Overview
- Poilievre, who addressed the Canada Strong and Free Network in Ottawa on Thursday, said he will stay on and “keep fighting” after an election loss and floor-crossings that helped Prime Minister Mark Carney secure a majority.
- He cast his opponents as a “club of Liberal elites” and argued Carney has not changed the Trudeau-era agenda, saying Liberals copied Conservative ideas on resource development without delivering results.
- Recent Angus Reid polling shows support among past Conservative voters for him to lead into the next election has dropped to about 57% from 68% last August, yet no public leadership challenge has emerged.
- He put faster approvals for major resource projects at the center of his push, even as the Carney government promotes a new Major Projects Office and a two-year target for federal decisions on big builds.
- The conference doubled as a movement meet-up that featured U.S. figures like former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and Canadian conservatives including Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, underscoring cross-border ties.