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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to make his first Saskatchewan stop of the 2025 federal election campaign in Saskatoon on Thursday night.
Poilievre will hold a rally at a warehouse on 209 Revenue Road at BizHub Industrial Park. Doors open at 6 p.m.
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The Saskatchewan visit is happening with less than a week left in the campaign. Voters head to the polls on Monday to choose Canada’s next federal government.
Poilievre’s Conservative Party has been lagging behind Mark Carney’s Liberals in the polls throughout most of the election campaign. While Saskatchewan has long been a Conservative stronghold, there is the potential that some seats could flip this time around.
The visit by Poilievre comes just one day after Premier Scott Moe officially endorsed the Conservative leader in a video shared to social media.
Moe said he’s endorsing Poilievre because he feels the Liberal government in Ottawa has turned its back on Saskatchewan and on western Canada in gneral.
“They’ve made it more expensive for us to produce things that we produce in Saskatchewan – like the most sustainable food, fuel and fertilizer on earth,” he said in a video posted to X.
“They’ve made it harder for us to get those products to market and then we’ve tried to work with them to take down those barriers, to build a stronger Saskatchewan, within a stronger, united Canada, they’ve turned their back.”
Moe said it’s time to have a government that treats Saskatchewan like it’s apart of Canada.
The premier said he feels the policies being put forward by the Poilievre’s Conservative Party would ensure Saskatchewan receives fair and equal treatment with other provinces.
“I’m tired of being a million miles from Ottawa, and it’s time for us to bring this country together,” Moe said.
Poilievre will become the third federal leader to hold an event in Saskatoon during the federal election campaign.
The visit from Poilievre follows stops in Saskatchewan by Carney and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on April 9, when both parties held rallies in the Bridge City.
Carney, at his event in Saskatoon, spoke about his campaign and didn’t take any questions from media.
Singh rallied with supporters and remained in Saskatoon overnight before holding an event at Kinsmen Park the next morning with health-care workers. At the event, he vowed to “fight back” against cuts, and said he will never support any budget that includes cuts to health care.
Singh also took questions from the media at the event.
It’s not clear if Poilievre has any other events or announcements planned during his stop in Saskatoon.
