Poilievre makes final push to fortify the West as eastern support in flux – National [Video]

In the final days of the federal campaign, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is trying to reassure his western base that the period he refers to as the “lost Liberal decade” is coming to an end.

“This election comes down to one word, and that is change,” said Poilievre in Saskatoon, Sask., at his final scheduled news conference of the campaign.

But many Westerners may not see the change they’re hoping for, if the polls are accurate and the Liberals dominate in the vote rich regions of Ontario and Quebec.

“This late in the campaign I think stops in Alberta and Saskatchewan suggest a need to play some defence, but I wouldn’t overstate that,” said University of Saskatchewan professor Daniel Westlake.

Poilievre is trying to nab seats from the NDP in British Columbia, and stop the Liberals from penetrating the Conservatives’ blue wall of steady support in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

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