OTTAWA – Red and white and the big signs of “Canada First” were the main theme of a conservative rally that coincided with the national flag of Canada Day in Ottawa on February 15th.
Canadians “bear the burden and pay the price” to protect their country’s sovereignty and independence, conservative leader Pierre Poilier said at the rally.
“Let me be clear. We will never be in the 51st state,” Poilierbre said.
It was a different theme from a few months ago when the main focus of conservatives was on removing carbon taxes, fighting crime and other domestic issues. These items are still focused, but the February 15th message was significantly adjusted to a new situation. Justin Trudeau soon became prime minister, and President Donald Trump’s tariffs are looming heavily for Canada’s economy. The Canadian president has become the 51st state.
“You will be forced to turn your loyal friends into a resented neighbor, match customs and duties, and find friends everywhere else,” Polyebre said of the consequences if the US moves forward with tariffs. .
“Both of our economy will weaken, we will have less money for defense and security, and our enemies will be stronger.”
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The conservative leader spoke to hundreds of people waving Canadian flags, decorated with red and white at the Rogers Centre in downtown Ottawa.
Poilliebre told the crowd that tariff threats have made Canada “integrate our people.” “It takes a threat from time to time to remind us of what we have, what we can lose, and what we can become,” he says. Ta.
Speaking directly with Americans, Poilliebre will carry out an “unprovocative attack” on Canada’s economy, asking whether prices will rise in the US or if the country will see more trade and counter the threat. He said he had chosen. Fentanyl and terrorism.
“You have your complaints with us. We are with you. But I ask you this question: You have any other country as your neighbor Is it?” he said.
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Poilierbre also targeted Mark Carney. Mark Carney shows the polls now as a frontrunner in the liberal leadership race.
Former Canadian Bank Governor, Carney, proposed a plan to remove the consumer carbon tax and instead announced an incentive program that rewards Canadians while paying “big contaminants.” fellow leadership candidate and former vice-prime minister Christia Freeland also said she would abandon the consumer carbon tax, but another leader and former minister, Karina Gould, said this year. He said it would halt the planned carbon tax hike.
Poilierbre said Carney’s plan is to suspend the carbon tax and “hides it so that it doesn’t look like it can’t be seen during the election period.” He added that his climate policy “destroys our industry and destroys our workers’ jobs.”
People will be attending the “Canada First” rally held in Ottawa on February 15th, 2025. Matthew Horwood/Epoch Times
The conservative leader said the media should change its “tax” platform in response to the threat of US tariffs, but the crisis “proves conservatives on everything.” Poilievre said the Liberal Party was forced to change its stance on issues such as carbon tax, capital gains tax hikes, the threat of fentanyl and border security.
“Imitation is the best form of flattery, but you can’t believe it (the liberal party),” Polyebre said. “It’s not realistic to believe that the party 60 days before the election will suddenly turn everything back on.”
Carney criticizes Poillière’s plan to dispose of the carbon tax as “misleading,” saying there is no effective climate change policy.
“Let’s be clear. If we just remove the carbon tax, it will cause two problems. First, Canada’s emissions don’t drop as rapidly as they used to. Second, most Canadian households have , it will get worse due to the end of the rebate,” he said while running a campaign in Halifax on Jan. 31.
“Pierre Poilierble has his simple, misleading ‘tax’ and doesn’t bother him. Now it’s possible because he doesn’t really believe in climate change. Or because he might think for the first time in our history Canada should be a freerider of a massive global issue. ”
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The Tory leader also repeated some of his latest policy proposals. Among them, it has increased the independence of Canada’s energy, removed barriers to internal trade, and boosted security and military spending. Trump’s first round of threatened tariffs focuses on stopping flows to the US through the borders of fentanyl and illegal immigration in Canada and Mexico. He also criticizes countries, including Canada, that do not meet the minimum defense spending requirements of 2% of GDP.
Poilievre pointed out how eastern Canada imports oil from other countries as it lacks a pipeline to acquire oil and gas from western provinces. He said he would remove the impact assessment method and call it “a new, no-pipeline method.” Federal law says it requires additional environmental assessments opposed by Alberta, putting unnecessary strain on resource projects. The Supreme Court of Canada held that the law was unconstitutional in 2023, and the federal government revised it accordingly last year. Poilierbre said it would streamline mining projects in the Ring of Fire region in northern Ontario.
He also promised to add two extra heavy icebreakers to the Navy, as well as to increase military spending and NORAD capabilities to 2,000 Canadian rangers, reducing foreign aid to “dictators and terrorists.” I promised to pay for it by doing it. He said the Canadian military will be given the tools they need to protect Canada and will “be guided by a warrior culture, not awakened culture.” He also repeatedly pleaded life sentences for “fentanyl kingpin” while sending troops to the border to increase security.
He also reiterates past policies that Canada should retaliate against “dollars of dollars” against US tariffs, using revenue to reimburse businesses and workers affected by tariffs. .
Poilievre also created professional licensing standards for blue seals recognized in each state, allowing doctors, nurses and engineers to work in all states, bringing together the Prime Minister and creating internal trade barriers. He said it would allow it to be removed. He vowed to create a “Tax Reform Task Force” consisting of entrepreneurs, inventors, farmers and workers who design tax cuts for energy, jobs, home construction and investment.
Furthermore, Poilierbre criticized the “radical postnational ideology” that threatened the country’s sovereignty, vowing to “cancel culture and stop the war with our history.” To do this, Poilierble proposed to build new statues and monuments to honor people like Canada’s first Prime Minister, John A. MacDonald, and punishments for those who remove the statue. I’ve increased the number.
The conservative government has also restored the Canadian Navy’s Marching anthem “Heart of Oak,” and finished the memorial in honor of Canadian Afghan veterans, and made Canadian historical figures like Terry Fox into their passports Take it home and restore your Canadian citizenship oath.
