'Give Albertans fairness': Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre campaigns in Edmonton
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Draped behind a massive Alberta flag, Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre campaigned in Edmonton Thursday evening at a rally.
Draped behind a massive Alberta flag, Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre campaigned in Edmonton Thursday evening at a rally.
Well over 1,000 people attended the event, hosted at the River Cree Resort and Casino, where the Carleton MP made his case to be the next Conservative Party of Canada leader.
Poilievre said the pandemic "attacked" Canadians of medical and personal freedoms, but the rising cost of living is now threatening "economic freedoms."
"When the people who build our houses cannot afford to live in them, our economic system is fundamentally unjust and needs to change," Poilievre said. "Conservatives are going to fight tooth and nail to stop the truck tax, to axe the carbon tax, and to leave money in your pocket."
Considered by many to be the front-runner of the leadership race, Poilievre said he would not only win the contest for the party's top job but become the next prime minister to return "sound" spending.
"We are going to restore the Bank of Canada's traditional mandate, which is to keep inflation low and protect the purchasing power of your money," Poilievre said, adding he would stop federal deficits and introduce "common sense spending rules."
"We will give Albertans fairness in the equalization system," he said. "For the national interest, we will unleash the production of the most responsible and environmentally ethical energy anywhere in the Earth, right here in western Canada."
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