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Pierre Poilievre's Early Life and Biggest Hits as MP

Pierre Poilievre was born on June 3, 1979, in Calgary, Alberta, to a 16-year-old high school student mother who placed him for adoption shortly after his birth; he was raised by his adoptive parents, Marlene and Donald Poilievre, both schoolteachers from Saskatchewan who had recently relocated to Calgary, alongside his younger brother Patrick in a middle-class Roman Catholic household that emphasized education and public service. His biological parents later divorced when he was around 12, and in his early twenties, he connected with his biological mother, a nurse in North Carolina, and his maternal grandfather for the first time.
Growing up in suburban Calgary, Poilievre enjoyed competitive sports like hockey, football, and wrestling—though a shoulder tendinitis injury at age 14 sidelined him from the latter, prompting him to accompany his mother to a Progressive Conservative meeting that sparked his lifelong interest in politics!

He also developed a strong work ethic through early jobs, and started young delivering newspapers as a paperboy for the Calgary Sun, going onto working in corporate collections at Telus by cold-calling businesses, briefly as a journalist for a conservative magazine, as a swimming instructor, and at a local video store. He attended Henry Wise Wood High School, graduating in 1997
He worked himself through University, enrolling at the University of Calgary, where he studied international relations, with political science elements.

He also served as president of the campus Conservative club, fostering his conservative ideologies on fiscal responsibility and efficient governance; he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in 2008 through a combination of in-person and online coursework via Athabasca University after pausing studies to pursue politics.

Poilievre’s early career blended odd jobs with political involvement, including co-founding a political communications firm called 3D Contact with friend Jonathan Denis in his early twenties to provide outreach and voter contact services, and moving to Ottawa in 2002 to work as a political advisor and staffer for Stockwell Day of the Canadian Alliance, where he helped with canvassing, fundraising, and the “Fight Club” group during Day’s leadership bid—marking his formal entry into professional political life on that date, though his first elected role came later when he won the Nepean—Carleton riding by-election as a Member of Parliament on March 21, 2004, at age 25, becoming one of the youngest MPs in the Conservative caucus.

During his tenure in the Conservative government under Prime Minister Stephen Harper from 2006 to 2015—spanning his roles as parliamentary secretary, Minister of Democratic Reform (2013–2015), and concurrently with Minister of Employment and Social Development in 2015, which had oversight of housing policy—a total of approximately 1.8 million homes were built across Canada, according to Statistics Canada data on annual housing completions, though this encompasses all private and public sector developments nationwide notably, 3,742 non-profit homes and 506 co-operatives completed through government-assisted private partnerships during the Harper era.

Pierre Poilievre served as a Conservative Member of Parliament during the Harper government’s majority term from 2011 to 2015, holding key roles that shaped several significant laws.

As Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities from 2011 to 2015, he contributed to the passage of well thought out ANNUAL budget bills.

From 2013 to 2015, as Minister of State for Democratic Reform, Poilievre personally introduced and championed Bill C-23, the Fair Elections Act of 2014, which expanded voter identification requirements, eliminated vouching, restricted the Chief Electoral Officer’s powers, and aimed to curb election fraud!

He also oversaw Bill C-50, the Citizen Voting Act of 2015, which restored voting rights for long-term Canadian expatriates while adding new ID rules in response to a Supreme Court decision.

In 2015, as Minister of Employment and Social Development, he strongly supported Bill C-525, which amended the Canada Labour Code to require secret ballots for union certification and decertification in federally regulated workplaces, making unionization more difficult—a reform, without a majority, unfortunately Liberals later repealed in 2019.

Poilievre was also a vocal proponent of Bill C-377, passed in 2015, which forced unions and tax-exempt organizations to publicly disclose detailed financial statements, including salaries and political spending, under the banner of transparency, unfortunately again though, the Liberals repealed it in 2017! Hard blows for First Nations people to define problems with reconciliation, when they were wanting Fiscallly transparent results from their Chiefs and BOARDS. If tgey did not know how much or where the government funds were going how do anyone know if it is being spent wisely or distributed fairly. And for Companies and people when the Union comes knocking, the people should know their ballot is privately cast without causing future discrimination. And the Unions should print proper fiscal reports to see the peope paying dues know exactly where and how tgeir money is being spent!

Additionally, as a cabinet minister, he voted in favor of Bill C-51, the Anti-terrorism Act of 2015, which significantly expanded CSIS powers to disrupt threats, share information across government, and criminalize the promotion of terrorism.

Throughout the majority government, Poilievre consistently backed Harper’s legislative agenda, including tax cuts, pipeline approvals, and national security measures & implementation acts. While he introduced private member’s bills in later years as an opposition MP, his direct legislative influence during the 2011–2015 majority came through his cabinet positions, public advocacy, and unwavering support for government bills in Parliament.
Pierre Poilievre's plans and policies for when he becomes PM are excellent! And his platform is solid. He is backed by many including tour former PM Harper!

Even Carney partially adopted more than one of Poilievres policies in his first election. Like removing the Consumer Carbon tax but Carney ultimately offset that with higher industrial carbon tax, unlike Poilievre who would have AXED ALL THE CARBON TAX! Carney also "after" election announced cutting government Public Office through attrition, but unlike Poilievre Carney added many Bureaucrats to new Ministries and Committees, as well as adding funds to Networks and NGO's, like Consulting Firms and CBC.