Federal Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre Calls Montreal, Quebec City Mayors ‘Incompetent’

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at the mayors of Quebec’s two largest cities on Jan. 18, calling the local leaders “incompetent” and accusing them of blocking construction projects. In a post to social-media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, the Tory leader pointed to what he called a “massive drop in construction in Quebec” despite what he said were billions of dollars in federal funds for Montreal and Quebec City. Mr. Poilievre also shared a quote from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. analyst Francis Cortellino in a Jan. 16 report by Radio-Canada. “In Quebec, there have never been so few houses built since 1955, the year data began to be collected,” the statement reads....