Conservative leader headlines fundraisers at private homes and exclusive clubs, CBC News analysis finds
As Pierre Poilievre presents himself as both a prime minister in waiting and a champion of “the working-class people,” he’s headlined roughly 50 fundraisers at private venues since becoming Conservative leader in 2022 — some of them in Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods and most exclusive clubs.
A CBC News analysis of fundraising reports the Conservatives submitted to Elections Canada show these fundraisers have attracted dozens of registered federal lobbyists who paid up to $1,725 each to attend events featuring Poilievre.
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NDP ethics critic Matthew Green said his problem is with the “hypocrisy of Pierre Poilievre.” Green accused Poilievre of “cosplaying as a working class guy” while privately attending fundraisers in exclusive clubs “most Canadians would have never heard of.”
“This is a guy who is not who he says he is,” Green told CBC News. “This is somebody who is the ‘elites’ that he rails against.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-fundraiser-lobbyists-1.7196143