Pierre Poilievre draws thousands to rally north of Nanaimo [Video]

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre set his sights on B.C.’s Vancouver Island in the final days of the election campaign, speaking to thousands of people who packed into a farm outbuilding near Nanaimo Friday night.

“Vancouver Island, I have a question, Who’s voting for change?” Poilievre asked the crowd, to cheers and a chant of “We want change.” 

The lineup to get into the rally snaked around the large farm building, and cars were backed up all the way to Island Highway’s Nanoose Bay on-ramp, just north of Nanaimo. 

Brett Clancy, who lives in the Cowichan-Malahat riding, says the rally embodied the “blue wave” washing over the Island, where the Conservatives are trying to turn NDP seats blue. 

“This is the biggest rally on Vancouver Island in the history of political rallies”