By Austin Evans Writer He was nervous. He stumbled over words. He wasn’t the bombastic Pierre Poilievre the country has come to know. Instead, the Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre giving his first ever live address to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) was careful. The AFN began the third day of their Annual General Assembly (AGA) by inviting Poilievre to address the crowd and take questions. During his speech, the Conservative Party leader kept stumbling over his words and spoke in a stiff voice. His obvious nervousness may have been from facing a crowd whose members booed his December 2022 video message to the AFN. This was the first time Poilievre addressed the AFN directly. A crowd he has avoided appearing in person to since becoming party leader in…
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