Canada Conservative leader: 'No regrets' in clash with Trudeau and ejection from House of Commons

Asked if he has any regrets for calling the prime minister a wacko: "No, because I can't think of any other word to describe what he's doing in our communities," Poilievre says

By Nicholas Ballasy

Published: May 2, 2024 12:38pm

Updated: May 2, 2024 1:05pm

Canada's Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre declined to offer an apology on Wednesday for calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a "wacko," leading to his ejection from House of Commons on Tuesday.

Poilievre said that he has "no regrets" over his handling of the situation.

"No, because I can't think of any other word to describe what he's doing in our communities," Poilievre said on Wednesday. "He has decriminalized crack, heroin, cocaine, meth, in parks where children play in British Columbia."

Poilievre said in an interview that Trudeau's policies are wacko.

"Hiking the carbon tax to 61 cents a litre: wacko. Doubling housing costs: wacko. Doubling the national debt and causing the worst inflation in 40 years is wacko. And I’m just calling it as it is,” he said on Wednesday.