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Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre broke new ground for a federal party leader and possibly a Member of Parliament this week by sitting down for an interview on the Joe Rogan Experience.
“Fought for Canadian workers and Canadian interests on the world’s biggest podcast,” Poilievre captioned a photo of him and the podcaster hoisting a 71-pound kettlebell adorned in the Canadian flag at his studio in Austin, Texas.
“Thank you @joerogan for an amazing conversation. Let’s get tariff-free trade.”
Fought for Canadian workers and Canadian interests on the world’s biggest podcast.
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) March 18, 2026
Thank you @joerogan for an amazing conversation.
Let’s get tariff-free trade.
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The episode is scheduled to go live on Thursday afternoon. Its length is unknown, but most of Rogan’s episodes run two to three hours.
Poilievre has been in the U.S. this week advocating for tariff-free trade for Canadian businesses and workers, with stops in Michigan to meet with auto industry leaders and Houston to parley with energy sector executives. He was also set to meet with state, energy, agriculture and business leaders in Austin, the state capitol.
In a memo to the media, CPC campaign manager Steve Outhouse said Poilievre’s appearance on the Rogan Podcast made good on an earlier commitment to “broaden the audience he is connecting with,” including internationally.
During his tête-à-tête with the hugely influential and occasionally polarizing podcaster, Outhouse said that Poilievre, “respectfully but directly outlined the strong case for our two great countries to forge a path forward that benefits workers who count on cross-border trade for their job and to provide for their families.”
Last spring, Rogan said during an episode that Poilievre had turned down an invitation.
“Wouldn’t do it, thought it was too problematic or whatever,” Rogan told his guest, bow hunter and endurance athlete, Cameron Hanes, in the May 6th episode.
Rogan has over 20 million followers on YouTube and is approaching 15 million on Spotify, his host platform. His interview subjects run the gamut from A-list Hollywood celebrities to award-winning scientists to a spectrum of political leaders — U.S. President Donald Trump famously appeared during the 2024 election while his opponent, Kamala Harris, declined an invitation.
“This was a great opportunity to reach out to audiences on both sides of the border, and indeed, around the world,” Outhouse, adding that before returning to Ottawa, the opposition leader will deliver a keynote address to members of the New York business community today.
More to come.
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