{"id":69079,"date":"2025-03-28T10:44:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T14:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=69079"},"modified":"2025-04-30T12:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T16:03:05","slug":"pierre-poilievres-voting-record-and-the-politics-of-exclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/69079\/pierre-poilievres-voting-record-and-the-politics-of-exclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics of Exclusion: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s Voting Track Record 2004-2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JUMP TO PIERRE POILIEVRE’S VOTING RECORD<\/a><\/strong> \/\/ JUMP TO SHAREABLE GRAPHICS <\/a><\/strong>\/\/ FURTHER READING ON PIERRE’S CORPORATE CONNECTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n

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Pierre Poilievre speaks with conviction. \u201cWe are Conservatives,\u201d<\/em> he says. \u201cWe don\u2019t believe in big fat government programs. We don\u2019t believe in giving money.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n

At first, that might sound like ordinary political talk. But these words are more than slogans. They are signals.<\/strong> They draw lines between who is deserving of support, and who is not. Between who counts, and who is left behind.<\/p>\n\n

When someone seeking to lead this country repeatedly tells us what they <\/strong>don\u2019t<\/em><\/strong> believe in, we must ask:<\/strong> what values are left? What kind of future is being offered and for whom?<\/p>\n\n

This is not about fiscal restraint. It\u2019s about stripping away the systems that many of us rely on to survive and thrive.<\/strong> It\u2019s about making life harder for people navigating poverty, housing precarity, chronic illness, disability, single parenthood, systemic racism, colonial legacies, gender-based violence. And then telling them it\u2019s their fault.<\/p>\n\n

Poilievre received a government pension at the age of 31. Later, he tried to target other MPs over their pensions in a public stunt. The reality? His own pension is roughly three times larger, projected to be around $230,000 annually by the time he turns 65<\/a>. That number will only grow if he becomes Prime Minister. Soon after securing his pension, he voted to raise the retirement age for others to 67<\/a>. He speaks of independence and \u201cthe value of hard work,\u201d but only applies those values to communities who\u2019ve been denied fair access to opportunities for generations. In 2008, he questioned whether survivors of residential schools should receive compensation<\/a>, arguing instead that Indigenous peoples just need to \u201cwork harder.\u201d In 2023, he addressed a group that claimed the harms of residential schools were a \u201cmyth.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n\n

This is not just a political position. It\u2019s an erasure of truth. It\u2019s a refusal to reckon with Canada\u2019s history and its ongoing impacts.<\/p>\n\n

And it\u2019s part of a larger pattern.<\/strong> When Bernie Sanders tells people<\/a> to \u201cListen not to what they say, watch what they do,\u201d<\/em> that applies here, too. So let\u2019s take a look at Pierre\u2019s record, shall we?<\/p>\n\n

Pierre\u2019s Record<\/h2>\n\n

Poilievre has consistently voted against<\/a> supports that help people meet basic needs: affordable housing, childcare, dental care, medication, contraceptives, and food programs in schools. He\u2019s opposed expanding the pension plan, raising the minimum wage, strengthening workers’ rights, and protecting our environment.<\/p>\n\n

When communities needed pandemic relief, he called these supports wasteful. \u201cWe don\u2019t believe in giving money,\u201d <\/em>he said. But that\u2019s not true<\/strong>. He believes in directing money to those who already have wealth – real estate developers, grocery magnates, long-term care corporations<\/a>. His inner circle includes lobbyists for billion-dollar companies<\/a> and donors<\/a> who host him in mansions across the country<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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A reminder that @PierrePoilievre<\/a> was paid a salary of 190K during the peak of the COVID crisis when many Canadians were out of work. https:\/\/t.co\/Fb1V98dA1K<\/a><\/p>— Ann Connors she\/her (@AnnMConnors) August 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>