Pierre Poilievre
- Born
- June 3, 1979 — Calgary, Alberta
- Education
- BA International Relations, University of Calgary (2008)
- Career
- Worked for Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day; founder of 3D Contact Inc.
- Political Experience
- MP for Nepean—Carleton (2004-April 2025); Minister for Democratic Reform (2013-2015); Minister of Employment and Social Development (2015); Leader of the Conservative Party (2022-present); MP for Battle River—Crowfoot (August 2025-present)
- Notable
- Adopted as a baby; known as "Skippy" early in his political career; known as the Conservative Party's "attack dog".
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering politics, Pierre Poilievre co-founded a communications and political consulting company called 3D Contact Inc. As a Member of Parliament, his public ethics disclosures have listed assets including rental income from a property he co-owns in Ottawa. His disclosures have also included investments in various publicly traded securities and exchange-traded funds held within registered retirement savings plans. His wife, Anaida Poilievre, is the sole owner of a numbered company that provides communications and staffing services. She has previously worked as a political staffer on Parliament Hill.
Key Relationships & Connections
Pierre Poilievre served as a cabinet minister under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who is considered a key political mentor. He held roles such as Minister of State for Democratic Reform and later Minister of Employment and Social Development in Harper's government. Jenni Byrne, a veteran Conservative strategist, is a senior advisor and has been a key figure in his leadership campaign and his role as Leader of the Opposition. His wife, Anaida Poilievre, is also a close advisor and a prominent public figure in her own right, often appearing with him at political events.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
In 2022, questions were raised about potential conflicts of interest regarding Pierre Poilievre's personal investments in cryptocurrency-related funds. At the time, he was publicly promoting cryptocurrencies as a way for Canadians to "opt-out of inflation." The Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner was asked to look into the matter. According to reports, the Ethics Commissioner reviewed the situation but decided not to launch a formal inquiry. The commissioner's view was reportedly that since the investment was in a publicly traded instrument and Poilievre's advocacy was on a broad policy issue, it did not breach conflict of interest rules for Members of Parliament.
Public Controversies
As Minister for Democratic Reform in 2014, Poilievre introduced the Fair Elections Act, which generated significant controversy. Critics, including the Chief Electoral Officer at the time, argued that the bill's measures, such as eliminating the use of the voter information card for identification, could make it harder for some people to vote and that it unfairly limited the investigative powers of Elections Canada. The government defended the bill as a way to combat voter fraud. Throughout his career, Poilievre has been involved in numerous controversies over his public statements and confrontational political style. In 2008, he apologized for comments made on a radio show where he questioned whether Indigenous people had a strong work ethic, in the context of financial compensation for residential school survivors. He has also faced criticism for using highly partisan language and for his interactions with participants of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" protest in Ottawa.
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Damien Kurek won with 53,684 votes (82.8%)
Total votes cast: 64,807
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Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, we have the number one economy in terms of debt for households, the number one economy in the cost of housing and the number one economy in the cost of food inflation. Those are the only metrics on which this government is leading. We are number two when it comes to unemployment, with the unemployment rate being a third higher than in the United States. Now we see the
Mr. Speaker, in 2014, the world was going through an energy crisis. There were wars going on in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine. At the very moment that the price of a barrel of oil was $100, the price at the pump was $1.38. That was 2014, during the Stephen Harper years. Today, the price of oil is lower, but the price at the pump is 40¢ per litre higher. Those are not world impacts. Those are Liberals
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, the reason I am asking a few extra questions is that theonly shows up once a week, and he will not get out of his chair and answer them.
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, I know theis very fragile. He is not used to taking any difficult questions, but the reality is that Canadians cannot pay their bills. In the first year in office, he has driven up household delinquencies by 18%. He has given Canadians the worst household debt in the G7. Delinquencies have climbed by 32% year over year, and in Q1 we saw a 17-year high due to financial
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, my colleague is right: This Liberalhas doubled Justin Trudeau's deficit. It is twice as high now. No one thought it possible that anyone could spend more irresponsibly than Justin Trudeau, but this Prime Minister has managed to do just that. He has been wrong about every economic problem for the past decade. I have already listed five or six different government
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is banning his lawyers from making those viable legal arguments, because guideline 14 is still on the federal government's website. He is the client and is instructing the lawyer not to make the valid legal argument that fee simple private property rights extinguish all other claims. If he makes the same arguments, he will get the same results. Millions of British
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, Canadians are skipping lunch because they cannot afford to pay their bills, while thisand the Brookfield class skip their tax bills. Meanwhile, here at home, here is the reality. Equifax is out this week with a new report. This is the organization that checks the credit scores of individual Canadians. It says, “insolvency volumes have increased to levels not seen
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, he is bringing down Canada. It does not help the Canadians who cannot pay their bills for that minister to get up and take credit for projects that were approved 14 years ago, nor does it help when theof Canada refuses to even stand on his feet and defend his disastrous economic record at a time when our households are by far the most indebted anywhere in the G7
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, theis fond of blaming the rest of the world for the terrible economy he has created here at home, but the other G7 countries face tariffs and high oil prices, and none of them have anywhere near the level of household debt here in Canada. By far, Canadian households, with $1.77 of debt for every dollar of income, are far more indebted than any other country: in fact, a
Mr. Speaker, things are great for the Brookfield class, for those who stash their cash in offshore tax havens and take government handouts, getting rich, but for the rest of Canadians, here is what Equifax says: insolvency volumes have increased to levels not seen since 2009, up 19% year over year; balance delinquency rates climbed 32% year over year; and Q1 saw insolvency volumes hit 17-year
Mr. Speaker, because he is so bad with geography, he just received a demotion. With the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, with the price of oil at $100 a barrel and the price at the pump at $1.38, and I am not talking about today; I am talking about 2014. During the Harper years, global oil prices were higher than they are today, and there were wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, but the
Mr. Speaker, I am aware that the price dropped, but the price at the pump that I quoted was aligned with a $100-a-barrel price at the time. Apparently, the member was not aware of the fact that gas prices do not pre-emptively drop before oil prices drop. I think they need to get another economist over there to explain the basics to this guy. Obviously, when oil prices were 100 bucks a barrel
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, the Liberalis really rich when he says he cares about making the rich pay their fair share, but stashes his cash in an offshore tax haven. He took his millions of dollars from Brookfield and put them in a Caribbean tax haven in a fake office above a bicycle shop so that he could avoid paying the same taxes he charges Canadians. It is incredible, when we think about how
Mr. Speaker, litigation guideline 14 was the Liberal government instructing federal lawyers not to defend property rights and argue that they extinguished other claims in the federal Cowichan decision. The judge came forward and said, “Okay,” and agreed that aboriginal title, then, came before homeowners' property rights in British Columbia. Now seniors and families toss and turn at night,
Mr. Speaker, there was a world energy crisis, and wars in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine, but at the very moment that oil hit $100 a barrel all around the world, here in Canada it was only $1.38 at the pump. Those were the Harper days in 2014. Today, with oil prices being lower on a worldwide level, gas prices are over 40¢ a litre higher. Those are not world impacts; those are Liberal impacts. Will
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, come on, thecould have done better than that. If he is going to hide under his desk and get someone else to speak in his favour, he has to get something better than that. That was about as good as his economic policies. He owes Canadians answers. The reality is that we have the highest household debt of any G7 country, by far, and we have seen that in the first