In a speech to his caucus ahead of the holidays, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said it is his party’s job to “stand on the side of the common people.”
Ahead of a closed-door meeting, Poilievre spoke to Conservative parliamentarians in front of the media, telling his MPs and senators that it is their job as the Official Opposition “always to stand on the side of the common people.”
“Their paycheques, their savings, their homes, their country,” Poilievre said, asking his caucus as they are back in their communities to spend some time reflecting on how Conservatives can do that in the new year.
“I hope you have a wonderful break with your families, a time to renew and rebuild your energy to come back in fighting form on behalf of Canadians,” Poilievre said. “But it’s also a time over Christmas to think of the less fortunate, those who have less, those who are struggling more. Unfortunately, those people are more numerous than ever before.”
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Many Canadians have economic fears. And it’s not just that, violent crime is up, drug overdoses have become a pandemic, says @PierrePoilievre. And then Liberals want to pile on a carbon tax. Conservatives will fight to restore fiscal sanity, go after ‘real criminals’ re: guns.
— Rachel Aiello (@rachaiello) December 14, 2022
Our job is always to stand on the side of “the common people” @PierrePoilievre tells his Conservative caucus. Says they are going to restore the country. Remarks end with another standing ovation from the room of parliamentarians. #cdnpoli
— Rachel Aiello (@rachaiello) December 14, 2022
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