Guilbeault calls out Poilievre over 2023 fundraiser with oil and gas executives

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is calling out Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for holding a fundraising last year in Banff, Alta., with oil and gas sector executives.

An Elections Canada filing shared by the Liberals shows that a number of executives, including the head of a major oil and gas company, attended a Conservative fundraiser advertised as “An Evening with Pierre Poilievre” on April 11, 2023.

Records show Cenovus CEO Alexander Pourbaix donated $1,600 to Conservative Party of Canada the next day.

Guilbeault says Poilievre’s pledge to do away with carbon pricing is about helping his “rich friends.”