» Poilievre promises to make Canada work again at rally

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rallied enthusiastic supporters Tuesday night in Hamilton, promising to make the country work again for every Canadian after a decade of Liberal rule.

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Just three days into the federal election campaign, rally organizers said they attracted a crowd of 4,500 to the warehouse of Fero International Inc., a modular building manufacturer in the city’s Stoney Creek neighbourhood.

“Who’s ready to axe the tax?” Poilievre asked the crowd to roaring cheers.

“Who’s ready to make some steel? Who’s ready to bring home the great Canadian promise?”

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Poilievre spoke of how people in Canada, if they worked hard and did the right thing, would be able to buy a home in a safe neighbourhood.

“That was the deal in this country,” he said. “That was what made this country so special. It’s what attracted people from around the world. That was the Canadian promise.”

However, after a decade of Liberal leadership in Ottawa, that promise was broken, Poilievre said.

“This Liberal government does not deserve a fourth term. We need to put Canada first for a change with a new Conservative government.”

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He reeled off the broken record of the governing Liberals under Justin Trudeau, noting that housing costs doubled, the national debt ballooned, lineups at food banks increased and crime spiraled out of control.

He added that the Liberals changed their leadership from the unpopular Trudeau to his unelected economic adviser, Mark Carney.

“He’s already acting like he runs the world,” Poilievre said as the crowd began to boo.

“I don’t want to run the world. I want to put you back in charge of your life. I’m not running to take power, I’m running to give it back.”

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Poilievre said he wants to run a decent government that lives within its means and will restore the Canadian promise.

He also reiterated that U.S. President Donald Trump would favour a Liberal government to negotiate with, which the American leader sees as the weaker option.

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“He knows, first of all, that Mark Carney will sell out our country as he’s done so often,” Poilievre said.

“He’s a guy, up until recently, had three passports, moved his corporate headquarters out of Canada to New York only days after Trump threatened tariffs, leaving behind Canadian workers.”

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Poilievre said reports earlier in the day revealed that Carney went to China and took a quarter-billion dollar loan from a state-backed Chinese bank.

“Which means that the prime minister of our country is now beholden to a hostile foreign regime that has executed four Canadian citizens, taken two others hostage, that incursions into our Arctic waters, and has interfered in our democracy.”

He demanded that Carney come clean about his foreign conflicts of interests and to stop selling out Canada.

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