picture with him. Many hadn’t been to a political event before.
It’s a scene replicated in towns and cities across the country, with a cross-section of traditional conservatives, trucker-convoy fans and 30-somethings worried about home prices coming out in droves to see Mr. Poilievre.
Pierre Poilievre’s critics would claim to be surprised if they heard him say “thank you” to the clerk at a coffee shop: “He must be shifting to the centre. You know he needs to do that to win an election.” It isn’t much of an exaggeration to suggest that this is how Poilievre’s demeanour has been received since winning the Conservative leadership on Saturday.
Jean Charest’s main pitch to become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada – his only pitch, really – was that only he would be able to beat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a federal election: that his version of moderate conservatism wouldn’t alienate centrist voters the way Pierre Poilievre’s convoy cheerleading and weird flirtations with right-wing conspiracies would, and that his record in Quebec would help the party win crucial support in the province. The hitch in Mr. Charest’s plan, of course, was that in order to win the country, he first needed to win the party, and the party obviously wasn’t interested in Mr. Charest’s bland rice pudding of an attempted political movement.
It seems no amount of wealth disparity or empirical evidence can sidetrack Poilievre from his mission to make “tax” a four-letter word.
When Pierre Poilievre says “no new taxes,” he means no new taxes for the rich.
In his first address to the Conservative caucus, Poilievre made it clear he’s returning the party to a hard-line, anti-tax agenda. Matched with his proclamation of being on the side of workers and seniors, the hypocrisy is striking.
The Star is on a rage bender.
Canadians who donated to the Ottawa convoy protest contributed more than $460,000 to Conservative leadership candidates — and many of them were donating to a federal political party for the first time — an analysis by CBC News shows.
A comparison of donations to Conservative leadership contenders up to Aug. 1 with the GiveSendGo crowdfunding campaign for the convoy protest found over 3,100 people who contributed to both campaigns, based on identical combinations of names and postal codes.
The lion’s share of convoy donors’ leadership campaign donations went to Pierre Poilievre’s campaign.
OMG! Convoy supporters donated! And many were 1st time donors! That must be against the law!
In his march to the leadership of the federal Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre made clear in campaign stops across the country who the enemies were.
The top of the list, of course, was reserved for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was responsible for the “Justinflation” ruining the lives of everyday Canadians. But also making the grade was another favourite target of the Conservatives over the years: media outlets that are not explicitly sympathetic to the conservative cause.
For better or worse, becoming the Conservative leader means Pierre Poilievre no longer controls the conversation
OTTAWA — Two different podiums, two very different days for newly minted Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as he grasps the reins of power over his party.
In a sweeping speech paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in the House of Commons on Thursday, Poilievre confidently held the podium placed onto his desk.
Blackie’s Star has channeled Alex Forest declaring they won’t be ignored. Poilievre should treat them like shit and watch out for his pets.
