Poilievre plans campaign-style rally in Iqaluit Monday
Conservative leader’s visit to Nunavut capital follows tumultuous week in politics as Liberal-NDP agreement ends
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, shown during a July stop in Fort Frances, Ont., will visit Iqaluit on Monday. (Photo by Ken Kellar, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Fort Frances Times)
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is planning a campaign-style rally in Iqaluit next week.
The event, promoted on Poilievre’s Facebook page, is scheduled for Monday at noon at the Frobisher Inn. It will be his first visit to Iqaluit since winning the party leadership two years ago.
The event follows a tumultuous week in federal politics that saw the possibility of an early federal election being called increase.
On Wednesday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh ended his party’s 2022 supply-and-confidence agreement that supported Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal minority government in exchange for the government including NDP priorities in its legislative agenda.
With that deal cancelled, the chance of an election happening before the one mandated for Oct. 20, 2025, increases if opposition MPs defeat Trudeau’s government in a vote of confidence in the House of Commons.
In response to the Liberal-NDP breakup, Poilievre called on Singh to force an early election.
Poilievre has been travelling across Canada during the parliamentary break this summer calling for an end to the federal carbon tax, and promising to tackle national issues such as the housing shortage, crime, and cost of living.
338Canada, a website that collects polling data to project likely outcomes for federal elections, forecasts the Conservatives winning a majority of seats, but Nunavut remaining NDP orange.
Poilievre’s staff have not provided additional information about his visit Monday beyond what’s been published on social media.
Premier P.J. Akeeagok’s chief of strategic operations, Sima Sahar Zerehi, said the premier’s office has not received a request for a meeting from Poilievre or his team.
Monday will not be Poilievre’s first visit to Iqaluit.
In 2010, he attended a northern infrastructure conference alongside Nunavut’s then-Conservative MP Leona Aglukkaq where he ate country food with then-Iqaluit mayor Elisapee Sheutiapik.
In 2013, Poilievre and Aglukkaq supported a charity initiative to send snowsuits to children in Nunavut.
A former cabinet minister in the Stephen Harper government, Poilievre, who represents Ottawa’s Carleton riding, won his party’s 2022 leadership race with 70 per cent support from members.
That leadership race was triggered by the Conservative caucus’ ousting of former leader Erin O’Toole earlier that year.
I find this man repulsive and disgusting. Hope my fellow Nunavumiut will continue to vote NDP irrespective of who forms the next government as we will have our true voices heard in the national legislature.
Sorry, you can have your opinion and your one vote. You don’t get to dictate mine.
Lol they aren’t trying to dictate yours, just expressing hope 😂
Let hope that does happen 😆
Let hope that doesn’t happen 😆
We haven’t had our voices heard since Leona was our MP, so don’t try to make people think the NDP, Liberals, or any coalition is making it so.
We have a great MP who listens to us and haven’t just read a newspaper while our issues are debated. Keep up the great work Lori.
4 more years, 4 more years,go Lori
Name one accomplishment she’s had while in office…
The NDP have literally leveraged their influence to get Canadians Dental Care and Pharmacare programs. They used their relationship with the Liberals to push forward a number of important policy positions, which wouldn’t be possible the elected officials that give them that voice. Lori Idlout isn’t perfect but to say she’s accomplished nothing is nonsense.
You mean programs that already existed for the majority of her constituents via their DIOs? What infrastructure or program funding has come to NU directly from her advocacy and political influence that was not under the supply-and-confidence agreement? How about NN? It’s laughable to think she could bully retailers to cap their profit margins. Totally ignorant of market dynamics and especially the law despite being a ‘lawyer’.
If “your’ party is the 3rd party, your voice isn’t being heard. 3rd party back benchers are just a long for the ride.
Truth is that the NDP are the fourth party in the House of Commons, behind the Bloc.
PC’s haven’t been the same since Preston Manning formed Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance Party aka CCRAP. Time to spoil the ballot at the next federal election.
I find Justin and Jagmeet disgusting and repulsive.
I find Pierre is slightly more disgusting, repulsive and downright creepy! But what bothers me more is how the rest of the conservative party continues to be more than happy to signal and openly support racist far right groups (for support), and continue to hyperbolize and downright lie about situations, policy etc. in an attempt to deflect from real issues, (instead of offering actual solutions?) I’m not super impressed with the Liberal government of late… But while I am not convinced we would be in any different or better of an economic situation, if the Conservatives were in power over the last several years… I just don’t see any change in the conservatives since the last time they were booted out, and I am worried about the damage someone like Pierre and his circle will cause to things like reconciliation and the social wellbeing of Canadians in general.
Umm, that is the point, Pierre and his folks will tamp down on the reconciliation rhetoric and consequently increase social cohesion and health. The days of half mast flags and kneeling at alleged graves are coming to an end, and it will only be for the good of Canada.
Many of us will welcome a little sanity and hopefully a reprieve from the endless prostration, flagellation, virtue signalling and purity contests that have saturated public ritual around race and reconciliation issues. Undoubtedly there is a not insignificant fatigue among the public that is driving Conservative support at the moment, like that or not.
Alright election rally attention to us again, never when it matters which every other time!
Behold your next Prime Minister, want a seat at the table.or not?
What’s that old German saying, “if a Nazi sits down at a table of 9 people and they other’s don’t get up or say anything, there are 10 Nazis at the table”?
I know, I know, everyone I don’t like is a “NaZi”… it’s people like you that are going to make this victory so much sweeter than it would otherwise be.
He met with, and gave coffee to The Worst Canadians from the QAnon Qonvoy:
Chris “Islamophobe” Barber
Tamara “anti-indigenous separatist” Lich, and
Pat “literal White Supremacist” King.
But Tamara Lich is indigenous
…according to my source here…*checks notes*…Tamara Lich
Wooooh Pierre! Hurry up and give Justin the boot already! Can not come soon enough!!!
That is a scary thought of this weasel becoming our next PM, this guy is a career politician, never had a job in his life and you want him as our PM, the big lobby companies will have their way with this guy,
Cut funding, jobs, programs and services, it’ll be like the dark ages with Harper government but worse.
I can’t believe some people are actually supporting this guy. I’m not a fan of Trudeau but he is not the worst person here to vote for, this weasel is.
Vote judge judy!!
It is truly concerning that this representative is coming to Iqaluit to discuss cutting taxes, Nunavut patrons pay one of the lowest taxes in Canada…….Let us see what he proposes, cut the tax, cut all services to Nunavumiut??? …….scary and to add to this, his winy voice sounds like Caillou!!!! Lot’s of headaches coming up if this man is elected!!!!!
But he certainly does not hide behind anonymity to share his opinion like so many of you keyboard warriors.
It’s funny that someone without any reputation or career to lose keeps posting that anonymity is an issue. I am the real John Murphy and I don’t believe being anonymous is an issue.
I’m happy you are not anonymous. We re not the only Johns here . I wonder how many Johns are around?
I have always spoken openly in my 83 years on this earth and never worried about my reputation or career. I was always and still am honest in my opinions.
Part of openly expressing an opinion goes with being open with your identity. To do otherwise suggests to me that one does not believe there is strength in the opinion or is in the wrong career. Or just possibly full of hot air.
Oh btw, to be clear. I AM the only real JOHN WILLIAM PAUL MURPHY.
He’s rallying behind axing the carbon tax, which costs nunavummiut dearly. cost of groceries have since skyrocketed and gas prices at the pump are way up. that means more expensive to harvest country food. seems like trudeau and ndp want inuit to go back to using kayak and dog team?
based on what facts?
what a dumb post
Can you give an example of PP supporting far right groups that isn’t a meme made by a desperate Liberal party?
His support of the convoy which is openly tied to white supremacists
Openly tied to white supremacists??? You drank the Kool Aid and must have really liked the flavour, because you kept on drinking.
Please provide some proof from legit media. Emphasis on legit.
There’s pictures of him with Diagoglong leadership and him hanging out at their trailer camps
They just watch way too much Liberal funded mainstream media. Brainwashed.
The event happened and he met with the group… finding repugnant people repugnant and expecting our leaders not to meet with them isn’t brainwashing but common sense.
It’s brainwashing to see so many conservative supporters allege that publicly funded institutes such as the CBC are part of some anti-conservative conspiracy, where the fact is that conservative behaviour speaks for itself, and they’re just reporting the facts as they happen. Northmart and Arctic Co-op sell tinfoil if you need a new hat.
Next October we’ll get to see what happens when a yappy dog catches the car.
The only thing that will change is the things that make our lives worse being better hidden.
Liberals are incompetent; Conservatives are malicious. We aren’t really changing anything but the colour on the signs.
Vote for liberal and expect money to go everywhere else, vote ndp and expect lori to yap and yap and nothing gets done, what will we do nunavummiut?
Vote Liberal next time instead of NDP, we have never received this much new funding in the hundreds of millions for Nunavut since the Liberals have been in power, while the Cons track record shows they continually cut funding and jobs with their trickle down economics policies.
Neither I or Google know what Diagoglong is.
Everyone wants their picture taken with public officials, that doesn’t mean they are in his inner circle.
Trudeau has taken pictures with revolutionary Marxist, Anarchists and rioters….. but that doesn’t mean he is any of the preceding.
Did you read the end of my question indicating a FB meme is not enough proof?
“Trudeau has taken pictures with revolutionary Marxist, Anarchists and rioters….. but that doesn’t mean he is any of the preceding.”
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Who are you talking about?
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I can’t name a single high-profile revolutionary Marxist/anarchist/rioter, but it seems you’re aware of trudeau meeting with a few?
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Is there a selfie of Justin and Lenin somewhere?
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Meanwhile PP basically couldn’t stop taking selfies with accused rioters and militiamen for a while lol, for a few months that was basically all he was being seen with.
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You’re making it sound like Trudeau was found embedded in a Rocky Mountain revolutionary cadre or G20 black bloc or something…
It’s spelled “Diagolon”.
Putin’s Poilievre is also affiliated with the degens of the Convoy, who are led by Pat King, Tamara Lich, Jeremy Mackenzie, and Chris Barber, with the known Neo-Nazi groups like the Sons of Odin and Diagolon in proud attendance.
The only idea conservatives have had in Canada over the last decade is to cut taxes, particularly to the rich, and make up for the budget shortfall by cutting programs and services that Canadians need. It harkens back to old school “trickle down” Reganomics which has never, and never will actually work.
It’s a selfish, frankly childish, notion to think that you can get everything without paying anything. Taxes are a necessary part of life and the nations with the best quality of life are socialist states with high taxes. “You get what you pay for” also applies to government and society.
If Pierre wins, we’ll see the cutting and selling of Canadian Services, the gutting of public healthcare and the shredding of the CBC so that there is one last organization to fact check the Conservative Party of Canada.
I’m not a fan of the Liberals or the NDP, but at least they aren’t destructive to the very fabric of Canadian Society.
When you want to talk politics, but don’t know anything about politics… posts like this happen.
Its too bad inuit liberals just want to keep taking handouts while us hardworking taxpayers have to pay for it all! Get up and get your education and do something about your life, its actually not that hard and stop sticking your hand out for freebies!
So fuel prices. They jump all over the place daily except in the North so you get no sympathy from the rest of the world. Now reality, circa 1967 it was about .50 per gallon not liter and people complained, around 2008 it was around 1.80 per liter, pre covid 2.08 per liter, during covid .70 per liter, today 1.45 per liter. So gas tax is driving gas prices. No the world economy drives fuel prices. Try buying a liter of fuel in Europe. It is what it is, different political parties do not control fuel prices, interest rates or value of the dollar. World economy and user consumption drives prices. Elect whoever you want it will not change. And “Skippy” making his great promises is just throwing smoke.
Didn’t Trudeau host a former NAZI in Parliament, and go for dinner with a Khalistani terrorist?
No he didn’t. He hosted an aging former Ukrainian freedom fighter who fought against the Russians, in a platoon that included Nazis. There is no indication that Mr. Hunka was a Nazii or espoused their abhorrent beliefs.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/yaroslav-hunka-fallout-1.6979628
“Yaroslav Hunka was a member of the 1st galician division , a unit of hitler’s was machine”
Wish i was home to support! , Conservatives got us the deep sea port and best Balanced budget … and never once stated “books balance themselves” or did they hire someone for finance…with no finance background .
dont be brainwashed by state media… CBC , CTV etc.
but i can tell you , TAXING your hard dollar WILL NOT save the planet… AXE THE TAX!
THINK for yourselves and what’s best for your family; for i , conservatives are the answer.. for our country is too far left.
if the liberals acted like Mulroney, or Harper …they wouldn’t be losing seats they held for 35 yrs.
The main media sources are a large swamp bought out by large business. It tamps down what they do not want heard, waxes on other largely side issues and is in concert with the establishment for one purpose, to concentrate and grow its wealth and power. Danny Haiphong and Brian Berletic of The New Atlas two alternate media sources tell of the deep rot plaguing our politics.
please , before choosing , read the parties platforms for elections. CBC (which is scared to get defunded…) will do everything they can to talk down Conservatives . dont fall for State MEDIA news ( CBC, CTV ..ETC). Use your freedom to think and make your decision wisely.
Canada under Harper…was a much more stable , and SAFE! Canada.
This is similar campaign you’ll hear; trace back abandon new incinerator with Conservatives back in 2014 with Mr. Harper in Cambridge with it’s annual visit and it’s executives. This was famous media op. This new incinerator lasted ONLY approx. 4 months, and could NOT work! This was show biz with this conservatives with under budget plans and cutbacks. The conservatives are nothing but cutback infrastructures budgets and funds!
Just keep an look out for penny funds!
If you don’t have a proper response or can’t think of one, posts like “Gorp”‘s happen.
Dont forget what the conservative leader said a few years back, “Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre has apologized for saying Canada’s aboriginals need to learn the value of hard work more than they need compensation for abuse suffered in residential schools”
Hard work is good for the soul
Gut the CBC!!!! Gut the Pig!!!
Pierre Poutine is NOT the friend of indigenous peoples and marginalized communities. Y’all have been warned sop vote conservative at your peril!
As Inuit what we are receiving and learning should be brought to Inuit understanding. All that information, what we learn and getting new information, especially as Inuit territory, I don’t think we matter much. That’s for learning new ideas, and also making sure our bodies and minds are being treated right. It’s like that for some Nunavut Inuit citizens, for learning good ideas like maybe learning as a cargo ship driver, or learning something new as inuk, not really focused on Inuit but just want to go about what we are taught and than the big parent organization in those training, as inuk, not really safe. Nwt, more for southerners, not for Inuit. No use as inuk. I say good for garbage,
Wait, didn’t the CONS just get caught running bot farms and having former MPs run Russian-funded disinfo campaighns? So brave! So honourable! So forthright!
Mulroney single-handedly destroyed the PC party to its worst-ever seat-count via his GST and disastrous Airbus corruption scandal, and Harper inherited his only balanced budget from Liberal Paul Martin and then racked up the most non-pandemic debt ($164 Billion) in Canadian history, but do rave on…
Organizer Pat King is an avowed White Supremacist. Chief fundraiser BJ Dichter has a long history of pro-white/anti-Muslim statements.
How many Swastikas did they have to wave on Parliament Hill before we can say they were a feature of the KKKonvoy, not a bug?