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This article discusses Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, who recently visited New York City to promote free trade and market himself as a proponent of free enterprise. During his visit, he was questioned about his apparent comfort with certain aspects of Canada's socialist economic model, including protected industries like dairy, telecommunications, airlines, and banking, as well as the healthcare system. Poilievre responded by highlighting Conservative proposals to reduce barriers in homebuilding, cut taxes, introduce open banking, and reform occupational licensing, emphasizing that while he aims to improve these sectors, he does not seek to dismantle them entirely.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-16,
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Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada's Conservatives, visited New York City on Thursday to advocate for closer ties with the United States, emphasizing the need to work together against common rivals abroad while addressing trade disputes. During an interview with CNBC, he stated that Canadians are united in their stance against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and highlighted the importance of Canada-U.S. cooperation without attacking his own prime minister, Mark Carney, on foreign soil. Poilievre also discussed free enterprise and reducing government interference but did not address opening protected industries such as dairy or telecommunications to genuine competition, a point raised by Rupa Subramanya in The Free Press. Despite his advocacy for trade freedom, Poilievre maintains support for certain elements of Canada's economic model that restrict foreign ownership.
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Leaning score +0.35 for article 10893 (high confidence, 2 verified quotes) · logged 2026-09-16
Welcome back to This Week in Canada, where the Conservatives sound a lot like the Liberals, China is coming whether you like it or not, and more.
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Let’s jump right in!
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Pierre Poilievre came to New York City last week to sell Americans on free trade and make the case for Canada.
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“Let’s knock down those tariffs,” Canada’s Conservative leader said on CNBC’s Squawk Box.
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And Americans who heard Poilievre talk about “free enterprise” and “getting government out of the way” may imagine that he is an extremely northern version of Javier Milei, the president of Argentina.
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When Poilievre visited The Free Press on Thursday, I asked him about something that has long puzzled me.
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Poilievre calls himself a champion of free enterprise, yet he remains remarkably comfortable with large parts of Canada’s socialist economic model.
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Poilievre pushed back, citing Conservative proposals to reduce barriers to homebuilding, cut taxes, introduce open banking, and reform occupational licensing.
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“You might say that we haven’t yet reached your purity test, but we are the free-enterprise party,” he said.
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To be fair, Poilievre has said Canada needs more airline competition and has called its telecom an oligopoly.
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But Poilievre isn’t about to ask Milei to borrow his chainsaw.
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The reason: He mostly wants to make Canada’s economic model work better, not overturn it.
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For example, Poilievre hasn’t embraced the Canadian Competition Bureau’s proposal last year to allow foreign ownership of up to 100 percent in airlines that fly only in Canada.
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(Air Canada and WestJet have 56 to 78 percent of all domestic passenger traffic at major Canadian airports.)
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