Pierre Poilievre Said No to Raising Minimum Wage, School Food Programs and a Whole Lot More

Key takeaways:

• Pierre Poilievre has voted against programs that help working families, like affordable childcare, dental care for kids, and school food programs. His record shows a pattern of opposing support for families and low-income Canadians.

  
  

• He has consistently rejected public investments in healthcare, housing, and pensions. Poilievre supported deep cuts to health funding and voted to raise the retirement age and block pension expansions.

  
  

• Poilievre has backed policies that weaken worker protections and limit union rights. He voted for laws that make it harder to unionize, allow replacement workers during strikes, and force unions to reveal private financial data.

This is a list of key votes and public positions taken by Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre. His voting record reflects a consistent pattern of opposing programs and policies aimed at supporting working families, protecting social services, strengthening labour rights, and addressing inequality.

From rejecting affordable childcare and dental care for kids, to voting against climate action, housing initiatives, and healthcare funding, the record shows a politician who has repeatedly sided against public investments in social safety nets, worker protections, and progressive reforms—while endorsing measures that weaken unions and limit rights.

• Voted against raising the minimum wage (2004 - Bill C48)

• Voted against the First Home Savings Account program (2002 - Bill C-19)

• Voted against $10-a-day childcare (2016)

• Voted against school food programs for children (2024)

• Voted against the Canada Child Benefit (2016)

• Voted against dental care for kids (2018)

• Voted against COVID relief

• Voted against middle-class tax cuts (2015)

• Voted against the Old Age Security (OAS) supplement (2021)

• Voted against the Guaranteed Income Supplement (2012)

• Voted against affordable housing initiatives repeatedly (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2018, and 2019)

• Voted to raise the retirement age

• Voted to slash against the expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (2016)

• Voted in support of using replacement workers ("scabs") during strikes (2004 to 2023)

• Voted against environmental protections nearly 400 times

• Voted against aid for Ukraine (2024)

• Voted for a $43.5 billion cut to healthcare in 2012

• Voted for a $196.1 billion cut to funding for surgeries and reducing ER wait times (2023)

• Voted for Bill C-377 – requiring unions to disclose private financial data (widely seen as an attack on unions)

• Voted for Bill C-525 – making it harder to unionize and easier to decertify unions

  
  

Poilievre’s record isn’t just a list of votes—it’s a clear statement of priorities. When given the chance to support families, workers, seniors, and vulnerable communities, he consistently chose not to. While his rhetoric may promise change or claim to stand up for everyday Canadians, the reality is that his actions in Parliament tell a very different story—one rooted in cuts, rollbacks, and a refusal to invest in the public good. As voters consider the future they want, it’s worth asking: whose side has he actually been on?

Main source for this article is: Politics of Exclusion: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s Voting Track Record 2004-2024