Poilievre in Edmonton: Urges Albertans to become 'even more Canadian'

Before Pierre Poilievre took the podium at a Downtown Edmonton hotel Tuesday night, the Can-con playlist that preceded him was curated to tug at nationalist heartstrings. Even Captain Tractor’s cover of the last-call-at-the-pub classic, The Last Saskatchewan Pirate. When the federal Conservative leader took the stage, Canadian and Alberta flags behind him, his goal was clear: to call for Canadian unity, but offer an olive branch to those in the Conservative big tent who are leaning to vote yes when it comes to the Oct.