Pierre Poilievre

Politician

1979-06-03

Quotes by Pierre Poilievre

• More debt interest, higher taxes, a smaller GDP. That is the Liberal plan.

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• Our soldiers fought in the Korean War to push back communism. As a result of their effort and the effort of our allies, South Korea is free today.

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• If you are ideologically opposed to income splitting for families, why wouldn't you scrap it for seniors? What is the distinguishing principle between income splitting for people with kids and income splitting for people who are retired?

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• I stated that aboriginals deserve protection under Canada's human rights laws and that the record dollars that the government is spending on aboriginals should reach the people in need.

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• Work is the only way - the only sustainable way - to escape poverty.

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• I read a lot of history. It has taught me that any politician has to overcome difficult periods in order to achieve their goals.

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• If the carbon tax really was about saving the world, we would presume the largest industrial emitters of carbon would have to pay it.

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• I'm thankful, thankful for the local farm family that gave me the idea for the Children's Fitness Tax Credit.

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• We don't need subsidized corporate welfare schemes that rely on endless bailouts from the taxpayer.

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• Sick leave should be used to cover the costs of paying people who work in the public service who are sick, and that we can deliver that to our public servants while making it affordable for Canadian taxpayers.

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• The root causes of terrorism is terrorists.

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• Politics should not be a lifelong career, and elected officials should not be allowed to fix themselves in the halls of power of a nation.

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• There are two major problems that come out of COVID-19: the massive unemployment that is destroying the revenues for our programs, the paychecks for our families, and the sense of purpose for our workers. The second is the astronomical levels of household government and corporate debt.

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• Budgets don't balance themselves, it takes fiscal discipline, and both the union and the government will have to show taxpayers that discipline.

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• It is time to unleash our economy... to unleash the free market system so that businesses can grow and prosper so that our workers can be rewarded for their work and our economy can relaunch to its rightful place at the head of the pack.

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• Winston Churchill was one of the most unpopular politicians in the late '30s and by the mid-'40s he was considered one the greatest statesmen, possibly of all time. I'm not comparing myself. I'm just saying that controversies come and go, but the important thing is sticking to your principles and persevering through those controversies.

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• Any politician promising not to raise your taxes is like a vampire promising to become a vegetarian.

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• The opposition believes that we should allow people to vote without even showing a shred of identification. Canadians disagree.

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• The Fair Elections Act in its final form will require every single voter to produce ID showing who they are before they vote. Away from the noise in political Ottawa, everyone understands that this is common sense.

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• The Conservative caucus votes far more freely and independently than any other caucus on Parliament Hill.

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