Carney struggles to flip pancake at Stampede prompting an onlooker to say,' You're even worse ... than Trudeau'
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Fresh off door knocking in rural Alberta, Poilievre hosted his own barbecue at Heritage Park in southeast Calgary Saturday evening and addressed a tent full of several hundred party supporters.
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The Conservative leader is seeking to regain his spot in the House of Commons after losing his long-held seat in Ottawa in the recent federal election. Poilievre was introduced by Damien Kurek, the former member of Parliament who stepped aside so he could run for the seat.
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Poilievre, wearing a cream-coloured cowboy hat, blue jeans and a belt buckle, started his remarks by chirping Carney's earlier performance on the griddle.
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'He thought he would be great at it because in his talks with Donald Trump, he's had so much experience flip-flopping,' Poilievre said.
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The party is still licking its wounds after its recent loss in the federal election, which appeared to be Poilievre's to lose at this time last year. Poilievre argued that in spite of the loss, his party has been responsible for many of the current federal government's policies, such as the decision to end the consumer price on carbon.
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Poilievre will be back in Calgary this coming January for the Conservative national convention, where he will have his leadership tested in a party vote.
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'To be honest, I wanted to return here today with an election victory. Though we didn't win, we made extraordinary gains,' he said.
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Closing out a speech that railed on the federal government's immigration, fiscal and environment policies, the Calgary-born leader leaned on a Western-themed metaphor.
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'When things get hard, we dust ourselves off, we get back in the saddle, and we gallop forward to the fight,' he said. Party members lined up shortly after to take photos with him onstage.
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