Poilievre using cryptocurrency to attract the disaffected, radicalized in Conservative race, say experts

Cryptocurrency is a symbol of the anger, frustration, and sense of isolation ‘very prevalent’ in Canadians politics, and Pierre Poilievre is ‘trying to harness the angst’ for his political benefit, says strategist Tim Powers.

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre has embraced cryptocurrency as a part of his campaign for Tory leadership, and blamed the government and the Bank of Canada for 'printing money' and weakening the Canadian dollar. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY DENNIS KOVTUN

May 25, 2022

The embrace of cryptocurrency by Pierre Poilievre, the presumed frontrunner in the Conservative leadership race, has been met with derision by his political opponents and other parties, but as a strategic political tool, cryptocurrency may serve a purpose for Poilievre’s campaign. In the first of...

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