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6 surprising skills Canada's new jobs minister Pierre Poilievre brings to the table


What special talents does Poilievre bring to the job? Can he be trusted with a job that sees him oversee one-third of all Canadian government spending?
Here are six surprising skills you may not know Canada's new jobs minister possesses:

1. Experience as a small business owner

Poilievre may seem a strange choice as Employment Minister, spending much of his adult life working as a Conservative MP. But did you know Poilievre was once a small business owner?
Before entering politics, Poilievre co-founded a short-lived company called 3D Contact Inc., providing robocall services for the Conservative Party of Canada.

2. An understanding of the value of hard work

On the same day the Government of Canada issued a formal apology for residential schools, Poilievre had the following to say about compensating survivors:

"Now along with this apology comes another $4 billion in compensation for those who partook in the residential schools over those years. Now, you know, some of us are starting to ask, 'Are we really getting value for all of this money, and is more money really going to solve the problem? My view is that we need to engender the values of hard work and independence and self reliance. That’s the solution in the long run – more money will not solve it."

Poilievre later issued an apology for his "hurtful" remarks.

3. Knowledgeable about the issues

What does Canada's new minister for social development think the best social program is? And what's the best anti-poverty program? The answer is a "strong family" and "a good job":

"We understand that Canadian families are the solution. We understand that the best social program is a strong family and the best anti-poverty program is a good job."

However, the website of Poilievre's new ministry offers a treasure trove of information and data about the real causes of poverty. They include issues relating to age, gender, race, disability, mental illness and substance abuse problems, availability of affordable housing or location, to name only a few. He should google it some time.
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