Hundreds of supporters crowded the Infinity Convention Centre in Ottawa Thursday for.Conservative Party leadership hopeful.Pierre Poilievre’s “Axe the Carbon Tax” rally..“In mere hours, the clock will run out and Trudeau’s tax hike will take effect at our gas pumps, on your heat and, indirectly, on your food and essentials of your life,” Poilievre told the crowd. “As if we don’t have enough problems already, he decides he’s going to raise the costs even further.”.The event was held on the eve of a 25% carbon tax hike, which Poilievre has routinely criticized and said will make “Justinflation” in Canada worse. Hundreds of mostly unmasked people crammed the convention centre to hear Poilievre speak..Former Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer took to the stage to introduce Poilievre, saying the MP for Carleton, Ontario is a “man of integrity.”.“[Poilievre] says the same things in English as he says in French. He says the same things in Eastern Canada as he says in Western Canada,” Scheer said..Poilievre, speaking about his wife Anna’s time growing up in Venezuala, said it didn’t matter whether someone had been in Canada for 300 days or their family for 300 years,” all of us came here to carve a little piece of paradise out of this big cold patch of land called Canada.”.Poilievre said freedom is Canada’s nationality. “But we haven’t felt so free lately, have we?,” he said, before talking about the pandemic restrictions, inflation, and taxes that have made Canadians, “feel like they’re losing control of their lives.”.“All of the assets of the super rich have inflated as the government pumps more and more money into the financial system. Meanwhile, the wages of the working class people are diminished again and again,” he said..If elected prime minister, Poilievre said he would get rid of the Liberals’ carbon tax while focusing on exporting Canada’s “green energy to the world.”.Pierre also said his government would ban the import of overseas oil. He added getting the “regulatory gatekeepers out of the way,” would increase Canadian oil production, which could be exported to Europe and help, “break their dependence on foreign dictators.”.Poilievre said while he had respect for the other leadership candidates, he “respectfully disagreed” with their policy platforms on energy. He criticized Jean Charest for implementing a cap and trade system when he was premier of Quebec, and pointed out Patrick Brown was against carbon taxes until he became leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives..Poilievre received cheers from the audience when talking about supporting digital currencies, getting rid of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, and speaking up against “woke cancel culture.” But his commitment to defund the CBC if elected prime minister got the most thunderous applause of the night..“The room doesn’t seem undecided on that one, does it?” he said. “That will save us a lot of money.”.According to Poilievre, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has used divide and conquer strategies against Canadians, dividing them based on.race, gender, sexuality, and most recently vaccination status.”.If elected prime minister, Poilievre said he would do the “exact opposite” and “unite Canadians for freedom.”.Matthew Horwood is the Parliamentary Bureau Chief of the Western Standard
Hundreds of supporters crowded the Infinity Convention Centre in Ottawa Thursday for.Conservative Party leadership hopeful.Pierre Poilievre’s “Axe the Carbon Tax” rally..“In mere hours, the clock will run out and Trudeau’s tax hike will take effect at our gas pumps, on your heat and, indirectly, on your food and essentials of your life,” Poilievre told the crowd. “As if we don’t have enough problems already, he decides he’s going to raise the costs even further.”.The event was held on the eve of a 25% carbon tax hike, which Poilievre has routinely criticized and said will make “Justinflation” in Canada worse. Hundreds of mostly unmasked people crammed the convention centre to hear Poilievre speak..Former Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer took to the stage to introduce Poilievre, saying the MP for Carleton, Ontario is a “man of integrity.”.“[Poilievre] says the same things in English as he says in French. He says the same things in Eastern Canada as he says in Western Canada,” Scheer said..Poilievre, speaking about his wife Anna’s time growing up in Venezuala, said it didn’t matter whether someone had been in Canada for 300 days or their family for 300 years,” all of us came here to carve a little piece of paradise out of this big cold patch of land called Canada.”.Poilievre said freedom is Canada’s nationality. “But we haven’t felt so free lately, have we?,” he said, before talking about the pandemic restrictions, inflation, and taxes that have made Canadians, “feel like they’re losing control of their lives.”.“All of the assets of the super rich have inflated as the government pumps more and more money into the financial system. Meanwhile, the wages of the working class people are diminished again and again,” he said..If elected prime minister, Poilievre said he would get rid of the Liberals’ carbon tax while focusing on exporting Canada’s “green energy to the world.”.Pierre also said his government would ban the import of overseas oil. He added getting the “regulatory gatekeepers out of the way,” would increase Canadian oil production, which could be exported to Europe and help, “break their dependence on foreign dictators.”.Poilievre said while he had respect for the other leadership candidates, he “respectfully disagreed” with their policy platforms on energy. He criticized Jean Charest for implementing a cap and trade system when he was premier of Quebec, and pointed out Patrick Brown was against carbon taxes until he became leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives..Poilievre received cheers from the audience when talking about supporting digital currencies, getting rid of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, and speaking up against “woke cancel culture.” But his commitment to defund the CBC if elected prime minister got the most thunderous applause of the night..“The room doesn’t seem undecided on that one, does it?” he said. “That will save us a lot of money.”.According to Poilievre, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has used divide and conquer strategies against Canadians, dividing them based on.race, gender, sexuality, and most recently vaccination status.”.If elected prime minister, Poilievre said he would do the “exact opposite” and “unite Canadians for freedom.”.Matthew Horwood is the Parliamentary Bureau Chief of the Western Standard