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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