Pierre Poilievre, a staunch crypto advocate and Ontario Member of Parliament, has won the Conservative Party of Canada’s (CPC) leadership race by a major margin.
The Alberta-born lawmaker, who said he “wants to make Canada the blockchain capital of the world”, garnered 68% of the conservative vote. His closest rival, former Quebec premier Jean Charest, netted a meagre 16% of total votes.
As the new leader of the country’s main opposition party, Poilievre is primed to face current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Canada’s upcoming 2025 federal election. If Poilievre were to win he would become the first leader of a North American nation to be a committed blockchain proponent.
“Government is ruining the Canadian dollar, so Canadians should have the freedom to use other money, such as Bitcoin,” Poilievre said earlier this year.
The conservative frontrunner is also a critic of fiat currency, especially when it comes to the Bank of Canada’s exploration of a central bank digital currency...
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