WOODFINDEN: Poilievre has landed on his alternative vision

“Get government out of the way” and the case for bold pro-market reforms will remain his calling card

Key Points: 

• Poilievre is now repeatedly and consistently using “get government out of the way” to make the case for pro-market reforms, and to present his alternative vision for governance. 
• He applies this philosophy consistently across various policy areas, including encouraging private investment by reducing "crowding out" public spending, accelerating resource development by cutting red tape, lowering housing costs by addressing bureaucracy, and tackling the overall cost of living by identifying government intervention as the primary problem.
• Despite the challenges Poilievre faces, the political landscape presents him with an opportunity. Carney's rightward shift validates Conservative ideas and allows Poilievre to authentically and openly champion his pro-market instincts and philosophy. 

While a lot of attention has been given to internal conservative drama since the Budget, what's gone unnoticed is the emerging policy and ideological battlelines being drawn by the Conservative leader. For all the talk of how the Prime Minister has shifted the government to the right, Poilievre is laying down clear ideological markers to distinguish himself and his party from the government and to present an alternative vision of what he would do differently were he Prime Minister.

This approach can be summarized by one clear slogan – “get government out of the way.”