OTTAWA — Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre on Sunday night held his final rally on a farm acreage in his home riding of Carleton, ON, just outside Ottawa.
According to an official estimate from the party, between 2,000 and 2,500 people attended the rural farm where Poilievre held his rally. The Tory leader addressed the crowd from the back of a pickup truck.
Canadians head to the polls on Monday after a 36-day election campaign — the shortest amount of time allowed — after Liberal leader Mark Carey called a snap election just weeks after replacing former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Countless Tory supporters told the Western Standard at the event that they are hungry for a change, and don’t believe mainstream media reports, namely from the Globe & Mail, that Poilievre would lose in his riding.
Several young people said they support Poilievre because of his promises surrounding housing and a more prosperous life, an immigrant mother said she supports the Conservatives because she “doesn’t want Canada to become an authoritarian state” like her home country, and many older people said the Tory platform and Poilievre’s enthusiasm give hope for the future.
Poilievre in his speech detailed what his first 100 days in office will look like — and told the cheering crowd his MPs “summer vacation is canceled.”
“Tomorrow, we're gonna be kicking off 100 days of change,” said Poilievre.
“It involves passing three sweeping ‘Change’ bills, it's going to be the Affordability for a Change Act, the Bring Home Our Jobs for a Change Act, the Safe Streets for a Change Act.
“We will keep Parliament open all summer long until every single one of these bills is passed.:
“Change cannot wait. So the politicians are going to have to sell off their golf clubs on eBay, or rent out their cottages, because they’re going to be busy on Parliament Hill, getting things done.”
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