Pierre Poilievre

Why is that?

Not because we don't have carpenters who want to swing hammers.

It's because you can't get a permit to build a home.

Go to Western Canada.

The people who are unemployed in Western Canada and the trades, it's not because they don't want to work.

It's because the government has blocked them from working in the energy sector.

So I don't see the population as being a problem at all in Canada.

I think the problem in most Western countries that are in this challenge is governments, it's not the people.

I think we're, in Canada, we're very blessed that the focus has remained on hope.

And I will, you know, bluntly take some credit for it because I have been the major opposition to the status quo in the country.

And during that time, we have not, you know, our Conservative Party has remained unfractured.

We are one party.

We haven't fractured into numerous parties.

And our focus has been on giving people, driving their political energies towards a hopeful future rather than just being upset about the status quo.

And very simply, the antidote to anger is hope.

Because if you say to people, yes, you're not happy with where you are, but this is where we could be.

Wouldn't this be wonderful?

Wouldn't it be great?

If you could own a home, raise a family, chart your own course, live a great life, launch a business.

And I've tried to keep people focused on that optimistic, forward-looking possibility.