Swarmed by a sea of supporters, Pierre Poilievre, a Conservative Member of Parliament and a candidate for Prime Minister stopped in 麻豆精选 on Saturday (April 9) afternoon during his tour of Western Canada.
Poilievre made his appearance at Sunset Range Golf Course. Scheduled to speak at 2:30 p.m., Poilievre didn鈥檛 take the stage until around 3:15 p.m. due to the high volume of traffic attempting to attend the event.
Both Okanagan Conservative MP鈥檚, Tracy Gray (麻豆精选-Lake Country) and Dan Albas (Central Okanagan鈥擲imilkameen鈥擭icola) were in attendance. Both of them have backed Poilievre鈥檚 run for Prime Minister, with Gray being named as co-chair for Poilievre鈥檚 candidacy.
鈥淚 believe that Pierre is a fighter and we really need someone to fight and stand up for us right now,鈥� said Gray.
Poilervre started this speech joking with the crowd and reminiscing about visiting 麻豆精选 as a child growing up and touring the wineries in his older years. He would go on to talk about the housing market, inflation, freedom and vaccine passports.
鈥淚t鈥檚 great to be with my friend Tracy Gray,鈥� said Poilievre. 鈥淟ook at this crowd Tracy, it鈥檚 clear that the people of the Okanagan are ready to take back control of their lives.鈥�
An estimated 700 were said to be in attendance.
鈥淲e鈥檙e learning politics isn鈥檛 a spectator sport,鈥� said Poilievre. 鈥淚f you don鈥檛 take an interest in politics, politics will take an interest in you. The reason why I鈥檓 running for Prime Minister is to put you back in control of your life by making Canada the freest nation on Earth.鈥�
Originally from Calgary, Poilievre moved to Ontario in 2004 to run in the federal election. He won the Nepean-Carleton riding that year and he was re-elected six times: 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021.
He made stops in Vancouver and Prince George on Thursday and Friday. He will be making his second appearance of the day in Vernon tonight at 7 p.m. at the Schubert Centre.
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