QUEBEC — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tried painting himself as a prime minister in waiting in an election-style speech to party faithful Friday, filling it with the messages he plans to take to Canadians, while throwing some red meat to his
Poilievre's address to the more than 2,500 supporters gathered for the party's policy convention in Quebec City was the marquee event of the meet-up, which falls almost exactly to the day one year ago since he romped to a crushing first-ballot victory in the leadership race.
Like many of the speeches he gave on his summer tour, Poilievre accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of breaking his"promise" of allowing people to achieve what he painted as the Canadian dream, namely home ownership. He also nodded to some of the more popular priorities of the party's base who filled the room, like scrapping the country's ArriveCan app, initially rolled out for travellers to enter their COVID-19 vaccination information.
Poilievre also filled his speech with partisan attacks against the Trudeau Liberals and at one point characterized feeling angry on behalf of a man unable to afford his rent. Like the convoy, Poilievre's angry persona is often used as a slight by his opponents. A wildly popular rallying call for his base, doing so is a touchier subject in Quebec where language and culture are ballot issues.
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