Conservative Party of Canada

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre leaves after speaking to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

‘Photography not allowed,’ Poilievre says of ceremony with Algonquin leaders

Conservative leader claims this the reason for wrongly identifying Inuit leaders as Algonquin

 

People hold signs during a demonstration on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Protests and counter-protests for and against Canada’s trans and LGBTQ community are being planned across Canada on Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Conservative MPs told not to comment on ongoing gender policy clashes

Members of Pierre Poilievre’s caucus warned not to speak publicly about the issue

 

The union representing WestJet cabin crew is demanding an apology from the airline after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a speech on the public address system of a recent flight. A WestJet logo is seen in the domestic check-in area at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, May 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Poilievre says union should be the one saying sorry after WestJet speech

CUPE Alberta’s local 4070 said WestJet, Tory leader should apologize after he used PA in-flight

 

A WestJet logo is seen in the domestic check-in area at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, May 19, 2023.The union representing WestJet cabin crew is demanding an apology from the airline after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a speech on the public address system of a recent flight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

WestJet ‘non-partisan’ CEO says after Poilievere in-flight PA speech

Flight in question added for convention and largely filled with Conservative delegates

A WestJet logo is seen in the domestic check-in area at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, May 19, 2023.The union representing WestJet cabin crew is demanding an apology from the airline after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a speech on the public address system of a recent flight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre in Terrace in November 2022. Poilievre is set to visit the city once more this week for “Bring It Home Rally.” (Black Press Media file photo)

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre to host rally in Terrace

Resuming summer tour, Poilievre targets B.C. support after wildfire interruptions

Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre in Terrace in November 2022. Poilievre is set to visit the city once more this week for “Bring It Home Rally.” (Black Press Media file photo)
A man is silhouetted walking past a Conservative Party logo before the opening of the party’s national convention in Halifax on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The Conservative party’s first openly trans candidate says she wasn’t surprised delegate voted against gender-affirming care but warns of harm “the transphobic language” could cause if it becomes a law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Transgender Tory says new policy a matter of life and death

Conservatives adopt policy prohibiting ‘medicinal or surgical interventions’ for transgender kids

A man is silhouetted walking past a Conservative Party logo before the opening of the party’s national convention in Halifax on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The Conservative party’s first openly trans candidate says she wasn’t surprised delegate voted against gender-affirming care but warns of harm “the transphobic language” could cause if it becomes a law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a news conference as his wife Anaida looks on, in Quebec City, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. The Conservative Party is holding a three-day convention from Sept.7 to 9 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Poilievre will consider but is not bound by grassroots resolutions

Conservative leader not commenting on policy proposals prior to membership vote

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a news conference as his wife Anaida looks on, in Quebec City, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. The Conservative Party is holding a three-day convention from Sept.7 to 9 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

As premiers talk gender and kids, Poilievre’s grassroots ask same of him

Conservative leader has not on his own veered into talking about gender-related matters

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
“Everything feels broken,” Pierre Poilievre reads in a voice-over. He has repeated the line countless times but this time he is doing so in a slick 29-second advertisement, one of several the federal party rolled out this week to the tune of more than $3 million. Poilievre speaks at a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Poilievre wants to rebuild a ‘broken’ Canada but first must fix his own image

The ads are an attempt to boost his image as he approaches his 1-year anniversary of becoming Conservative leader

“Everything feels broken,” Pierre Poilievre reads in a voice-over. He has repeated the line countless times but this time he is doing so in a slick 29-second advertisement, one of several the federal party rolled out this week to the tune of more than $3 million. Poilievre speaks at a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 8, 2023. Poilievre says Liberal legislation aimed at social media platforms is ushering in censorship, despite his party running on similar policy in the last federal election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Conservatives ran on similar media policy as Liberals, but now claim it’s censorship

His remarks come after Meta announced it will permanently remove all news in Canada from its platforms

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 8, 2023. Poilievre says Liberal legislation aimed at social media platforms is ushering in censorship, despite his party running on similar policy in the last federal election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada's immigration system is broken, but is sidestepping questions about whether he would touch the current targets. Poilievre speaks at a news conference outside West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Poilievre says Canada’s immigration system broken, sidesteps cut questions

Leader says Conservatives would base immigration policy on the needs of private-sector employers

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada's immigration system is broken, but is sidestepping questions about whether he would touch the current targets. Poilievre speaks at a news conference outside West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anna were in Penticton on July 12. Pollievre addressed media on inflation and other issues. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre talks inflation, housing in Penticton

The federal party leader was in town to meet with party members and the public

Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anna were in Penticton on July 12. Pollievre addressed media on inflation and other issues. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife, Anaida, pose for a photo with an unidentified man wearing a “straight pride” T-shirt during a Calgary Stampede event in Calgary, Alta., in a recent photo published to Twitter by user @BSpence1983. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Twitter

Poilievre ‘does not agree’ with ‘straight pride’ message in Stampede photo

Conservative leader photographed with ‘hundreds of people’ during annual Calgary bash

Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife, Anaida, pose for a photo with an unidentified man wearing a “straight pride” T-shirt during a Calgary Stampede event in Calgary, Alta., in a recent photo published to Twitter by user @BSpence1983. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Twitter
A young new Canadian holds a flag as she takes part in a citizenship ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Canadians’ pride in their nationality, like most things these days, seems to be divided down partisan lines, a new poll suggests. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Conservative voters less likely to be proud to be Canadian, survey suggests

Leger poll suggests national pride seems to be divided down partisan lines

A young new Canadian holds a flag as she takes part in a citizenship ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Canadians’ pride in their nationality, like most things these days, seems to be divided down partisan lines, a new poll suggests. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, June 19, 2023. Conservative members of Parliament joined other parties to vote in favour of a bill that enshrines into law the federal government’s long-term commitment to the Canada-wide early learning and child-care system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Tories vote in favour of bill enshrining long-term funding for child-care system

Liberals earmarked $30 billion over five years in 2021 budget to set up national child-care program

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, June 19, 2023. Conservative members of Parliament joined other parties to vote in favour of a bill that enshrines into law the federal government’s long-term commitment to the Canada-wide early learning and child-care system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Conservative MP and former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is given a standing ovation as he delivers his final speech in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, June 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

O’Toole warns of ‘performance politics,’ social media perils in final Commons address

‘Too many of us are often chasing algorithms down a sinkhole of diversion and division’

Conservative MP and former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is given a standing ovation as he delivers his final speech in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, June 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
A Canadian passport sits on a suitcase in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Advocates for would-be Canadians born abroad say Conservative efforts to filibuster amendments to the Citizenship Act are threatening their hopes of passing their nationality on to their children and grandchildren. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Conservative filibuster threatens potential citizenship for children born abroad

Proposed change would allow parents to pass down Canadian citizenship if they can prove they’ve spent at least 3 years in the country

A Canadian passport sits on a suitcase in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Advocates for would-be Canadians born abroad say Conservative efforts to filibuster amendments to the Citizenship Act are threatening their hopes of passing their nationality on to their children and grandchildren. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Flanked by Conservative Finance and Middle Class Prosperity critic Jasraj Singh Hallan and Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman and other members of Parliament, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons, Monday, June 5, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Liberals accuse Tories of ‘hijacking’ Parliament after threatening to filibuster

But Liberal House leader Mark Holland says the federal government won’t cower over the Tory threats

Flanked by Conservative Finance and Middle Class Prosperity critic Jasraj Singh Hallan and Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman and other members of Parliament, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons, Monday, June 5, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre takes part in the National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is wishing LGBTQ people a happy Pride Month, saying it marks a symbol for freedom, but he has not specified whether he’ll be seen at any Pride events. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Poilievre links Pride with freedom but stays mum on parades, condemns Uganda bill

He is not saying whether he’ll be attending any Pride events

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre takes part in the National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is wishing LGBTQ people a happy Pride Month, saying it marks a symbol for freedom, but he has not specified whether he’ll be seen at any Pride events. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
People who experience homelessness in Kelowna often sleep in doorways of businesses on the city’s main downtown street, Bernard Avenue. (David Venn - Kelowna Capital News)

Kelowna’s tent city garners national attention after Poilievre tweet

Pierre Poilievre tweeted a video of a designated homeless encampment in Kelowna

People who experience homelessness in Kelowna often sleep in doorways of businesses on the city’s main downtown street, Bernard Avenue. (David Venn - Kelowna Capital News)