Small businesses still need to keep guard against Trudeau tax hikes
[maxbutton id=”16″] GUEST COLUMN: Small businesses still need to keep guard against Trudeau tax hikes By Pierre Poilievre and Michelle Rempel “What a relief,” sighed many small business owners after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau finally began backtracking from their massive new tax increases last fall. The original Liberal proposals, rolled […]
Trudeau failed to prep Canada for the economic storm clouds
[maxbutton id=”15″] GUEST COLUMN: Trudeau failed to prep Canada for the economic storm clouds By Pierre Poilievre, Special to Postmedia Network When Justin Trudeau became the captain of Canada’s economic ship, the sun was shining. An accelerating world economy led by our biggest trading partner’s roaring recovery, a booming Canadian residential market and a 70% […]
Government Votes Down Bill to Allow Workers with Disabilities to Keep their Earnings
OTTAWA—JUNE 6, 2018 Official Opposition Shadow Finance Minister Pierre Poilievre said that he will continue to fight for workers on disability assistance after the government voted down his private member’s bill today. The Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities Act would have addressed the “welfare wall” by ensuring that workers on disability did not lose more […]
Liberal Tax Hike on Local Businesses May Cost Twice What Minister Morneau Claimed
The Parliamentary Budget Officer’s latest report revealed that small businesses will end up paying at least half a billion more under new rules OTTAWA, ON – Conservative Shadow Minister for Finance, the Honourable Pierre Poilievre, today responded to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) which found that the Liberal government’s latest […]
Rideau Watershed floodwaters
Friends and Neighbors, Yesterday brought record rain to our community. We got almost as much rain in one day as we normally get in a month. The Ottawa Airport got 79 (mm), more than the previous 30-year record of 59 mm. The Rideau Watershed is swelling and floodwaters continue to submerge farm fields and fill […]
Liberal budget is a betrayal of the middle class
OTTAWA, ON – Today The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Member of Parliament for Carleton and Official Opposition Critic for the Treasury Board, reacted to the tabling of the 2016 federal budget. “This budget is a betrayal of the middle class. This budget contains tax hikes on students, kids’ sports, charities, and small businesses, as well as […]
Metcalfe man greets kidney donor nephew who will save his life
As a Metcalfe family waited and waited outside the arrivals gate at the Ottawa airport Sunday afternoon, it wasn’t just for a long hoped-for hug. It was for the gift of life. Finally, Colin Jayantha Perera spotted Lasantha Bandara, who had travelled across the world from Sri Lanka to help a man he hadn’t seen […]
Poilievre: Cuts to Cenotaph Fund insult veterans
Veterans and legionnaires working to build and improve community cenotaphs will be disappointed if they go to the Veterans Affairs website looking for help. “Thank you for your interest in the Community War Memorial Program. We are no longer accepting new applications,” it says. That is right: A program that has helped build at least […]
O’Toole & Poilievre Urge Government to Go Ahead with Afghan Veterans Monument
OTTAWA, ON – Today the Honourable Erin O’Toole, Member of Parliament for Durham, and the Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Member of Parliament for Carleton, called on the government to go ahead with the planned Memorial to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan. O’Toole and Poilievre were the ministers of Veterans Affairs and of the National Capital Commission, respectively, […]
Second chance for Ottawa man with kidney failure
An Ottawa restaurant owner is getting a second chance at life, thanks to a little help from the federal government. Colin Perera, who owns Mike’s restaurant in Metcalfe, suffers from end-stage kidney failure. His nephew Lasantha in Sri Lanka is a donor match. The only problem? Lasantha’s visitor visa to Canada was denied. “I was […]