OTTAWA — On the eve of his first policy convention as Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre reminded Canadians that he is not bound by the policy ideas the grassroots membership chooses to advance.
Conservatives are gathering in Quebec City beginning Thursday for a convention to talk about what they can do to win the next federal election and debate more than two dozen policy ideas found in resolutions put forward by party members.
It's an idea that is widely popular among the Conservative base, heavily concentrated in Western Canada, but one that those in the party, particularly in Quebec, treat with more caution. "There's something like 55 different resolutions, I'm not going to sit here and offer opinions on all 55 of them before they pass because that would be an unnecessary waste of time," he said Wednesday in Quebec City.That consideration would be for whatever promises Poilievre plans to take to voters whenever the next federal election rolls around.
During last year's Conservative leadership race, Poilievre told conservative news outlet True North that he sees a role for the public broadcaster when it comes to providing programming for francophone minorities, which would apply to those living outside Quebec. He said the party's criticisms of the CBC does not apply to Radio-Canada and that both wings are viewed as separate entities, with the next step needing to be how to manage Radio-Canada separately.Funding only Radio-Canada would require the government to rewrite the public broadcaster's mandate, which currently stipulates it must provide services in both official languages.
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