Quotes from Pierre Poilievre

Government cannot tax what Parliament does not approve, but Parliament cannot approve what it does not know.

I do believe in our system there's a role for holding the government accountable, and it's very important to have voices who represent the people and ensure the government, which has enormous power, respects the will of the people. That's what I hope to do.

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.

Let me be blunt, employers do have to raise wages if they can't attract enough employees. That's the free market, that's how it works.

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.

We know that the international jihadi movement has declared war on Canada.

If the Bank of Canada does want to start getting more and more political, then it will be held to the same level of political accountability as other political entities.

The government will not support a nine-week work year. That I can say with certainty.

The reason why the Liberals and the NDP don't want parents to know about the universal child care benefit is because those parties would take that benefit away.

The bottom line is we're not going to be supporting the notion that someone could collect EI for almost a year after working only 360 hours or nine weeks.

In 2015, our government will make no apologies for using innovative ways to inform Canadians of the terrific enhanced benefits to which they are entitled.

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

This pandemic has provided an opportunity to reset. This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems, that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and climate change.

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

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

If the Liberals and NDP were to take office they would take the benefits away and raise taxes.

We believe in lowering taxes for everyone, and those tax reductions should be targeted at people with middle and modest incomes, and I don't say that rhetorically.

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.

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

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.

We promised the Accountability Act, we delivered the Accountability Act.

Far from environmental prophet, he is a foreign oil profiteer. That is the inconvenient truth of Al Gore.

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