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Despite being roundly mocked for his embrace of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin when it crashed in spectacular fashion in 2022, Poilievre has been conspicuously silent in the face of an equally spectacular rally that briefly pushed its price to a record high.

Most conversations on Maxed Out lead Max closer — although sometimes only millimetres — to his guest’s viewpoints. This discussion may have done the opposite. 

Cryptocurrency mining uses huge amounts of energy, but activists are pushing for a change in its code to reduce its environmental impact.

Pierre Poilievre’s crypto catastrophe is more than a humorous political pratfall, writes public policy consultant Adil Sayeed.

Senior federal bureaucrats examined whether cryptocurrencies protect against inflation not long after Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre made the claim as a candidate in the Conservative leadership race, according to an internal government document.

Pierre Poilievre homed in on inflation, housing and tax increases during his first question period as leader of the official Opposition. He also fielded several retorts about his past comment that Canadians can “opt-out of inflation” with cryptocurrency.

Canada needs responsible leadership, not dog-whistle and irresponsible politics, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, September 12, 2022, in a direct attack on new Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

The enormous energy demands of Bitcoin mining are prompting some U.S. municipalities to impose moratoriums or outright bans on cryptocurrency facilities. Bitcoin mining activity, critics warn, is leading to electricity price hikes and a revival of dirtier sources of power.

Pierre Poilievre's embrace of cryptocurrency looks foolish as its value tanks. But that likely won't cost him support in the CPC leadership race, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Candidates competing to lead the federal Conservatives traded barbs over contentious language laws, inflation and the trucker convoy in the race's only French-language debate on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, night, with Pierre Poilievre finding himself on the defensive through parts of the evening.

The fall of Jason Kenney, a juggernaut of conservatism in Canada, has prompted many federal Tories to consider the future of the party, which is in the midst of being decided in a leadership race seen as a fractious fight for its soul.

Ed Fast is no longer the Conservative finance critic, interim party leader Candice Bergen says.

Is the Conservative Party of Canada going to elect a wise person as their next leader, asks columnist Max Fawcett, or fall for Pierre Poilievre’s infomercial sales pitch?

Candidates vying for the Conservative leadership framed the country — and the party — as deeply divided at the first official debate on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, and took turns pointing fingers at one rival they accuse of driving disunity in the race.

For the past year a company that “mines” cryptocurrency had what seemed the ideal location for its thousands of power−thirsty computers working around the clock to verify bitcoin transactions: the grounds of a coal−fired power plant in rural Montana.