Pierre Poilievre’s Brampton rally cancelled due to medical emergency at venue

A man attending a rally for Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre in Brampton was taken to hospital after suffering a medical episode Saturday.Peel paramedic crews attended the scene at Brampton’s Pearson Convention Centre around 10:15 a.m.At the venue, paramedics found a man in his 50s in critical, life-threatening condition. He was taken to a local hospital via emergency run, paramedics said.Poilievre briefly appeared at the gathering, telling supporters the rally will be reconvened later as they pray for the man’s well-being, according to an individual tweeting from the venue.“This was to be a big event on the home turf of his rival, Patrick Brown,” the Star’s Ottawa bureau reporter Stephanie Levitz tweeted.Akrit Michael is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Reach him via email: amichael@thestar.ca

Mar 27, 2022 - 09:26

Pierre Poilievre’s Brampton rally cancelled due to medical emergency at venue

A man attending a rally for Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre in Brampton was taken to hospital after suffering a medical episode Saturday.

Peel paramedic crews attended the scene at Brampton’s Pearson Convention Centre around 10:15 a.m.

At the venue, paramedics found a man in his 50s in critical, life-threatening condition. He was taken to a local hospital via emergency run, paramedics said.

Poilievre briefly appeared at the gathering, telling supporters the rally will be reconvened later as they pray for the man’s well-being, according to an individual tweeting from the venue.

“This was to be a big event on the home turf of his rival, Patrick Brown,” the Star’s Ottawa bureau reporter Stephanie Levitz tweeted.

Akrit Michael is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Reach him via email: amichael@thestar.ca