Canada’s Conservative Leader Pitches Major Natural-Resource Revamp to Counter Trump

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(Bloomberg)-Canadian conservative leader Pierre Boelifri pledged to build a “East and West Economy” with oil and gas pipelines that extend from Alberta to marine provinces as part of a comprehensive plan to respond to American tariff threats.

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In a big speech on Saturday, the opposition leader was aiming to persuade the Canadians that he was the best candidate to lead the country in an introductory war looming with its largest commercial partner. He promised to respond strongly against any fees imposed by US President Donald Trump, while he renewed the natural resource sector to fortify the country's economy against threats from its southern neighbor.

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“We must be ready for the worse,” Poilievere told a crowd of about 2000 supporters in Ottawa, many of which are red and white flags. “We can no longer rely on the Americans alone for our trade. We can no longer think about it as a reserve defense. These threats, my friends, are an invitation to wake up.”

The “Canada First” rally reflects a noticeable shift to conservative leader and Bernitrron in the elections, with the increasing wealth of his party. Just weeks ago, Poilievre governors were on the right path to achieve a ground victory in expected elections in the coming months. However, his progress in the poll was greatly narrowed, as Trump has formed oral attacks on Canadian economy and sovereignty, which prompted Canadians to focus more on the American relationship more than local issues.

Poilievre focused his message on Saturday on revenge on any tariffs, boundaries, tax reduction, increased energy production and avoiding potential stagnation in the event of the escalation of commercial conflicts in the United States.

The leader warned: “We will respond to the dollar against the dollar” on all the customs duties applied to Canadian goods. “We will make sure that the Americans know that they will pay the definitions they impose on us.”

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Poilievre provided widespread promises of energy policy, natural resources extraction, military protection and trade between provinces.

He pledged to cancel the commercial barriers between the provinces and build pipelines from the oil sands to the eastern provinces. He pledged to abolish the Environmental Employment Law of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the first 60 days of moving to office for green pipeline projects, and allowing mines and port expansion in foreign markets.

He also promised to strengthen military spending, deploy thousands of guards on the border, buy the new naval ice vessels and create the first military base in the Arctic in Canada since the Cold War.

At some point, he spoke directly to the American administration, where he clarified two options: one of them, can accomplish an unjustified attack on the Canadian economy, forcing us to consumers to pay more and weaken both countries; Or two, countries can deliberate more, with an economic boost caused, allowing Nada to increase military and border strengthening.

“You have your grievances with us, we have with you, but I will ask you this question: Any other country do you prefer to have your neighbor? If Canada is not your friend, then who is it?” He said.

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The leader of the party also repeated local policies on Saturday, and once again pledged to cancel the consumer carbon tax in Canada and the promising new efforts to eliminate the flow of fentanel in the country – which Trump left in his calls to Canada to secure its borders.

“I do not do this for him,” said Poilievre. “I do this so that there is no Canadian parent who collapses on the ground when you know that their child died in a back alley somewhere.”

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Conservatives have more emphasized Poilievre's “Canada's First” messages in recent weeks, as they released a recent video that encouraged Canadians to raise the country's flag during the weekend, which represents the sixtieth anniversary of its adoption.

The attendees appeared in the gathering despite the warning of the winter storm on Saturday afternoon, which threatened the Ottawa area in the snow. Many of them maintain Canadian flags and signs with messages such as “protecting our north”, “control” or “strong and free”.

Rally followed an advertisement of an attack from the conservatives on Friday, multiplied on accusations in Trudeau and the competitor of liberal leadership Mark Carney, who blaming the opposition pipeline projects and supporting tax increases.

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“Carney carbon tax – if he wins, Canada is losing,” he said.

The liberals retreated, accusing Poilviri of adopting a Trump -like speech and referring to his life career as a politician.

“I sincerely believe that he threatens a lot from the country,” Carney said in the appearance of Podcasts with Anthony Scarmocchi on Saturday. “It is literally, at the present time, he tries to find a flag to wrap and play Patriot. This is the last resort of misconduct.”

Carney was scheduled to host the supporters of the Ottawa pub to watch Canada playing the role of the United States in the Hockey Championship confrontation in 4 countries on Saturday. He and former Finance Minister Christia Ferrend are the applicants in the liberal leadership race to replace the Treudo store, which concludes March 9.

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