News Analysis
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, known for his packed rallies and plainspoken, pragmatic-style public addresses, used his Aug. 18 byelection victory speech in Alberta to outline his party’s agenda in the aftermath of the recent federal election that returned the Liberals to power with a minority government.
Poilievre, whose party’s defeat in the April 28 election was compounded by the loss of his own Ottawa-area seat, struck a comeback tone with the byelection win, saying he “won’t give up.”
Here are key takeaways from his address on the night of the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection, which saw him reclaim a seat in the House of Commons with more than 80 percent of the vote….