Political record: As a newly elected MP for the newly formed Conservative Party of Canada, Poilievre advocated for local issues, such as trying to prevent Ottawas Queensway Carleton Hospital from being charged rent by the National Capital Commission. On the eve of the current parliamentary session, Poilievre told reporters his number one priority is to fight Liberal inflation. After OToole demoted him from the finance critic portfolio earlier in the year, Poilievre was back in his old job soon after the election. He was often called to defend the governments decisions. For the 40th Canadian Parliament, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Poilievre as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister. He once told the Ottawa Citizen he was on an extra high level of alert for months after the 2014 shooting on Parliament Hill, when he and the rest of the Conservative caucus were barricaded in a committee room with the shooter on the other side of the door. [58], In early September 2012, while serving on the FedDev Ontario, Poilievre echoed then-Ontario MPP Randy Hillier's calls for ending workers' mandatory union payments. Around the same time, he made his first comments questioning the Bank of Canadas independence for its role in the pandemic response, telling Bloomberg News the bank should not be an ATM for Trudeaus insatiable spending appetites.. [186] In 2021, Poilievre voted in favour of banning conversion therapy in a free vote. [163] Poilievre also plans to increase the production of electric cars by greenlighting more mining of lithium, cobalt and copper required to produce the cars and batteries. [104][105] Political commentators and journalists described Poilievre as the frontrunner in the leadership race. It was the first first-ballot victory since the party's 2004 leadership election. But I did not realize how hard, he said on social media. Poilievre repeatedly questioned Prime Minister Trudeau in a virtual conference in July, asking for the exact dollar figure that his family was paid by the WE Charity. Poilievre has described himself as a libertarian-minded member of his party. Will you resign? Morneau did resign shortly thereafter, to be replaced by Chrystia Freeland. He was adopted at birth and raised by a Franco-Albertan couple. [187], Poilievre supports maintaining the legalization of soft drugs such as marijuana, while he opposes the decriminalization of "hard drugs",[188] stating "Were not talking about marijuana here were talking about highly lethal drugs that can stop a person's heart". They Poilievre whose birth name is Anaida Galindo was born in 1986 (age 37 years) in Caracas, Venezuela. | Nothing prepares you for it, Poilievre once said. He pointed to the massive gulf between those in the political bubble and everyday Canadians on the ground. The bill passed, but many of its provisions were later repealed by Justin Trudeaus Liberal government. Think you know everything about Canadas new Conservative leader? But politics was never far away the young Poilievre served as president of his campus Conservative club. [91] During this parliament, Poilievre travelled to Dieppe as part of a Canadian delegation to commemorate the 75th anniversary ceremonies of the Dieppe Raid. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Party leadership candidate, attends a party barbecue in Calgary, Alb., Saturday, July 9, 2022. Poilievre then became critic for jobs and industry, though he only held this position for a short time as he regained his old position as finance critic on November 9, 2021. Pierre Poilievre [165][167] Poilievre believes Canadian energy is cleaner than that of other countries, and proposes a ban on importing foreign oil and a review of all pipeline projects cancelled by the current government. The Honourable Pierre Poilievre [153], Poilievre supports defunding the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), saying the government could save a billion dollars by doing so. Under the new provisions, a Minister of Labour may be appointed. His essay, titled "Building Canada Through Freedom", focused on the subject of individual freedom and among other things, argued for a two-term limit for all members of Parliament. For reasons that remain unclear, Poilievre went by Jeff in the grad banquet program at Henry Wise Wood High School. presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution Pierre [9] He attended Henry Wise Wood High School,[10] and was on a wrestling team until he was forced to stop due to a temporary shoulder tendinitis injury, at the age of 14. Poilievre and his wife, Anaida, eloped in Portugal in 2017. Born in Calgary to a 16-year-old single mother, Poilievre was adopted by francophone school teacher parents and raised in Calgary, where he found his political Hes so convinced of his dominance that he recently paid a $50,000 fine to skip a leadership debate instead of risking a bad performance. Poilievre became the leader of the Conservative Party and of the Official Opposition in September 2022. [183] In 2021, Poilievre opposed a private member bill prohibiting sex-selective abortion. Macdonald has lately become a controversial figure for his role in establishing residential schools. Pierre Marcel Poilievre was born June 3, 1979, to a teenage unwed mother who had just lost her mother, as he recently told Macleans. [151][152], Following the Rogers-Shaw merger, Poilievre stated that Canada needed more telecommunications competition and proposed for there to be at least "four competitors in every single marketplace". Parents, not the government, must be in control of what their child is taught about sex. His campaign had already announced hed signed up a staggering 300,000 new members, and Elections Canada would soon report he was raising more money than the four other candidates combined. [199], Poilievre describes himself as pro-immigration and seeks to put forward policies aiming to speed up processing times for immigration to reunite families, keep refugees safe, and get jobs filled in Canada. Tom Hanson/THE CANADIAN PRESS, After following Day to Ottawa to work as his assistant, Poilievre won his first election for the Conservatives in 2004, in the suburban-rural riding of Nepean-Carleton, where he unseated a Liberal Cabinet minister. | It didnt matter who I knew, but what I could do. [197][198] Poilievre believes that the federal government abused its power by invoking the Emergencies Act during the convoy protests and proposes limiting its power to prevent it from being used similarly in the future. He was adopted by his parents Marlene and Don Poilievre, teachers from Saskatchewan who were married two years earlier and In December, Liberal MPs criticized the audit for being done for partisan reasons and "political games" while Conservative MPs defended the independence of the auditor. [207][208], In October 2022, Poilievre voted in support of a Conservative private member's bill to change the Criminal Code, prohibiting the act of coercing health professionals to euthanize patients in medical assistance in dying, with the aim of upholding "freedom of conscience" in section 2(a) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Quick Sketch: Meet new Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre He won a sixth term despite Trudeau visiting his riding multiple times. [36] The bill was defeated in a vote of 165111[37] but with NepeanCarleton MPP John Baird they advocated the hospital only pay a $1 per year rent[38] and implemented that once Baird became President of the Treasury Board the next year. On Saturday in Ottawa, Poilievre celebrated the high of his political career.