Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 6, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is once again urging the federal government to cancel the $1 billion loan it is providing to BC Ferries for its deal with a Chinese state-owned shipyard, citing the harm the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) latest tariffs are causing to Canadian farmers.
Poilievre made the comments in an Aug. 13 social media post, saying that while Beijing recently imposed “unfair and unjustified” tariffs on Canada on top of existing levies, Ottawa continues to back a loan from the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) to purchase ships from a Chinese state-owned company “that undercuts Canadian companies on environmental standards, worker safety and wages.”
