Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre covered a lot of ground during a brief visit to Kelowna on Oct. 11.
Speaking to reporters at Summerhill Pyramid Winery, with Okanagan Lake as the backdrop, Poilievre answered questions about inflation, crime, the carbon tax, pronouns, and the Israel-Hamas war.
Inflation
“Here in Kelowna we just got the numbers from the food bank,” he added. “The highest in 41 years and the food bank directly attributes that to the inflation crisis.
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