Poilievre defends statements, women feel unsafe in Vancouver

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stands by a B.C. woman’s testimony, saying she feels safer in Mexico than in Vancouver. He doubled down, noting that crime has surged in the last 10 years.

Source: Lioness on X

Pierre Poilievre says Canadians shouldn’t be mocked for saying they feel safer abroad than in their own cities.

Speaking in Richmond, B.C., on Monday, the Conservative leader stood by a woman’s claim that she feels safer in Mexico than in her home city of Vancouver, while calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse high spending, taxes and anti-development regulations.

Poilievre also said Liberal commentators online should be ashamed after attempting to “silence” a woman who told him at an airport that she no longer feels safe in her own community.