Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Coquitlam

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre is in Coquitlam Thursday morning with a press conference slated for 10:30 a.m.

Set to make a campaign announcement, there are already indications of what he’s going to talk about, with a new way Canadians can contribute to their tax-free savings account.

In a release, the party announced that a new Conservative government will let Canadians put an extra $5,000 a year into your TFSA for investments in Canada, for a total contribution of $12,000 per year.

With regards to how the rest of the morning could look, Alex Rivard, assistant professor at the school of public policy at Simon Fraser University, expects a strong reception from some of those already planning on voting for him, but it’s not necessarily a sign that the Conservative Party is in as strong of a shape in B.C. as they were prior to Justin Trudeau’s resignation.

Rivard says the goal for Poilievre is to gain back some of the undecided vote.

“He says he needs to keep standing up to Trump. He has to, in my mind, try to distance himself from [Alberta Premier] Danielle Smith. Poilievre is, in my mind, in the toughest situation of the federal leaders because he has to not only convince people to vote for the Conservatives but also convince people not to vote for the liberals,” he said.

Rivard adds that Thursday’s visit presents an opportunity for Poilievre to address some of the concerns voters have around what a Conservative Party would do to health-care and whether there would be cuts to services.

“These kinds of support for social programs are pretty high even among Conservative voters. So, I think he could have the opportunity to come out and stake a claim to this, allowing himself to become the candidate, to move past the Trump-sphere and try and bring it back to more domestic politics,” he explained.

Later, Poilievre is set to host a “Canada First” rally in Surrey at 6 p.m.

The federal election is on April 28.