Poilievre Says Ottawa’s Defence Industrial Strategy Too Heavy on Bureaucracy

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 3, 2026. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Liberal government’s new defence industrial strategy will create more government bureaucracy without adequately speeding up the procurement of military equipment.

Poilievre told reporters on Feb. 17 that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s newly announced strategy “adds six new bureaucracies—agencies, councils, units, and other bureaucracies that will actually gum up and slow the system down.”