Poilievre Says Tories Willing to Work With Liberals on Affordable Budget as Deadline Nears

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre attends a news conference in Ottawa on July 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian WyldConservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said days before the release of the federal budget that he’s willing to work with the Liberals to draft an “affordable” budget that his party could support.“I’m willing to work all through the night—tonight and tomorrow—to come up with an affordable budget that will make an affordable life for Canadians. But we will not vote to raise grocery prices and increase housing costs as the Liberals have done over the last decade,” Poilievre told reporters during a Nov. 2 press conference in Ottawa.