Pierre Poilievre Returns to St. Catharines
July 20, 2023
Last night, I was one of thousands who came to hear CPC leader Pierre Poilievre address a standing-room-only crowd here in St. Catharines.
On the way, I definitely knew I was in the right place.
Despite arriving only a minute or two after 6:00 when the doors were officially supposed to open, there was not a seat to be had in the large hall. In fact, they had trouble packing everyone in. Whatever the official capacity of the hall was, I’m sure it was exceeded. I shudder to think what may have happened if there had been a fire.
The first speaker was Larry Brock, the MP for Brantford, who bore a striking resemblance to a cousin-in-law of mine. Since the proceedings were being live-streamed on Facebook, he asked everyone in the crowd to share it on their timeline. He said he would wait a minute for everyone to do it. Because everyone has a smartphone, he said. No, Larry, not everyone has one. And not everyone wants one. In fact, many have ditched them after the Big Brother act our government pulled on us.
Moving on, it was left to Niagara Falls MP Tony Baldinelli to introduce Pierre.
Before getting to the keynote speaker, however, he introduced several people in attendance. No mention of Krystina Waler, still officially the party’s candidate of record for St. Catharines. I think it’s pretty safe to say at this point that Fräulein Waler has left the building. And good riddance, as far as I’m concerned. She just didn’t have what it took. The only local he introduced was Sal Sorrento, the buffoon who somehow got elected as a regional councilor and who ran provincially for Doug Ford, Justin Trudeau’s lover-boy. Someone PLEASE tell me that wasn’t a precursor to Sorrento’s ascension as Krystina’s heir apparent. Please. Because I can think of so many better candidates. Mike Britton, for instance. And Kahuna, my neighbor’s dog. At least Kahuna would bark loudly at Chris Bittle, something Krystina sure wouldn’t do.
I’d sooner vote for Kahuna.
One of the topics Pierre addressed was the housing crisis. He said he had been across the river earlier in the day and found a home in Niagara Falls, New York for $210,000 CAD. Yet a nice home on our side of the border was priced well over $500,000. Yo, Pierre. Niagara Falls, New York is a shithole. Even my neighbor who hails from there sheepishly admitted as much. The only people who want to live there are gangbangers. As a friend told me, it’s the state’s most dangerous city. Not quite Winnipeg-level, but still dangerous. That’s why homes on the Canadian side are so much more expensive. And if you’re really determined to live on the New York side, well, let’s just say you can find yourself a nice little domicile a hell of a lot cheaper than $210,000.
He went on to say that the reason homes aren’t being built is because of the bureaucracy at the municipal level and that federal funding would be contingent on those barriers being removed. Not that the federal government shouldn’t be funding housing. Or that we should be putting a stop to the Liberals’ reckless mass immigration plan, which is what is causing the demand for housing to skyrocket. For a moment there, I wondered if this guy was even a conservative.
He did talk about how government should be pinching its pennies and how the state is the servant, not the master. But I also heard the same things from Doug Ford. And we know how that turned out. Kathleen Wynne 2.0. The current and former premier have so much in common. Wild spending. Grooming children in schools with radical sex-ed. In love with Justin Trudeau. They even both like girls. But I digress.
He got a big cheer for his comment about lifting the ridiculous poison mandates for health-care workers. Never mind that his party was about two years too late on that file. He went on to rail on the Liberals for not fast-tracking the applications of immigrants coming to Canada to work in the health-care sector. He made a joke about those in need of medical attention calling a cab rather than 911 since the immigrants are driving cabs while waiting for their credentials to be accepted. But we wouldn’t need those immigrants if our own workers had not been fired. The health-care staffing shortage is a Made in Canada crisis and the solution also lies within our borders.
He reiterated that there would be no mandatory digital ID under a Conservative government, he would ban a central bank digital currency and got the biggest cheer of the night when he said he would ban his ministers from any involvement in the World Economic Forum. But sadly, he did not address defunding state media.
In any event, it was very encouraging to see such a large crowd that came out on short notice on a midweek July evening when there wasn’t even an election going on. It’s a strong sign that more and more people are getting fed up with the Liberals.
Now we just need a good local candidate to take back this swing riding.
And rather than preaching to the converted, that should have been the leader’s priority. Because it sure doesn’t seem to be much of a priority to the local EDA.
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