Conservative Leader says obligations of seeing top-secret documents would restrict his ability to discuss and hold the government to account on what he had learned

The Conservative leader has argued that he won't be muzzled by secrecy constraints that accompany security clearances.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is rejecting the terms of a briefing from Canada’s spy agency regarding foreign interference because it won’t enable him to act on the information, his office says.

Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, who is popular among many American conservatives, vowed to “retaliate” if he is elected prime minister and President Donald Trump starts a “trade war” with his country.

It has to hit hard. We have to be very pinpoint and surgical,” said Poilievre, who has drawn comparisons to President Trump.

Poll also finds top issues include the rising cost of living and housing, health care, the economy and climate change.

Pierre Poilievre’s recent 100-minute interview with controversial media commentator, Jordan Peterson, provided some clues about the Conservative leader’s political ideology.

The man who projects to be Canada’s prime minister as early as this spring came to Halifax Friday evening to tour a north-end brewery. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre posed for photos with Oland Brewery plant workers,

The Conservative leader was responding to U.S. President Donald Trump's first actions since his swearing-in, which included changes to Washington's gender policies.

Poilievre is generally press-averse, partial to friendly platforms—his own YouTube and Instagram channels, Jordan Peterson’s podcast. The Lake Report pounced, sending both of its reporters. They asked first thing about how Poilievre would handle the government’s support of local journalism.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday he is only aware of two genders — male and female — and that the government should leave questions of gender identity alone.

Pierre Poilievre has staked out policies for his Conservative Party of Canada in stark opposition to those of the ruling Liberals ahead of this year's federal election, but social media users claim a screenshot of his voting record proves he sided with the government on hundreds of parliamentary motions.