PIERRE POILIEVRE(Member of the House of Commons of Canada) TELLS CALGARY SUPPORTERS THAT HE WILL BUILD PIPELINES IN ALL DIRECTIONS

By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada:

Conservative party leadership hopeful Pierre Poilievre was in Calgary, his hometown, on Tuesday night, holding a campaign rally at the Spruce Meadows Equi-Plex that drew thousands of supporters. 

Poilievre's leadership campaign pitch to the crowd included a long list — criticism of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, the cost of housing, inflation, axing the consumer carbon tax, cutting red tape for farmers and the role of the West in Canada's future.

He also included criticism about COVID-19 vaccine mandates and "control versus freedom." 

"Lately, people haven't felt so free in this country, have they?" he asked the crowd. 

"Can you remember a time when we've ever been this divided? East versus West, vaccinated versus unvaccinated. I can't remember a time when people were turning on each other in this way." 

He also told the vocal crowd he would support building pipelines in all the cardinal directions. 

"We're going to clear the way for pipelines. I am going to support pipelines south, north, east, west. We will build Canadian pipelines."