The Ottawa-area MP’s assets include units of Purpose Bitcoin, a Canadian-based, exchange-traded fund that holds cryptocurrencies, according to his May 4 disclosure to the federal ethics commissioner."Mr. Poilievre spoke with the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner prior to publicly commenting on Bitcoin and Bitcoin related policies,” his spokesperson Anthony Koch said in an email.
Poilievre has proposed barring the Bank of Canada from developing its own digital currency and said Canadians should be free to use alternative currencies for payments. “A Poilievre government would welcome this new, decentralized, bottom-up economy and allow people to take control of their money from bankers and politicians,” his campaign said in a press release.
The co-founder of ethics advocacy group Democracy Watch said MPs should be prevented from holding assets like Bitcoin.
He also holds Canadian dollars and promotes balanced budgets and inflation control - is that considered a conflict of interest too?
True blue conservative
Who cares
This is great!
🤮🤮🤮
Buys crypto and wants to fire the Bank of Canada Govenor. I question his judgment, and now and know all about his character
Politicians, all are the same
Crypto and btc not the same thing idk why mainstream media do retarted
Once a huckster, always a huckster.
Also Poilievre promotes 'anglo-saxon'... whatever that means. Maybe our wonderful reporter should ask him.
I know you guys aren’t used to having politicians that actually believe what they say. Maybe he actually thinks Bitcoin would be an improvement over cash
This article clearly shows ctv has no idea what they're talking about. Bitcoin is a currency and with more adoption the price would be less volatile. CTV you spread misinformation like wild fire.
The snake oil guy traditionally had to have snake oil to sell people, crypto is an idea you invest in, then try and sell that investment as a good idea to other people, a bunch of people got a bunch of people, only ones pushing it now were the last ones got trying to recoup, lol
I thought it was illegal for a political person to endorse a product especially one as this
He should have ‘HODL’ as his campaign slogan. T-shirts and everything.😂😂🇨🇦
He's willing to destroy Canada to get rich. He's a fascist.
Not even trying to hide the grift before he gets in😂😂😂
Is he buying the dip bro?
Who cares?
Smart guy!
No surprise there
Bitcoin ain’t doing well at the moment he’s trying to pump it
Wow , you can’t be serious
ctv is fake news
So?
If his name is Warren Buffett, I might put more weight into what he says. He can have Monopoly money or Canadian Tire money for all I care. Just because he invests in something doesn't make him a good candidate to lead the party or the country.
I am not sure what is trying to say with this article? No candidate should be talking about investments should they? It doesn’t matter if they invest or not. Right?
He's buying votes from young Canadians with bitcoin like JT did with weed.
So now we can't comment on monetary policy if we own bank stocks. Got it. Does Charest own bank stocks? Does China own Charest stocks.
Pépé the weasel PierrePoilievre is unethical and a nefarious weasel.
I have bitcoin. This is good news.
So he owns parts of a ponzi scheme and he's looking for someone dumber than him to purchase at higher price 🤔
The fear is strong from media and liberals over someone not even party leader 😂
Now do Justin Trudeau and his charity
Canada's version of Donald Trump! RepublicansNorth
Lol this is laughably boomer headline. A LOT of people hold crypto. It isn’t unusual.
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Probably invests in NFT's too.
So? Seems like a smart investment choice. Price looks attractive at the moment. I'm looking to buy some Bitcoin myself at this price point.
Pretty sad, we all know crypto is a ponzi scheme. I honestly don't think this type of thing should be allowed from a sitting MP.
Who cares , look at all the shit Trudeau gets away with
So what
Hit piece on Poilievre and Bitcoin? irresistible! regardless, Poilievre talking about Bitcoin has zero bearing on the future of Bitcoin.
Who cares
Yeah, he also loves Jordan Peterson who just cowered back into his man cave after publically body shaming a woman. PP has poor fucking judgement
You don't say.
Corrupto
He's just so slimy. Although, it would guarantee another liberal majority/minority. Snake away Skippy.
So he sucks at investing. What a great candidate.
So fucking what !! He beats up on the liberals
capitalist Howdy Doody
this kid's in the lower-mid tier of a pyramid scheme telling us he can lead 😂
Slimy
Pump and dump scam.
Insider trading?
I'm not sure how he could personally hold investment in Bitcoin if he promotes it to Canadians. He seems to be promoting it as a way to make money.
What is a politician owned a house?
The Poilievre pump n dump
Natch.
Uh, question… is/are there ANY way(s) PeePee could actually PROFIT from his constant “promotion” of crypto-currency His “policies” seem both way overboard. And, disgustingly self-serving. 😡
So it’s a investment scam.
Wouldn't it be worse if he didn't?
big f'n deall! who cares! haha typical crap from justinjourno cdnmedia cesspool digging deep in the porta-potty of news that is corporate media in Canada - what a farce you've become
You promote the bank of Canada and you have a checking account?!?
Yea so?
Why does he want crypto currency so bad? Because it is difficult to trace what foreign entity his campaign financing is coming from.
So what, Trudeau has multiple ethics violations and is extremely corrupt. Pierre owns cryptocurrency. It’s not illegal, he is not breaking the law. Trudeau probably has a vested interest in Pfizer and Moderna considering how he has used the pandemic to divide Canadians.
Bitcoin = steep electricity costs and price increases at the pump
I'm shocked, said no one!!
At least he’s honest enough to admit it. Minister of housing and families right now is promoting affordable housing while being a landlord. Conflict of interest.
I wondered why he has been such a strong advocate for Cryptocurrency.
Huge conflict
of course...a slime bag...
I’m sorry. I’m a capitalist, but won’t take investment advice from politicians. Not sure why he had to push this.
A far more interesting story would be to see what gov officials increased their Pfizer holdings around March 2020, like some in US. Everyone should own some BTC. Reminder; 7 years ago it was $300, and $12k 2 years ago 😳
Trudeau personally holds investment covid vaccine production. So he made it mandatory and made everyone’s life miserable who did not want to get it.
You can't be a smarmy prick without being in crypto.
Oops
Ctv has now taken over the position from CBC as the worst fucking media company in Canada
Bitcoin is property. It’s a commodity not security.
I would love to know how much of his bitcoin he sold when he was telling his followers to buy it. That is an important question
Did he promote this before or after crypto markets rocketed right into the shitter last week?
So with all the sanctions my bet Putin's oligarchs have all kinds of crypto. Not touching the stuff. The plan is flawed for many important reasons.
Of course
Ridicules title - it’s like saying he owns stock and encouraging people to save in RRSPs - oh the travesty!!!
So?
Trudeau holds a personal stake in MRNA vaccine tech as he bought hundreds of millions of doses of them using tax payers $$ AND is forcing Canadians to take them...
HODL 😂
Not the stories today connecting bitcoin with illegal gas mining. Is Poilievre in on this?
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And meanwhile the government is figuring out a way to regulate it and switch over to it. 🤷♀️
Its an investment that is exchangeable for goods. And he proved it
CTV, you deserve nothing but the worst for every single one of you. Good luck, it’s coming.
Like he said, he is for choice.
Trudeau has been scamming us for years
The WEF MSM doing its job well.
So what? He walks the talk.
He’s still better than the dictator Trudeau we have in there🙄