By Sarah Ritchie -CP-Pierre Poilievre began a speech on Saturday with a quote from the country’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, pledging to create a united, rich nation “instead of making us a tributary to American laws, to American railways, to American bondage, to American tolls.” The Conservative leader, who appeared at a rally in a room at a downtown Ottawa convention centre, went on to address Americans directly, laying out the consequences of “an unprovoked attack” on Canada’s economy via tariffs. “If Canada is not your friend, who is?” Poilievre asked. U.S. President Donald Trump’s shifting threats to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods and his repeated claims that he wants to annex Canada have prompted a sudden rise in Canadian patriotism. Poilievre reiterated that if his…
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