Poilievre says he’s open to idea of exporting oil from northern Manitoba [Video]

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Saturday became the first federal leader in this election to campaign in the Prairies, stopping in Winnipeg for a rally and an announcement as the campaign moved into its seventh day.

His priority for the day was to announce a plan to expand tax writeoffs for trades workers but during questioning from reporters, he also opened the door to trying to ship oil out of northern Manitoba.

“I think we need to come up with a plan to export our oil out of the Port of Churchill,” Poilievre said, after he was asked if he would honour the federal Liberal commitment made in February to work with Manitoba to finish restoring the rail line to Churchill and restore and upgrade infrastructure at the port itself.

Poilievre said he would honour those commitments but wants to go further.