Pierre Poilievre spoke for more than an hour at a Conservative “Canada First” rally, where he pledged to resist American threats and restore the promise of Canada. Hundreds of people showed up to the downtown Ottawa convention centre. (Feb. 15, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
Pierre Poilievre spoke for more than an hour at a Conservative “Canada First” rally, where he pledged to resist American threats and restore the promise of Canada. Hundreds of people showed up to the downtown Ottawa convention centre. (Feb. 15, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
By Sarah Ritchie The Canadian Press
OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre began a speech on Saturday with a quote from the country’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, pledging to create a united, rich nation “instead of making us a tributary to American laws, to American railways, to American bondage, to American tolls.”
The Conservative leader, who appeared at a rally in a room at a downtown Ottawa convention centre, went on to address Americans directly, laying out the consequences of “an unprovoked attack” on Canada’s economy via tariffs.
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