Pierre Poilievre is the Conservative Shadow Minister of Finance “First, do no harm,” said the ancient Greek doctor, Hippocrates, urging physicians never to administer a cure that is worse than the illness. Parliament should keep this Hippocratic Oath in mind when it returns Tuesday to vote on the government’s proposed treatments for Canada’s ill economy. To call our economy ill …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, ON – The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Shadow Minister for Finance, today joined fellow Finance Committee Members Marty Morantz, Shadow Minister for National Revenue, and Michael Cooper, Deputy Shadow Minister for Finance, to discuss Conservative recommendations to salvage Canada’s weak and vulnerable economy. The recommendations flow from hearings at the Standing Committee on Finance over the …
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GasLink helps get China off coal By: Philip Cross and Pierre Poilievre All the banging and clanging from protesters against the Coastal GasLink project might lead you to think they actually cared about the environment. Quite the opposite. The project they oppose is exactly what’s needed to reduce global emissions and protect our planet. It will deliver natural gas to a …
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Pierre Poilievre is a six-term Member of Parliament, former Minister of Employment and the current Conservative Shadow Minister of Finance. Audacity is a thing to behold. The Prime Minister has responded to the steady stream of job losses, insolvencies and dropping investment with his same old triumphal talking points and self-admiration. It is reminiscent of the Greek legend Narcissus, who …
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BY PIERRE POILIEVRE Pierre Poilievre is a six-term Member of Parliament, former Minister of Employment and the current Conservative Shadow Minister of Finance. Lots of advice is pouring in for Conservatives these days. Much of it from people who have never or will never vote for the party. They have concluded that the Conservative Party, which won the most votes …
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By: Pierre Poilievre, MP Why did Justin Trudeau try to shelve the prosecution of SNC Lavalin? He claims it was to “save jobs”. If SNC were forced to stand trial for fraud and bribery, the story goes, the company would be banned from federal contracts and its headquarters would leave Montreal. But even if you believe that jobs trump the …
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BY PIERRE POILIEVRE The media loves a good soap opera between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump. The latest came in last-week’s Washington Examiner, which reported that a top White House official called Trudeau the “little punk kid running Canada.” Despite this on-going theatre between the President and the Prime Minister, the two have a surprising list of …
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Ottawa-October 19, 2018 Today’s Finance Canada report confirms Justin Trudeau is running another deficit twice the size he promised and there is no end in sight. In fact, the Liberals are set to smash through their promise of a balanced budget by next year. According to the government’s latest projection, this will not happen for another quarter century. These deficits …
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Ottawa – 19 Cctobre 2018 Le Rapport de Finances Canada d’aujourd’hui confirme que Justin Trudeau accuse un autre déficit deux fois plus élevé que promis et qu’il n’y a pas de fin en vue. En fait, les libéraux devraient aussi briser leur promesse d’équilibrer le budget d’ici l’année prochaine—selon les dernières prévisions du gouvernement, ça n’arrivera pas avant un quart …
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OTTAWA, ON – Conservative Shadow Minister for Finance, the Honourable Pierre Poilievre, today issued the following statement marking the one year anniversary of the Liberal government’s attack on local businesses: “It’s been a year since Prime Minister Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau first launched their attack on local businesses to pay for their out-of-control spending and entrepreneurs still aren’t …
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