Poilievre was born on June 3, 1979,[5] in Calgary, Alberta, to 16-year-old high school student Jacqueline Farrell, whose mother had recently died.[3][6][7] Farrell, who is of Irish-Canadian paternal descent, had planned to name him Jeff – a name he is still occasionally referred to by during adulthood – had she not placed him for adoption.[6][8][9] He was adopted by two schoolteachers, Marlene and Donald Poilievre (who is Fransaskois)[10] shortly after being born.[3][11] The couple later also adopted his younger, biological half-brother Patrick.[8] The boys were raised in a modest household in suburban Calgary, playing ice hockey and going on camping trips.[9] Pierre was raised as a Catholic.[12]
Growing up, Poilievre worked as a paperboy for the Calgary Sun.[13] He attended Henry Wise Wood High School,[14] and was on a wrestling team until he was forced to stop due to a temporary shoulder tendinitis injury, at the age of 14. Following the injury, Poilievre attended an Alberta Tory riding-association meeting as a new hobby.[9] As a result, he became interested in politics and started reading political books, including Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom, a book that greatly influenced his politics.[9]
Poilievre became active in the Reform Party and the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta by participating in meetings of both parties.[9][15] At the age of 16, Poilievre sold Reform Party memberships for Jason Kenney and also did telephone canvassing for him.[16] He also knocked on doors for political campaigns and served on a riding association. Shortly after turning 17 years old, he was a delegate to the Reform Party 1996 national convention in Vancouver, British Columbia. Poilievre graduated from Henry Wise Wood in 1997.[17]
Poilievre's adoptive parents, who had married in 1971, separated when he was in his mid-teens. His father, Donald, later came out as a gay man.[9] In his early twenties, Poilievre eventually met both his biological mother, a nurse in North Carolina, and his maternal grandfather for the first time.[6][7]
University and early jobs
As a teenager, Poilievre had a job at Telus doing corporate collections by calling businesses.[18] He also later worked briefly as a journalist for Alberta Report, a conservative weekly magazine.[19] At the University of Calgary, he studied international relations.[20] At the age of 19, he staged a protest against a student union that tried to prevent campus Reform Party supporters from campaigning for their candidate in an Alberta Senate election. He was one of many Reform members on campus in conflict with the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, which they believed to be unprincipled.[9]
As a second-year student, in 1999, Poilievre submitted an essay to Magna International's "As Prime Minister, I Would...", essay contest. His essay, titled "Building Canada Through Freedom", focused on the subject of individual freedom and among other things, argued for a two-term limit for all members of Parliament. As a finalist, Poilievre won $10,000 and won a four-month internship at Magna, with the essay being published in the book that collected the essays titled @Stake — "As Prime Minister, I Would..."[9][21][22]
Poilievre was president of the Young Tories at the University of Calgary, a club composed of both Progressive Conservative and Reform members focused on Alberta politics, where he clashed with Patrick Brown who was the president of the national Progressive Conservative Youth Federation at the time. Their dispute was over Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark, whom Poilievre considered to be anti-youth.[23][why?] Concerned that anti-Clark members would be removed, as Brown was an executive for the Progressive Conservatives, Poilievre threatened to shift the Progressive Conservative club to the United Alternative. Media outlets had obtained a leaked memo of Brown planning to remove anti-Clark youth leaders, but Brown denied it, leading Poilievre to back down from his threat.[24]
Canadian Alliance work
In 2000, Poilievre was an organizer on a website called Organization to Draft Stockwell Day, seeking to recruit Alberta Treasurer Stockwell Day to be the leader of the Canadian Alliance party.[25][26] With Day running in the leadership election, Poilievre and his young colleagues made phone calls to canvas and raise money, dubbing themselves the "Fight Club".[9][27]
After Day's tenure as Leader of the Official Opposition, Poilievre left Calgary and university without graduating to work for Day as an advisor in 2002, but he completed online coursework through Athabasca University to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary in 2008.[8][28] After Jean Chrétien announced he would retire as prime minister in 2002, Poilievre and Ezra Levant, who practised law at the time,[29] wrote an op-ed advocating for the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative parties.[26] Poilievre served as Levant's campaign spokesperson during his campaign to replace Preston Manning in the 2002 Calgary Southwest by-election, until Levant withdrew in order to allow Stephen Harper to run.[30]
In 2003, Poilievre founded a company called 3D Contact Inc. with business partner Jonathan Denis,[31] who became an Alberta Cabinet minister years later. Their company focused on providing political communications, polling and research services.[32] After founding the company, Poilievre ran for MP as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, which had recently been formed from a merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservatives.[33]
Poilievre entered the 38th Canadian Parliament at the age of 25 along with Andrew Scheer as the youngest members of the Conservative caucus.[36] Poilievre introduced himself and his young colleagues to media outlets as "libertarian-minded" members of the party.[37][38] Poilievre was given the nickname "Skippy" early in his political career.[3][39][40]
Poilievre took up the cause of the Queensway Carleton Hospital which was in the midst of an expansion project while facing provincial funding reductions for operations and an increase in rent as its lease with the National Capital Commission was set to expire in 2013. Seeking to eliminate the rent the hospital paid, Poilievre introduced, on June 20, 2005, a private member Bill C-414, titled An Act to prevent the Government of Canada from charging rent to non-profit hospitals.[41] The bill was defeated in a vote of 165–111[42] but with Nepean—Carleton MPP John Baird they advocated the hospital only pay a $1 per year rent[43] and implemented that once Baird became President of the Treasury Board the next year.[44]
Poilievre also sponsored private member Bill C-383, introduced on May 11, 2005, to create a means to recall Members of Parliament through a petition,[45] and Bill C-456, on November 24, 2005, to insert parental responsibility into the Criminal Code by making it an offence for a parent to contribute through negligence, inappropriate action or lack of appropriate action to behaviour that results in their child committing an offence.[46]
Poilievre won reelection in the 2006 Canadian federal election with over 50% of the vote. The Conservative Party formed a minority government. Entering the 39th Canadian Parliament at the age of 26, he remained the youngest MP in the House of Commons.[49] Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Poilievre to act as Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board, who was his fellow Nepean-area Conservative MP John Baird. Poilievre's parliamentary work included overseeing the drafting and adoption of the Federal Accountability Act.[50]
Addressing the prime minister's apology on behalf of the Canadian government for the Canadian Indian residential school system, Poilievre made remarks to CFRA News Talk Radio regarding the financial compensation and the residential school survivors, for which he later apologized.[51] He stated he did not think Canada was "getting value for all this money", instead suggesting "we need to engender the values of hard work and independence and self-reliance."[52] Poilievre apologized in Parliament the next day, saying, "Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer a full apology to aboriginal people, to the House and to all Canadians. Yesterday, on a day when the House and all Canadians were celebrating a new beginning, I made remarks that were hurtful and wrong. I accept responsibility for them, and I apologize."[53]
In the 2008 Canadian federal election, Poilievre, now a Barrhaven resident, was again re-elected with over 50% of the vote in his Nepean–Carleton riding with his party forming another minority government. For the 40th Canadian Parliament, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Poilievre as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister. After the prime minister decided Canada would boycott the Durban Review Conference due to concerns of anti-Semitic rhetoric, Poilievre and Liberal Party MP Irwin Cotler were sent to Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the alternative Conference Against Racism, Discrimination, and Persecution.[54] Poilievre went on to Poland for the March of the Living.[55] He was assigned to be a member of the Special Panel on Employment Insurance tasked by Harper and Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff to address resulting impacts of 2008 financial crisis with compromise that would avoid election.[56] He was also assigned to the Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee where he expressed concern over camera surveillance, like Google Street View, and called for CEO of Google Eric Schmidt to testify.[57]
Poilievre became referred to as the Conservative Party's "attack dog".[58][59][60] Following the 2009 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election he sent a letter to the Commissioner of Canada Elections alleging contraventions of federal regulations concerning fundraising.[61] In 2010, a police probe was triggered after Poilievre drove through a Parliament Hill screening gate without waiting for the RCMP to permit his entry and open the gate. Instead, he pressed the entrance button himself and drove his vehicle through. After Poilievre was identified as the driver and the incident was reported on in the media, he apologized.[62]
As in 2006 and 2008, Poilievre won re-election in Nepean–Carleton with over 50% of the vote. For this 41st Canadian Parliament, the Conservative Party formed a majority government and Prime Minister Harper appointed him as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (Denis Lebel) and for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) — assisting Gary Goodyear and Steven Fletcher.[63]
In early September 2012, while serving on the FedDev Ontario, Poilievre echoed then-Ontario MPP Randy Hillier's calls for ending workers' mandatory union payments.[64][65] When asked in 2012 if his advocacy was akin to right-to-work laws implemented in some parts of the United States, Poilievre described it as an "enhancement of workers rights and freedoms".[66] Hillier had developed his arguments for the right-to-work in his June 2012 White Paper for the province of Ontario, "Paths to Prosperity: Flexible Labour Markets" .[67]
In early 2013, both Poilievre, at the federal level, and Hillier, at the provincial level, had called for greater transparency regarding union finances by citing the way in which the National Capital Region branch of the Public Service Alliance of Canada had supported the Parti Québécois in the 2012 provincial elections, and unions had supported the student protests using union funds.[68][69] Poilievre, wrote forcefully against the application of the 1946 Rand formula used in Canadian labour law, which stems from a Supreme Court ruling that allows unions to collect mandatory dues from workers in exchange for the union's support for worker grievances.[70][71] The formula was crafted in response to the 99-day Windsor Ford Strike by returned World War II veterans and other workers led by the United Automobile Workers of Canada (UAW) at the Ford Motor Company facilities in Windsor, Ontario.[72] Poilievre's offensive against the mandatory paying of union dues by federal public servants was relatively short-lived.[73]
Thousands of public servants who were union members, were in his riding. To union supporters, Polievre's call to end the mandatory union fees raised concerns that cutting off revenue to unions would weaken unions.[73] Some called the right-to-work argument, the right-to-work-for-less.[64]Russ Hiebert's private member's bill, C-377, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act (labour organizations), passed into law in June 2015, making union fees optional;[74] it was one of the last pieces of legislation before the end of Harper's premiership. By December 2015, the bill was no longer in force, and it was finally repealed in June 2017.[75]
Cabinet minister (2013–2015)
Minister of State for Democratic Reform
Poilievre in 2014
Harper shuffled his cabinet, adding several new members, including Poilievre to replace Tim Uppal as minister of state for democratic reform.[76] With the 2011 Canadian federal election voter suppression scandal concluding, the Canadian Senate expenses scandal unfolding, and the Senate Reform Act (to allow each province to recommend Senate candidates and impose a maximum 9-year term limit) paused at second reading to hear from the Supreme Court of Canada as to its constitutionality,[77] this position was seen by the media as being one of toughest in the cabinet and consequential to the Conservative Party.[78] After the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Senate Reform Act would require substantial provincial consent, and Harper ruled out the use of a national referendum, reform efforts were abandoned.[79]
After Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party which controlled the second most Senate seats, began implementing his Senate reform plan of making senators independent with a non-partisan appointment process, Poilievre dismissed the measures, maintaining that Senators should be elected.[80]
On February 4, 2014, as Minister of State, Poilievre introduced Bill C-23, known as the Fair Elections Act, into the House of Commons.[81] Among other provisions, the bill expanded the types of identification which were accepted in order to vote, and eliminated the vouching system, whereby a voter can vote without an ID and have an acquaintance 'vouch' for them. The bill was opposed by former chief electoral officer Jean-Pierre Kingsley,[82] former auditor general Sheila Fraser,[83] and dozens of Canadian[84] and international[85] political experts — Poilievre stepped up his attacks on Marc Mayrand, the chief electoral officer of Elections Canada at the time, by accusing him of wanting "more power, a bigger budget and less accountability."[86] The bill was passed and received royal assent.
Also as minister of state, Poilievre introduced Bill C-50, known as the Citizen Voting Act, into the House of Commons in December 2014. The bill was the government's response to an Ontario Superior Court ruling, which was appealed to the Supreme Court as Frank v Canada (AG), which had determined the disfranchisement of expatriates who have lived abroad for more than five years was unconstitutional.[87] Bill C-50 instead proposed to insert additional documentation requirements for expatriates to be able to vote.[88]
Minister of Employment and Social Development
In a small cabinet shuffle, instigated by the decision of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird to not seek re-election, the prime minister promoted Poilievre, on February 9, 2015, to a ministerial position. He replaced Jason Kenney as minister of employment and social development and took on Baird's role as minister responsible for the National Capital Commission while keeping his duties as the minister responsible for democratic reform.[89] Also at that time, the National Capital Commission was pursuing the development of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism – Canada, a Land of Refuge and trying to decide where to locate it; Poilievre advocated for the site adjacent to the Supreme Court of Canada building.[90]
In July 2015, Poilievre announced an expansion of a child care benefit program. During the announcement, he wore a Conservative Party of Canada shirt, stated that the payments were from "our Conservative government", and said that "if the Liberals and NDP were to take office they would take the benefits away and raise taxes."[91] Later in 2017, the elections commissioner determined that the occasion was akin to a Conservative party campaign event, rather than a Government of Canada announcement.[92] As the government spent approximately $4,800 related to the event, it was essentially "a de facto non-monetary contribution" to the Conservative party.[91] The commissioner ruled that this was a campaign finance violation, as Poilievre had "knowingly circumvent[ed] the prohibition on contributions to a registered party by ineligible contributors." Poilievre was ordered to post a link to the ruling on his social media.[93]
In August 2017, new party leader Andrew Scheer selected Poilievre to be critic of the Minister of Finance, with Tom Kmiec as deputy critic.[95] In that role Poilievre introduced his third private member's bill (Bill C-395) which sought to amend the Federal–Provincial Arrangements Act in such a way that it would eliminate personal income taxes and payroll taxes that apply to persons with disabilities.[96] Though it gained the support of the New Democratic Party, the bill was defeated at consider of 2nd Reading with both the Liberal Party and Bloc Québécois/Québec debout voting against.[97] During this parliament, Poilievre travelled to Dieppe as part of a Canadian delegation to commemorate the 75th anniversary ceremonies of the Dieppe Raid.[98] In the lead-up to the next election, Poilievre used all the House of Commons time allotted for debating the 2019 Canadian federal budget to deliver one 4-day long speech to remark upon the SNC-Lavalin affair.[99][100]
Poilievre was re-elected in 2019 to the 43rd Canadian Parliament, this time by a wider margin of the vote compared to his 2015 victory.[101] After Scheer's resignation as party leader, Poilievre was initially considered to be one of the front-runners to win the subsequent leadership election. Poilievre considered a bid and started to assemble a campaign team, though he announced he would not run on January 23, 2020, citing his desire to spend more time with his family.[102]
During the WE Charity scandal surrounding the Liberal Party, Poilievre was one of the Conservative Party's primary interrogators. Poilievre repeatedly questioned Prime Minister Trudeau in a virtual conference in July, asking for the exact dollar figure that his family was paid by the WE Charity. Trudeau responded that he did not know the number on hand.[103] In August, Poilievre revealed to journalists WE Charity memos that had been blacked-out by the Liberal government, tossing each of them aside.[104] After Poilievre pressured Finance MinisterBill Morneau to resign for his involvement in the scandal, Morneau announced his resignation on August 17.[105][106]
Scheer's successor, Erin O'Toole, kept Poilievre as finance critic until February 10, 2021, when he was replaced with Ed Fast. Poilievre then became critic for jobs and industry, though he only held this position for a short time as he regained his old position as finance critic on November 9, 2021.[109]
Poilievre and his wife, Anaida, at a campaign rally in April 2022
After O'Toole was ousted as leader through a leadership review on February 2, 2022, there was speculation of Poilievre entering the leadership election to succeed him.[110] On February 5, 2022, Poilievre implicitly declared his intention to run in the leadership election, stating "I'm running for Prime Minister".[111][112] Political commentators and journalists described Poilievre as the frontrunner in the leadership race.[113][114] Poilievre's campaign was described as being centred on freedom and reducing the cost of living.[115] He stated his desire to make Canada the "freest country in the world".[116]
Poilievre had been critical of fellow leadership candidates Jean Charest and Patrick Brown, who were seen to be part of the moderate faction of the Conservative Party; Poilievre accused Charest of being a Liberal and stated that Brown's support for a carbon tax is "disqualifying".[117][118][119] From the end of June to early July, Poilievre's campaign aired attack ads on Brown in local Toronto television stations, criticizing his policies as mayor of Brampton.[120] Poilievre's campaign paid the legal fees of a whistleblower who claimed that Brown had broken election laws, leading to Brown's disqualification from the race.[121]
On June 4, Poilievre's campaign announced they sold 311,958[122] out of the 678,708 total memberships during the leadership race.[123] Poilievre had been endorsed for the leadership by 62 Conservative MPs, more than half of the party's then 119-member caucus in the House of Commons. On July 25, Poilievre received an endorsement from former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.[124] On August 2, Poilievre's campaign announced they fundraised $4,042,717 through 36,804 individual donors in the second quarter of the leadership race; this amount was more than half of the $7,538,549 fundraised by the six candidates combined.[125]
On September 10, Poilievre won the leadership on the first ballot, with 68.15% of points and 70.7% of the vote share. It was the first first-ballot victory since the party's 2004 leadership election. Poilievre also won 330 out of 338 electoral districts.[126][127]
On September 12, Poilievre gave his first speech to his caucus as leader.[128] The following day on September 13, he unveiled his House of Commons leadership team with nine members, including new deputy leaders Melissa Lantsman and Tim Uppal.[129] On October 12, Poilievre unveiled a 71-member shadow cabinet, including former leadership rivals Leslyn Lewis and Scott Aitchison.[130]
Parliamentary activities
In October 2022, the Conservatives under Poilievre voted in favour of the Liberal government's Bill C-30 (which doubled the goods and services tax rebate) but voted against Bill C-31 (which introduced a public dental care program for children under 12 in low income families and a one-time allowance worth $500 for low-income renters), citing concerns that the level of spending for the latter bill's measures would increase inflation.[131][132]
Poilievre and the Conservatives put forward a motion in November 2022 to audit federal COVID-19 spending including the ArriveCAN app. The motion passed resulting in an audit of the federal government's spending. The auditor found that "overpayments of $4.6 billion were made to ineligible individuals" and "at least $27.4 billion in payments to individuals and employers" to be further investigated. In December, Liberal MPs criticized the audit for being done for partisan reasons and "political games" while Conservative MPs defended the independence of the auditor.[133]
In January 2023, Poilievre called for a parliamentary probe into the Liberal government's relationship with McKinsey & Company due to a report showing value of federal contracts increased from $2.2 million to $66 million after the Liberals formed government.[134]
On June 19, 2023, Poilievre and his caucus voted in support of the Liberal government's legislation for long term funding to a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system.[135]
In September 2023, Poilievre put forward a bill aiming to increase more homebuilding, titled Bill C-356 (Building Homes Not Bureaucracy Act).[136][137] Later that month, a video would release of Poilievre going door-knocking in suburban neighbourhoods to support his campaign for the next election. In the video, Poilievre can be heard agreeing with a woman that Justin Trudeau's father, Pierre Trudeau, "put [Canada] down", then adding himself that both Justin and Pierre Trudeau are "Marxists".[138]
In November 2023, Poilievre and the Conservative caucus voted against a bill that implements an update to a free trade agreement with Ukraine.[139][140][141][142] Poilievre said that his opposition was based on language that would "impose [Justin Trudeau's] carbon tax ideology onto those poor people,"[139] despite Ukraine already having a price on carbon and the urging of the Ukrainian ambassador to pass the bill.[141][140] Liberal government house leader Karina Gould described the reasoning as a "red herring,"[141] and the president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress called on the Conservative Party to rethink their position.[143]
On April 30, 2024, Poilievre was ejected from the House of Commons after referring to Trudeau as a "wacko prime minister", when criticizing Trudeau's past support for British Columbia's decriminalization of hard drug use in public spaces. After Poilievre refused to withdraw the adjective, House Speaker Greg Fergus removed Poilievre from the chamber on the grounds that he used unparliamentary language.[144]
On June 12, 2024, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians released a report on foreign interference by the governments such as India and China in Canadian elections such as the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.[145] It also mention that there was members of parliament that were whiting participants in foreign-interference efforts.[145] Poilievre, demanded that the names of the member of parliament should be publicly released.[146] Previously, Poilievre has resisted any attempts in obtaining a security clearance since becoming leader and this report did not change his mind because Poilievre believes that the clearance would be used to silence his criticism of the government on this issues. [145] In October 2024, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the foreign interference commission that he has seen the names of Conservative parliamentarians and candidates who were a clear risk of foreign interference and directed CSIS to pass that information along to Poilievre but said Poilievre lack of security clearance prevent him from seeing this information.[146] Poilievre responded by accusing Trudeau of lying and demanded that the Prime Minister release the names.[146]
Other events
On October 6, 2022, it was reported that between 2018 and 2022, Poilievre's team-managed YouTube channel posted hundreds of videos with a hidden tag labelled "MGTOW", referencing the misogynistic online community.[147] Poilievre condemned MGTOW, said he was unaware of the tags, and had his team immediately remove the tags.[147]
Responding to a reporter's question on June 27, 2023, Poilievre criticized Trudeau for weighing in on New Brunswick's Policy 713 regarding LGBT students, calling it a "provincial policy" and saying that "The prime minister has no business in decisions that should rest with provinces and parents".[148]
On October 20, 2023, in an emailed statement, Pollievre "encouraged Albertans to stay in the CPP" amidst ongoing debate in Alberta on whether to leave the Canada Pension Plan. Pollievre stated that "The division today on the CPP is entirely the result of Justin Trudeau attacking the Alberta economy".[149]
By-elections and opinion polling
Under Poilievre's leadership, the Conservatives have won 5 by-elections, with 4 retained seats[b] and 1 gained seat[c].[150] On June 24, 2024, the Conservatives won the previously Liberal-held riding of Toronto—St. Paul's in a federal by-election, marking the first time under Poilievre's leadership that the Conservatives won a riding that was previously held by another party. This particular by-election victory gained national attention, as the Liberal Party had held the riding since 1993.[151]
Poilievre's first year as leader saw the Conservatives holding a narrow lead over the Liberals according to most opinion polls. However, during the summer of 2023, the Conservatives experienced a surge in polling support,[152] with their lead increasing to the double-digits.[153]
Poilievre has described himself as a libertarian and a "true conservative".[37][154] Journalists have also described him as libertarian.[155][156][157] Some journalists have described him as populist.[158][159][160] Poilievre is also widely considered to be part of the Blue Tory faction within the party.[161]
Poilievre owns and uses cryptocurrency, and purchased a shawarma in London, Ontario, to show support for it.[168] He supports normalizing cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, which he believes is an inflation hedge.[169] He stated he wants to make Canada the "blockchain capital of the world" and believes the federal government is bringing down the value of the Canadian dollar.[170]
Poilievre has criticized the Bank of Canada, accusing it of being "financially illiterate" for forecasting that there would be deflation as opposed to inflation,[171] after his warning to them about inflation in 2020.[172] The bank's deputy governor Paul Beaudry responded by stating "The aspect that we should be held accountable is exactly right," and also listed the Russian invasion of Ukraine and supply-chain bottlenecks due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the most significant influences on inflation.[173] Poilievre has said that the bank's governor, Tiff Macklem, is Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's "personal ATM" in terms of printing money to fund deficit spending for the pandemic. Poilievre stated that a government led by him would dismiss Macklem, audit the bank, and ban the bank's potential digital currency.[174][175]
Following the Rogers-Shaw merger, Poilievre stated that Canada needed more telecommunications competition and proposed for there to be at least "four competitors in every single marketplace".[176]
Poilievre supports defunding the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), stating the federal government could save a billion dollars, or 0.9%[177] of the annual federal budget, by doing so.[178][179] He has been a critic of what he believes to be biased support for the government within the CBC, referring to the CBC as the "biased propaganda arm of the Liberal Party" in a response to reporters in Edmonton in 2023.[180] However, he would continue to support the CBC's French programming.[181] He proposes to convert the CBC's headquarters into affordable housing and other federal buildings into condominium housing.[165][179]
Poilievre has supported bringing right-to-work laws to Canada,[183] and voted multiple times against reinstating and increasing the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.[184][185]
Poilievre supported the new replacement workers bill, also known as Bill C-58.[186] The bill, introduced by the Liberal government, would ban the use of replacement workers during strikes and lockouts in most federally regulated workplaces.[187]In February 2024, Poilievre and his caucus voted alongside Liberal, NDP, and Bloc MPs in favour of Bill C-58 which banned replacement workers.[186]
Housing and infrastructure
Poilievre stated that a government led by him would permit a runway expansion at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, allowing jets to fly in and out of the airport. Poilievre cited increased competition in the aviation industry and travellers being provided with an alternative to Toronto's Pearson International Airport which had dealt with congestion and flight delays surpassing 50% around the month of July 2022.[188]
Poilievre blames bureaucracy for a lack of new housing and proposes requiring big cities with unaffordable housing to increase their number of new homes built by 15 percent annually, in order to continue receiving full federal infrastructure money.[189] Big cities that fail to keep up with the construction target would be withheld funds by the percentage they fall short, while those that meet the target would also be compensated up to $10,000 for every additional new home built.[190] He also proposes compensating other smaller cities for building extra housing.[165] Poilievre also plans to sell off 15 percent of the government's 37,000 buildings he considers to be under-utilized, so that they can be converted into affordable housing instead.[191] Poilievre has also criticized "wealthy investors who borrow it (money) and bid up housing prices,"[192]
The Conservatives under Poilievre voted against Bill C-31 (which introduced a one-time affordability allowance worth $500 for low-income renters), citing inflation concerns.[131][132]
Environment and energy
Poilievre is in favour of addressing climate change by using green technology and placing targets to reduce carbon-related emissions, as opposed to using taxes.[193] One of the technologies he plans to incentivize is carbon capture and storage.[194] Poilievre also plans to increase the production of electric cars by greenlighting more mining of lithium, cobalt and copper required to produce the cars and batteries.[195][196][197] When speaking in Quebec, he called for less "red tape" and stated that he would permit more construction of hydro-electric dams.[196][198] Poilievre believes Canadian energy is cleaner than that of other countries, and proposes a ban on importing foreign oil and a review of all pipeline projects cancelled by the current government.[199]
Poilievre pledges to repeal the Liberal government's carbon tax if the Conservatives form government under him, and has characterized the carbon tax as being "inflationary".[200] Poilievre also favours repealing two laws that he describes as "anti-energy": Oil Tanker Moratorium Act (a law prohibiting oil tankers of a certain size from docking along the north coast of British Columbia) and Impact Assessment Act (a law assessing Canada's environment).[201] He also supports Energy East pipeline.
Foreign policy
During the spring and summer of 2020, Poilievre was critical of what he perceived as the Trudeau government's misplaced trust in the Chinese government, which had cancelled CanSino's contract with Canada for its COVID vaccine, Convidecia. Poilievre insisted that Canada should create its own vaccines supply and make purchase agreements with more trustworthy governments.[202] Following the reports of Chinese election interference from Canadian Security Intelligence Service documents reported by the Globe and Mail in 2023, Poilievre called for a public registry for agents of foreign regimes who interfere in Canada's elections.[203] According to Global Affairs Canada, Poilievre has been a target of the Chinese government's Spamouflagedisinformation operations.[204]
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poilievre stated that a government led by him would support Ukraine by bringing in more Ukrainian refugees, providing more weapons to aid to Ukraine, and by supplying Europe with Canada's energy and oil through LNG Canada to help reduce Europe's dependency on energy from Russia.[205] Poilievre disagrees with putting a no-fly zone on Ukraine because he does not want to escalate Canada going to war.[206][207] Poilievre opposed the 2023 update to the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement claiming that it imposed a "carbon tax",[208] he instead proposes to send CRV7 rockets to Ukraine as aid to be used against Russia.[209]
Poilievre said that a government led by him would ban his Cabinet ministers from participating in the World Economic Forum (WEF), stating that the forum "is against the interests of our people".[210]
Poilievre condemned the actions of Hamas during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war and stated that Israel has the right to defend itself.[211] He criticized South Africa's genocide case against Israel, calling the accusation a shameless and dishonest attack on Jewish people and the Jewish state.[212] In March 2024, Poilievre claimed his government would "defund antisemitism", and blamed the war on Iran, promising to ban the IRGC.[213]
In October 2024, Poilevre said that "Israel must be able to prevent Iran from using nuclear weapons. If necessary, that means proactively striking Iranian nuclear sites and oil installations to defund the terrorist regime." He said that for Israel to do so "would be a gift by the Jewish state to humanity." He added: "I think the idea of allowing a genocidal, theocratic, unstable dictatorship, that is desperate to avoid being overthrown by its own people, to develop nuclear weapons is about the most dangerous and irresponsible thing that the world could ever allow."[214]
Social issues
Poilievre supports abortion rights and access to abortion in Canada.[215][216][217] He stated that government led by him would not introduce and would not pass any legislation restricting access to abortion, though he would allow his caucus to have free votes on legislation.[218] In 2010, however, he supported a bill that would have criminalized pressuring a person to get an abortion and a motion where Parliament would have studied when a fetus should be considered a human.[219] In 2020, he changed his position and said that a government led by him would never introduce a bill on the topic, and no private ones would be adopted.[220] In 2021, Poilievre opposed a private member bill prohibiting sex-selective abortion.[221]
Poilievre supports same-sex marriage after previously opposing it; in a 2020 interview, he called it a "success" and stated "I voted against it 15 years ago. But I learned a lot".[222] In 2005, he gave a speech opposing same-sex marriage while favouring civil unions as an alternative and voted in favour on the motion to introduce legislation to re-instate an opposite-sex only definition of marriage in 2006.[9][223] He had also requested Finance Minister Jim Flaherty withhold money spent on sex reassignment surgery from Canada Health Transfer payments.[224] In 2021, Poilievre voted in favour of banning conversion therapy in a free vote.[225] However, in September 2023, Poilievre would accuse Trudeau of "demonizing concerned parents" after the prime minister released a statement in support of LGBTQ+ Canadians on Twitter in response to anti-gender movement protests.[226] Poilievre's comments were condemned from the executive director of LGBTQ+ advocacy group Egale Canada.[227] In February 2024, when asked by reporters for his views on Premier of AlbertaDanielle Smith's transgender legislation and if he was against minors under 18 using puberty blockers to support medical gender transition, Poilievre affirmed his support for the decision.[228] In response to reporters asking if he believes transgender women should be allowed in women's change rooms and washrooms, Poilievre stated that "Female spaces should be exclusively for females, not for biological males"; however, he also stated that federal jurisdiction would not have the reach to legislate on the matter.[229]
Poilievre supports maintaining the legalization of soft drugs such as marijuana, while he opposes the decriminalization of "hard drugs",[230] stating "We're not talking about marijuana here, we're talking about highly lethal drugs that can stop a person's heart".[231] This is after previously voting against the legalization of marijuana in 2017.[232] He advocated for more treatment and recovery for those suffering from addictions which are "deadly" and that drug dealers should be facing "strong policing & tough sentences".[233] Poilievre plans to fund treatment and recovery for addicts by suing the pharmaceutical companies responsible for the opioid epidemic.[234]
Constitutional issues
Poilievre stated that he is in favour of freedom of speech and seeks to repeal Bill C-11 (Online Streaming Act) and the successor to Bill C-36 (Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act), describing them as censorship in Canada.[235] Poilievre plans to remove the proposed "digital safety commissioner" position with the introduction of what he titles as the "Free Speech Act" and would leave enforcement of crimes committed online to law enforcement.[236] Poilievre stated a government led by him would scrap direct federal research and other grants to universities if they do not commit to section 2(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which protects freedom of expression. Poilievre also stated he would appoint a 'Free Speech Guardian' (on the condition that they are a former judge) that would ensure compliance to section 2(b), investigate claims of academic censorship, report to the federal government on the universities that refuse to uphold the Charter right, and recommend cuts to direct federal grants to universities that do not uphold the right.[237]
Poilievre announced his support of those in the Canada convoy protest who were protesting peacefully, while denouncing individuals who were seen as promoting extremism.[238][239] Poilievre believes that the federal government abused its power by invoking the Emergencies Act during the convoy protests and proposes limiting its power to prevent it from being used similarly in the future.[240]
Immigration
In 2022, Poilievre described himself as pro-immigration and put forward policies aiming to speed up processing times for immigration to reunite families, keep refugees safe, and get jobs filled in Canada.[241] Poilievre stated that a government led by him would negotiate agreements with provinces to license qualified professionals within 60 days of receiving applications, provide study loans to aid new immigrants in passing examinations, and permit immigrants to receive licences before moving to Canada.[242][164] Poilievre proposes establishing direct flights to Amritsar, India.[243] In June 2023, Poilievre, as well as NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, joined protesters in support of students who were facing deportation for being scammed into moving to Canada on fake admission letters to universities.[244][245]
Poilievre has since argued that Canada should pursue more restrictions on immigration and asylum intake. In 2024, he described Liberal Party's approach to immigration as “radical and out of control” and argued Trudeau's government has “destroyed our immigration system.”[246] After data published by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRBC) showed a substantial rise in asylum cases from Mexico, Poilievre called on the Canadian government to reinstate visa requirements for Mexico which had been imposed by previous Conservative government before Trudeau abolished this policy in 2016. In January 2024, Poilievre argued that the removal of visa requirements had led to an increase in immigration fraud and abuses of the asylum process.[247][248]
In June 2024, Poilievre stated that if he became Prime Minister he would significantly reduce the numbers of asylum seekers and temporary residents, citing the high amount of new arrivals compared to Canada's housing supply. During a speech in Quebec, Poilievre said that current levels of immigration into Canada are too high and in government he would link immigration numbers to the number of homes built, citing lack of accommodations and the capacity of the healthcare system to support current migrant numbers.[249][250][251] In August 2024, Poilievre argued that before Trudeau became Prime Minister, Canada maintained a multi-generational consensus on immigration, bringing in immigrants at a level that the housing market, job market, and healthcare system could absorb. Poilievre also spoke in favour of smaller population growth by mitigating immigration numbers.[252]
Poilievre has also called for a tougher policy against illegal immigration and has accused the Trudeau government of allowing illegal border crossings at Roxham Road to continue. In 2023, he stated irregular border crossing points should be closed and loopholes allowing illegal migration to be ended by amending the "Safe Third Country Agreement".[253][254] In October 2024, he stated that a Conservative government under his leadership would introduce further border control and background screening measures of immigrants to stop foreign citizens with criminal and terrorism convictions from entering Canada.[255][256]
Healthcare
Poilievre supports Canada's public healthcare system, stating "I believe everybody should be able to get public health care. That's the system I've relied on my whole life."[257] Poilievre plans to address healthcare shortages in Canada by implementing interprovincial standardization for doctors and nurses which he would call the "Blue Seal" program and also by ensuring provinces expedite the approval of professional credentials of certified immigrants to increase the number of health care providers.[258][259] Poilievre pledged to uphold Justin Trudeau's healthcare funding set in 2023 for the provinces, but shared provincial premiers' criticisms of the funding being too low and he blamed Trudeau for overspending elsewhere.[260]
In June 2022, Poilievre introduced private members Bill C-278, Prevention of Government-imposed Vaccination Mandates Act, which would end federally enforced COVID-19 vaccine mandates.[261][262]
In October 2022, Poilievre voted in support of a Conservative private member's bill to amend the Criminal Code, prohibiting the act of coercing health professionals to euthanize patients in medical assistance in dying, with the aim of upholding "freedom of conscience" in section 2(a) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.[263] The bill was defeated when all Liberal, NDP and Bloc members voted against it.[264]
Firearms
Poilievre opposes re-establishing the long-gun registry, and opposes the May 1, 2020 Order in Council that banned over 1,500 models of firearms.[265] Poilievre believes the best civilian firearms policy for Canada is to improve policing of gun smuggling and is opposed to placing further restrictions on licensed firearms owners and sports shooters.[266][267]
Personal life
After moving to Ottawa, Poilievre dated Conservative political advisor Jenni Byrne until 2011.[268]
In December 2017, Poilievre married Anaida Galindo, a Senate aide, in a ceremony in Portugal. Their first child, a daughter, was born in October 2018.[269] In September 2021, Poilievre welcomed his second child, a son.[270] According to his disclosure statement to the federal ethics commissioner, Poilievre co-owns a real estate investment company that owns a condo in the Calgary area, which he rents out to a tenant.[271] His wife, Anaida Poilievre, also owns a rental property in the Ottawa suburb of Orleans, which she bought in 2012 and took out a mortgage on in 2020. Poilievre has defended his investments, saying that he and his wife are “helping solve the problem by providing affordable rental accommodations to two deserving families”. He also said that his wife used the equity in her property to “maximize the best interests of her financial position.”[272]
Poilievre is bilingual, speaking fluent English and French.[220] Poilievre's Fransaskois father, Donald, taught him to preserve French speaking from an early age.[10]
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^Bell, Rick (July 12, 2022). "Bell: Kenney, from Best Summer Ever to Last Summer Ever". Calgary Sun. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022. And Pierre Poilievre, the federal Conservative MP and frontrunner in his party's leadership race, scores huge applause at a weekend barbecue in Calgary, a city where he grew up and was a paperboy for the Calgary Sun.
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^"A Poilievre-Charest leadership duel would be 'epic,' says Quebec MP backing ex-premier". CTV News. February 22, 2022. Archived from the original on March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023. Rayes said he thinks Charest would be the candidate representing the party's more progressive but economically conservative wing, capable of rallying the 'Blue Liberals,' a term in political jargon referring to liberals who tend to be fiscally more right-wing but socially progressive. Conversely, he described Poilievre as a libertarian politician and 'a bit more sensationalist.'
^"Pierre Poilievre a force to be reckoned with". The Hamilton Spectator. April 18, 2022. Archived from the original on September 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022. As for Poilievre's obsession with 'freedom,' it's not entirely clear what he intends to free Canadians from or how he would transport them to his libertarian Utopia.
^Mintz, Jack (August 13, 2022). "Poilievre would introduce Pay-As-You-Go Law, requiring government save a dollar for every one spent". Western Standard. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023. Poilievre pointed out that US Congress also imposed a Pay-As-You-Go Law on the deficit-prone United States Federal Government in 1990, which remained in place throughout the Clinton administration. Within a few years of its introduction, America's deficit was gone and the country had its first balanced budget since 1969.
^Turnbull, Sarah (May 8, 2022). "Former Bank of Canada governor slams Poilievre's assertion central bank is 'financially illiterate'". CTV News. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022. Bank of Canada says #Bitcoin-ers lack financial literacy. This from the same people who promised we'd have 'deflation' right before inflation hit a 30 year high. It is our central bank that is financially illiterate. Restore sound money.
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^Valdes-Carletti, Miriam (March 3, 2022). "Pierre Poilievre promises to scrap carbon tax at Saskatoon campaign stop". CTV News. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022. Poilievre says he would introduce plans in Saskatchewan to incentivize carbon-reducing technology that would help fight climate change. - Taylor-Vaisey, Nick; Blatchford, Andy; Lum, Zi-Ann (April 6, 2022). "Decoding the freedom-loving firebrand who wants to be Canada's next PM". Politico. Archived from the original on May 9, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022. Carbon capture and 'green energy': We're going to go with technology instead of taxes. Instead of forcing our provinces to impose a tax on their citizens, we're going to incentivize them to enable more environmentally friendly technology, like carbon capture and storage. … We're going to export our clean, green energy to the world.
^ abYakabuski, Konrad (January 20, 2022). "Will the real Pierre Poilievre please stand up?". Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023. 'We must permit Quebec to build more hydroelectric dams to provide the electricity that will be needed to power electric cars,' the person calling himself Pierre Poilievre said. 'The future of our green economy depends on [critical] minerals and green electricity.'
^Martel, Marie-Ève (January 17, 2022). "Poilievre veut miser sur l'immigration pour renflouer le système de santé". LeDevoir. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023. Enfin, le chef de l'opposition officielle à Ottawa s'est engagé à réduire la bureaucratie et la « paperasserie » imposées aux entreprises afin de les rendre plus productives, notamment dans les secteurs minier et hydroélectrique, pour planifier la transition écologique.
^Clark, Campbell (September 16, 2022). "The making of Pierre Poilievre, conservative proselytizer". The Globe And Mail. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2022. In 2020, he adopted the position, as Mr. Harper had before him, that he would not lead a government that legislated on abortion. This year, he said he is pro-choice.
^Ibrahim, Erika (May 12, 2022). "Thousands attend annual anti-abortion rally on Parliament Hill". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022. Longtime MP Pierre Poilievre stated that a government led by him wouldn't pass or introduce legislation restricting access to abortion.
^ abDenis Bellavance, Joël (January 17, 2020). ""Le mariage gai est un succès", dit Pierre Poilievre". La Presse. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2021. il déclare qu'un éventuel gouvernement conservateur qu'il dirigerait ne présenterait jamais un projet de loi sur cet enjeu. Mais il irait plus loin en s'assurant qu'aucun projet de moi, même privé, ne soit adopté non plus. [he declares that a possible conservative government that he would lead would never present a bill on this issue. But he would go further by making sure that no project of mine, even private, was adopted either].
^"Vote No. 125". House of Commons. Archived from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
^Denis Bellavance, Joël (January 17, 2020). ""Le mariage gai est un succès", dit Pierre Poilievre". La Presse. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2021. J'ai voté contre il y a 15 ans. Mais j'ai beaucoup appris, comme des millions et des millions de gens partout au Canada et à travers le monde. Je constate que le mariage gai est un succès. L'institution du mariage doit être ouverte à tous les citoyens, peu importe leur orientation sexuelle. [I voted against it 15 years ago. But I learned a lot, like millions and millions of people across Canada and around the world. I see that gay marriage is a success. The institution of marriage must be open to all citizens, regardless of their sexual orientation].
^"LGBTQ group condemns Poilievre's 'radical gender ideology' comments". CBC News. November 15, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023. 'Justin Trudeau does not have a right to impose his radical gender ideology on our kids and on our schools,' said Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at a rally in Richmond Hill this week.
^"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he opposes puberty blockers for minors". Global News. February 7, 2024. Archived from the original on February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024. During a news conference on Parliament Hill, the federal Conservative Leader answered "yes" when asked by a journalist to confirm, in the context of Alberta's proposed policy, that he was against the use of puberty blockers for people under 18.
^Bailey, Ian (February 21, 2024). "Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he is against transgender women in female spaces". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on February 21, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2024. Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says transgender women should not be allowed in women's change rooms and public washrooms, but as prime minister he would not have the reach to introduce legislation implementing such a ban.
^Woolf, Marie (March 9, 2023). "Poilievre pledges to repeal online streaming bill, says it gives power to 'woke' agency". Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pledged Thursday to repeal the online streaming bill if he wins the next federal election, calling it a "censorship" law that will curb freedom of expression on the internet. - Issawi, Hamdi (April 15, 2022). "Poilievre visits Edmonton, takes aim at 'gatekeepers' in bid for CPC leadership". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on April 15, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022. Also on the candidate's chopping block is the federal Liberal's Bill C-11, a new version of the controversial Bill C-10 that died on the order paper after the last federal election was called. - Taylor-Vaisey, Nick; Blatchford, Andy; Lum, Zi-Ann (April 6, 2022). "Decoding the freedom-loving firebrand who wants to be Canada's next PM". Politico. Archived from the original on May 9, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022. Poilievre's stump speech also references a forthcoming Liberal bill that will attempt to combat online hate. Rodriguez hasn't yet tabled the legislation, which is also a redo after the government's last attempt spawned serious concerns about "unintended consequences" for freedom of speech in Canada.
^Taylor, Stephanie (December 18, 2022). "Pierre Poilievre thinks he can win over new Canadians. Here's how he plans to do it". CBC. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023. He was emphatic in an interview with a Punjabi radio show last month: 'The Conservative party is pro-immigration.' - Saini, Rajinder (July 7, 2022). "Pierre Poilievre promises to remove gatekeepers, encourage immigration and make housing affordable". The Canadian Parvasi. Archived from the original on July 16, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022. I am pro-immigration. My wife is a refugee to Canada from Venezuela. Canada needs immigration to fulfill its economic success and so our party will put forward a pro-immigration platform in the next election and we will fight for immigrants by pressuring the current government to remove the backlog and increase processing time so we can get families united, refugees safe, and jobs filled here in Canada.
^"As ambassadors seek answers from Poilievre, Tory caucus offers foreign policy hints". CBC News. August 7, 2023. Archived from the original on August 27, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024. Since becoming leader nearly a year ago, Poilievre has tailored some foreign-policy planks to diaspora communities in Canada, such as pledging to have an airline establish a direct flight from Canada to Amritsar, an Indian city that is the centre of the Sikh faith.
^"These Students Were Due to be Deported But They Took on the Canadian Government and Won". Vice News. June 16, 2023. Archived from the original on August 27, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024. A week into the sit-in, Trudeau's political rivals, including left-leaning New Democrat Party Leader Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Party Leader Pierre Polievere also took notice and visited the makeshift camp, speaking in support of their fight for status.
^"Pierre Poilievre pledges to tie immigration levels to homebuilding". Archived from the original on January 21, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024. The Conservative politician who's trying to take down Justin Trudeau said that if he's elected, he would link Canada's immigration levels to the number of homes being built.
^"Immigration: "Le Québec est au point de rupture", dit Poilievre". TVA Nouvelles. June 20, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024. «Ça va être beaucoup plus bas, surtout pour l'immigration temporaire. C'est impossible d'inviter 1,2 million de nouvelles personnes au Canada chaque année lorsqu'on bâtit 200 000 logements. C'est impossible. Il n'y a pas de place. Le Québec est au point de rupture», a déclaré le chef conservateur en entrevue au TVA Nouvelles.
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Ancestors and descendants of Abraham Lincoln LincolnCurrent regionHingham, Massachusetts (1st generation)Springfield, Illinois (7th generation)EtymologyLincoln derives from the Welsh element lynn, meaning lake or pool and the Latin element colonia, meaning colony.Place of originHingham, Norfolk, EnglandFoundedArrival in the U.S.: 1637386 years agoFounderSamuel Lincoln (1622–1690)Estate(s)Levi Lincoln houseMordecai Lincoln HouseLincoln HomeMary Todd Lincoln HouseHarlan–Lincoln House The Li...
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For the Crystal Castles song, see Magic Spells (song). For the spell, see magic spell. 2010 live album by ApocalypseMagic SpellsLive album by ApocalypseReleased2010GenreProgressive rockLabelFinanciarteProducerApocalypseApocalypse chronology The Bridge of Light(2008) Magic Spells(2010) 2012 Light Years from Home(2011) Magic Spells is the third live album from the Brazilian progressive rock band Apocalypse released on Financiarte label. The album is part of the Apocalypse 25th Anniversa...
Subway station in Seoul, South Korea 526 여의도Yeouido 915 여의도Yeouido Station Sign (Line 5)Korean nameHangul여의도역Hanja汝矣島驛Revised RomanizationYeouido-yeokMcCune–ReischauerYŏŭido-yŏk General informationLocation3 Yeouido-dong, 40 Yeouinaruro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul[1]Operated bySeoul MetroSeoul Metro Line 9 CorporationLine(s) Line 5 Line 9Platforms4Tracks4ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundKey dates...
Stadio Roberto Natalio CarminattiEstadio Roberto Natalio Carminatti Informazioni generaliStato Argentina UbicazioneÁngel Brunel 11, Bahía Blanca Inizio lavori1942 Inaugurazione1942 ProprietarioClub Olimpo Informazioni tecnichePosti a sedere20 000 Mat. del terrenoErba Dim. del terreno94,5 x 69 m Uso e beneficiariCalcio Olimpo Mappa di localizzazione Modifica dati su Wikidata · ManualeCoordinate: 38°43′37″S 62°16′33″W / 38.726944°S 62.275833°W-...
Lost play by Euripides OedipusOedipus confronting the SphinxWritten byEuripidesCharactersOedipusJocastaCreonServant of LaiusPeriboea, wife of Polybus?Menoetes?Date premieredEstimated between 415 and 406 BCEPlace premieredAthensOriginal languageAncient GreekGenreTragedySettingThebes Oedipus (US: /ˈɛdɪpəs/ or UK: /ˈiːdɪpəs/; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους, Oidípous) is a play by the 5th-century BCE Athenian dramatist Euripides. The play is now lost except for some fragments. What sur...
1992 single by Tori Amos CrucifySingle by Tori Amosfrom the album Little Earthquakes B-side Winter Angie Smells Like Teen Spirit Thank You Here. In My Head Mary ReleasedMay 12, 1992 (1992-05-12)Length4:58Label Atlantic (US, Canada) EastWest (international) Songwriter(s)Tori AmosProducer(s) Ian Stanley Davitt Sigerson Tori Amos singles chronology Winter (1992) Crucify (1992) Cornflake Girl (1994) Tori Amos EP chronology Crucify(1992) Hey Jupiter(1996) Professional ratingsReview ...
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