Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre gave his two cents on Western independence in Canada during his campaign rally in Calgary Tuesday night, a topic most politicians steer away from..Poilievre said he “understands” the frustrations many feel when turning to provincial independence ideas..During the speech, Poilievre started speaking on the divide Canadians are dealing with right now, adding “he can’t remember a time when people were turning on each other in this way.”.That’s when a shout came out from the crowd expressing Western independence, Poilievre singled the man out and responded to the comment..“Before Trudeau The First, there was no separatist movement in Quebec and all of a sudden it came alive,” said Poilievre..“Before Trudeau The Second, separatism was dead in Quebec and not even spoken of in Alberta, and now that he has been in power for seven years we have two regions where there are separatist movements alive and well, unfortunately.”.Someone gave a yelp of admiration from the crowd..“Well, listen. I understand why you feel that way. I understand the frustration of being a Western Canadian and feeling like your central government is attacking you. I get it,” said Poilievre, who was born and raised in Calgary..“But I wanna tell you something else. You have many friends right across this country that are on your side. I meet them every single day, who believe in this country and believe in all of its people and want to build pipelines across the nation.”.“The Energy East pipeline would have gone right through my riding and two-thirds of my constituents were happy to support it right there in Ottawa. I want you to know that.”.An audience member yelled out: “If it doesn’t happen, we’re gone.”.“With Poilievre government, that’s born and bred in Alberta, you will know that the era of calling Alberta and western Canada to pay up and shut up will be over forever,” said Poilievre..Poilievre’s speech hit all his campaign topics including inflation and housing prices, Canadian energy, Bitcoin and decreasing government spending..He drew an estimated 5,000 people Tuesday night at Calgary’s Spruce Meadows..Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard.,esudyk@westernstandard.news,.https://twitter.com/EwasWorkin
