Pierre Poilievre

“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.”

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

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

“The world is completely revolutionized, so we're told, and so the logic goes that governments can just print money to pay their bills and there'll be no consequences. It's insane.”

“When a terrorist goes to Parliament Hill, he's looking for the prime minister and his cabinet.”

“Others will have opinions on how I do and that's just fine... I've been elected four times, delivered results for my constituents and delivered legislative policy changes that have helped veterans, for example. So, I'm going to keep doing the hard work that I've done that has worked so far for my community and for our team.”

“Canadians no longer have any financial room. Half of Canadians are $200 away from insolvency. They are facing a slowing economy with a diminishing number of jobs, and a rising cost of living to go along with it. That is the consequence of the Trudeau, Morneau tax-and-spend agenda, which is driving our economy down.”

“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.”

“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.”

“As prime minister, I would relinquish to citizens as much of my social, political, and economic control as possible, leaving people to cultivate their own personal prosperity and to govern their own affairs as directly as possible.”

“It's interesting to note that Michael Ignatieff's ads don't mention Michael Ignatieff. Nor do they mention any positive plan for the economy or the country.”

“I think the opposition parties, particularly the NDP, probably should have more voice. I can't even remember the last time the NDP had a free vote.”

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

“We believe that the real child-care experts are mom and dad. That's why we brought in the universal child care benefit way back in 2006.”

“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?”

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

“The root causes of terrorism is terrorists.”

“Politics is agony and ecstasy. The highs are amazing. The lows are excruciating.”

“I make no apologies for informing parents of the expanded universal child care benefit.”

“I have always been open to ways we can make a great bill even better.”