MP Pierre Poilievre will run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Posted at 7:42 p.m.
Updated at 8:14 p.m.
He made the announcement on Saturday evening on Twitter. “The government is getting too big and too controlling,” insists the MP for Carleton in a video. He says he wants to become Prime Minister in order to “make Canada the freest country in the world”.
“Here’s the problem: Trudeau thinks he’s the boss. He is wrong, it is the opposite. You are the boss,” insists Pierre Poilievre.
Earlier this week, Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole was ousted from office by his party. A Nanos probe published last Tuesday in the Globe and Mail placed Pierre Poilievre, 42, in the lead position to succeed him.
Many Conservative MPs and former party figures quickly sided with him. “After seven consecutive electoral victories right here in Ontario. Without a doubt, Pierre is the answer to a strong and united Conservative Party,” Thornhill MP Melissa Lantsman shared on Twitter.
“Excited that Pierre Poilievre is running as head of the [Parti conservateur du Canada]. He is a true conservative who held Justin Trudeau and the Liberals to account,” said Jenni Byrne, Stephen Harper’s ex-right-hand man.
“Pierre Poilievre is the leader our party needs right now,” said Michael Barrett, MP for Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes. Former Harper minister John Baird also encouraged his “friend,” who has “the brains and spine to make an excellent prime minister.” “I am very happy to support him. »
Trudeau’s fault
Pierre Poilievre began his statement by blaming Justin Trudeau for inflation. “More than half of the families surveyed say they have difficulty feeding themselves and more and more people in their thirties are living in their parents’ basements because they cannot afford a normal house which now costs 800 $000,” he protested.
In recent days, Pierre Poilievre has repeated his support for the freedom convoy and opponents of health measures parading on Parliament Hill. “The government is trying to muzzle anyone who dares to criticize with laws that control what you watch or say on the internet, using COVID as a political opportunity. The Trudeau government is attacking our small businesses, truckers and workers. »