Pierre Poilievre: An interview, in full
6/13/202658 min
Following The Decibel’s analysis of a one-on-one interview with Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, listeners wrote in and asked for an uncut interview to hear the opposition leader in his own words. This is the one-hour, full-length conversation with Poilievre, recorded on May 15, 2026. The interview has been edited for audio quality.
Original Decibel episode with Poilievre: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-decibel/article-an-interview-with-pierre-poilievre/
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First 90 secondsCheryl Sutherland· Host0:00
[ding] Hey, it's Cheryl. A couple of weeks ago, The Decibel released an episode of The Globe and Mail's reporters interviewing Conservative Party leader, Pierre Poilievre. We picked and analyzed some of Poilievre's most newsworthy answers on everything from his leadership, to how he'd handle relations with the US, to the brewing separatist movement in Alberta. There's a link for that episode in the show notes if you'd like to listen back. But then we heard some feedback from listeners about wanting to hear the entire uncut one-hour interview we did with the opposition leader, no preamble or analysis, just the Conservative leader in his own words to our questions. So you asked, and we deliver. Here it is, the week before Parliament breaks for summer, the full conversation with Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, which has only been edited for audio quality. Hope you enjoy.
Pierre Poilievre· Guest0:52
[upbeat music] Hi, everyone.
Speaker 3· Panelist0:57
Hello. Hello.
Pierre Poilievre· Guest0:58
Good to see you.
Speaker 3· Panelist0:58
Nice to see you as well.
Pierre Poilievre· Guest0:59
Sorry I'm a little under the weather.
Speaker 3· Panelist1:01
Oh, okay.
Pierre Poilievre· Guest1:02
We have a- I kind of- We have a germ factory.
Speaker 3· Panelist1:04
Me too.
Speaker 4· Panelist1:04
[laughs] [laughs] That's fine.
Pierre Poilievre· Guest1:06
Wow, what a distracting view that is.
Speaker 3· Panelist1:10
Yes.
Speaker 4· Panelist1:10
Not bad, right?
Pierre Poilievre· Guest1:11
Designed to hypnotize, uh, the witness.
Speaker 3· Panelist1:13
Until they put up condo towers and cut us off- Right ... from all the sunlight, but for now, a great view. [laughs] So, uh, welcome.
Pierre Poilievre· Guest1:20
Thank you.
Speaker 3· Panelist1:21
Thanks so much for, for coming to see us. Uh, we'll have some questions, but, uh, if you had some opening thoughts you wanted to share with us, we'll start with that, and then w- we'll jump in with questions.