Canadian Conservative Party candidate Pierre Poalievre delivered a message of freedom, economic progress and housing availability to a crowd of approximately 700 people at Quattro on Friday night.
The 42-year-old MP, who represents the Ottawa region, Carlton riding and former cabinet minister Stephen Harper, raised eyebrows among political institutions in support of a truck convoy protesting against federal government policy on a vaccination mandate for cross-border drivers. on trucks, but this message still resonated with many.
“Freedom is what brought people here, but lately you haven’t felt so free in this country, have you?” It feels awful, like a big governing government is running our lives more and more, “Poalievre told the audience on Friday.
“For two long years, truckers supplied our basic needs across the border without vaccines and were called heroes, and suddenly the prime minister declared them villains and said they would be forced to get vaccinated, even though they were the people who were the most unlikely to spread the virus because they are alone in a truck all day. They did the right thing, as mandates have been revoked in other parts of the world. They dared to speak out and exercise their right to peaceful protest, and Justin Trudeau called them vicious names … I was proud to stand with peaceful and law-abiding truck drivers. “
“I will continue to fight with my conservative colleagues to put an end to vaccine mandates and vaccine passports,” Poalievr said.
Poilievre called the big municipal governments “guardians” who prevent entrepreneurs from building more houses.
“Here is the deal. The mayors of the big cities will have to remove their regulatory porters to allow builders to build and increase housing by 15 percent each year, or I will reduce their transfer to infrastructure. “
Poilievre said he would reward local authorities as prime minister once new homes are built.
As part of a plan to cut government spending, Poilievre said “we will de-finance the CBC.”
That would be $ 1 billion saved for other purposes, he said.
Poilievre said he would end other countries’ dependence on oil within five years of forming a government, expand Canada’s natural gas and extractive industries, and get rid of the federal carbon tax.
He also criticized the Trudeau government’s C-11 bill, which he said would censor freedom of speech on the Internet.
“I can’t do this without all of you,” Poalievre said in an appeal to support the audience on Friday.
Conservatives are now urging voters to take a step forward and buy party membership and then support them in the next federal vote.
Poilievre, who is currently holding rallies across the country, was introduced to Quattro by his wife Anaida and former Salt Conservative candidate Sonny Spina.
After the rally, Poalievre met with supporters who lined up to take pictures with them.
“I am here to see Pierre because I am absolutely meaningless about what is happening in this country right now with Justin Trudeau and the liberal government. Pierre always says he will make Canada the freest country in the world. That sounds good to a lot of people here. He will try to help with inflation. Housing prices are out of control, inflation is out of control, our freedoms are under attack, it’s not over. I hope he can fix it. He is better than what we have, “said a supporter named George, speaking to SooToday at the Poilievre rally.
“I find that the current government does not pay much attention to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I think the Liberal Party is on the left of the political spectrum and I am not a socialist. It seems to me that Poilievre is ready to support the ordinary Canadian. I do not get a sense of elitism or superiority from it. I think it’s time for a new face, “said rally participant Matthew Miller.
“I believe in common sense and everything I heard from him makes sense to me. He believes in Canada’s oil independence. We should not buy oil from anywhere when we are one of the largest oil producers in the world. He believes in freedom of speech and all the values of common sense that I think many Canadians support. “I think the current government is on its way to power and they don’t realize what the average Canadian is going through these days,” Gail Berthlett said.
There are eight candidates in the Conservative leadership race to succeed former leader Erin O’Toole, including Poalivr, including veteran politician Jean Charest – who served as both a progressive conservative and a liberal – and former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown.
The Conservatives elect their new leader on September 10.
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