Pierre Poilievre
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That article failed to mention the .68 dollar . Just some of the reason for it .Poilievre held a rally at RBC Place London just hours before he was to learn who he’ll be facing in the next federal election, which could be called as early as this week.
It was clear from Poilievre’s remarks to a crowd of about 2,500 supporters that he believes his opponent will be Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada who served as an economic advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Carney claims three more years of deficit to invest in growing the Canadian economy, and then we’ll get right back to balance. If Mark Carney’s pledge sounds like something you’ve heard before, that’s because Justin Trudeau made a very similar commitment a mere ten years ago.
We spent a ton of money and ran up debt at record rates under the Liberals to get our economy growing again. This year alone, the federal government expects to spend $48.3 billion more than it collects in revenues. Meanwhile, Canadians are still waiting patiently for that return to balanced budgets.
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When the Trudeau government came into office at the end of 2015, our economy was producing $57,491 per person (in 2017 dollars). Today, nine years later, our economy is producing $58,951 per person (in those same 2017 dollars).
Boiled down, this means that Canadians are now a whopping 2.5 per cent richer, on average, then when Trudeau took office almost ten years ago. Wow. It would seem that the promised growth, much like the return to balanced budgets, somehow failed to materialize.
Have costs for pretty much everything increased in the last 10 years, including the carbon tax, which is…a tax on everything? While the government attempted to stimulate growth artificially by borrowing and spending money, tax hikes and new bureaucratic and regulatory hurdles countervailed this by slowing down private investment.
When we account for inflation, we find that the level of investment per person across all sectors of the economy (excepting the public sector) has fallen by 8%.
While Mark Carney may use different words to promote them, his plans to grow Canada’s economy with government spending and deficits are eerily similar to those put forward ten years earlier by the very prime minister he is now hoping to “replace.”
BROUSSARD: Trudeau and Carney are singing the same tune on deficits — Toronto Sun
Just three more years of deficit to invest in growing the Canadian economy, and then we’ll get right back to balance. If Mark Carney’s pledge sounds like something you’ve heard before, that’s because Justin Trudeau made a very similar commitment a mere ten years ago. To refresh your memory...apple.news
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Proroquation . Who knows ? When will Justin give another tear filled goodbye ?
“Liberal establishment has installed Justin Trudeau’s economic advisor as the next Liberal leader, to trick Canadians into giving Liberals a fourth term in power,” he said.
“He’s just like Justin, he’s more of the same.”
Poilievre appeared unfazed by Carney’s convention-night promise to do away with the consumer carbon tax, explaining his government would do away with ALL forms of the contentious tax.
“We are going to have a carbon tax election because Mark Carney has proposed to add another industrial carbon tax on top of the existing one,” he said, referencing previous media interviews where the former top banker promised to develop and enact a new system of climate incentives funded by charging large industrial emitters.
“In days, Donald Trump could impose tariffs on Canadian steel at the same time Mark Carney says a new carbon tax on Canadian steel.”
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Poilievre said to expect little change when Carney replaces outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying he’s got the same MPs, advisors and plans as the previous administration.
“Mark Carney is trying to hide from his record over the last five years, of advising Trudeau to raise carbon taxes, money-printing inflation and blocking resource projects — all while he moved his company’s headquarters and jobs to the United States,” Poilievre said, pointing out Carney’s reluctance to elaborate on his role in Brookfield Asset Management’s decision last year to relocate their head office from Canada to New York City.
“He’s just like Justin, he’s more of the same.”
Poilievre appeared unfazed by Carney’s convention-night promise to do away with the consumer carbon tax, explaining his government would do away with ALL forms of the contentious tax.
“We are going to have a carbon tax election because Mark Carney has proposed to add another industrial carbon tax on top of the existing one,” he said, referencing previous media interviews where the former top banker promised to develop and enact a new system of climate incentives funded by charging large industrial emitters.
“In days, Donald Trump could impose tariffs on Canadian steel at the same time Mark Carney says a new carbon tax on Canadian steel.”
Choosing Carney is granting Trudeau Liberals a fourth term: Poilievre — Toronto Sun
'He's just like Justin, he's more of the same,' Poilievre said Monday
“Mark Carney is trying to hide from his record over the last five years, of advising Trudeau to raise carbon taxes, money-printing inflation and blocking resource projects — all while he moved his company’s headquarters and jobs to the United States,” Poilievre said, pointing out Carney’s reluctance to elaborate on his role in Brookfield Asset Management’s decision last year to relocate their head office from Canada to New York City.
Election adds have been running for a year. CBC never stopped doing liberal election adds since the last election.
“Liberal establishment has installed Justin Trudeau’s economic advisor as the next Liberal leader, to trick Canadians into giving Liberals a fourth term in power,” he said.
“He’s just like Justin, he’s more of the same.”
Poilievre appeared unfazed by Carney’s convention-night promise to do away with the consumer carbon tax, explaining his government would do away with ALL forms of the contentious tax.
“We are going to have a carbon tax election because Mark Carney has proposed to add another industrial carbon tax on top of the existing one,” he said, referencing previous media interviews where the former top banker promised to develop and enact a new system of climate incentives funded by charging large industrial emitters.
“In days, Donald Trump could impose tariffs on Canadian steel at the same time Mark Carney says a new carbon tax on Canadian steel.”
apple.news
“He’s just like Justin, he’s more of the same.”
Poilievre appeared unfazed by Carney’s convention-night promise to do away with the consumer carbon tax, explaining his government would do away with ALL forms of the contentious tax.
“We are going to have a carbon tax election because Mark Carney has proposed to add another industrial carbon tax on top of the existing one,” he said, referencing previous media interviews where the former top banker promised to develop and enact a new system of climate incentives funded by charging large industrial emitters.
“In days, Donald Trump could impose tariffs on Canadian steel at the same time Mark Carney says a new carbon tax on Canadian steel.”
Choosing Carney is granting Trudeau Liberals a fourth term: Poilievre — Toronto Sun
'He's just like Justin, he's more of the same,' Poilievre said Monday
Canada has wanted, and needed, change long before Trump was elected.
AGAR: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss? — Toronto Sun
As Mark Carney assumes the reins of the Liberal party, what indications are there he is substantially different than Justin Trudeau? I see few. He will give lip service to his being different, but it is hard to see how. On the matter of carbon tax, he not only has indicated over the years that...
Poilievre said, “My priority is to stand up for our country and our interests over here. I want to sell our natural gas to India. National Bank did a study showing that with India’s growing electricity demand, if we sold them enough gas to supply half of that demand, we can reduce greenhouse gas emission by three times as much as the total emissions of Canada because we’ll displace dirtier coal.”
He said we have 1,300 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves.
His plan is to exploit that resource, which will up our carbon output, but reduce the carbon output of India to a greater degree for an over all win for the planet, for India and for Canada.
That is not a slogan. It is a plan, and it vastly outperforms that of the Liberals. It is a win, win.
The coming election is not a runaway win for the Conservatives, it’s going to be a fight. It is a fight that we need now though, so that we can have a functional government with a clear mandate.
LILLEY: Call an election now so Canada has a government with a mandate — Toronto Sun
Canada is about to get a new prime minister sometime this week, but what we really need is an election. That could come within days, but perhaps not as soon as this Sunday as had previously been discussed. The transition from the Trudeau administration to the Carney administration will take...
Does his "plan" include how that NG will be extracted and transported?
Maybe we just have different notions of what a "plan" is.
Maybe we just have different notions of what a "plan" is.
Let’s say, if just for the sake of argument, that the outcome of the federal election depends on how the vote goes in Ontario.
Because that’s the way it usually goes, and nothing in the dynamics of this campaign suggests there’s a compelling reason to expect it to be different. Conservative Leder Pierre Poilievre can sweep all of Alberta and the best he’ll pick up is two Liberal seats. Ontario has 74 Liberals, more than three times the total for all of western Canada. That being the case, Poilievre has considerable work to do to if he wants the province to help make him prime minister.
Ontario figures now show Liberals and Tories in a dead heat, with New Democrats falling off a cliff. Polls, of course, are not holy writ, but the uniformity of the findings across so many surveys suggests its safe to conclude Poilievre’s standing in Ontario was never a love affair, but the result of a marriage gone sour. Ontarians didn’t favour Poilievre so much as they’d come to detest Trudeau. They wanted him gone, and if supporting Conservatives was the best way to achieve his departure, they’d make do with Conservatives.
But Trudeau is gone now. The boil has been lanced. A Trudeauless Liberal party doesn’t annoy Ontario the way his ongoing presence did. Poilievre has to accept that reality, and retool his message appropriately if he aims to regain lost ground. Even as the election begins, there’s no real evidence he’s willing to do that. Tory messaging remains consistent: Liberals are all the same, a Carney government would be a continuation of the Trudeau government, Carney is just like Justin, after nine years of failure and disappointment why vote for more of the same?
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Like it or not, Poilievre needs the province in his win column. In particular he needs to steal Liberal ridings in the narrow corridor bordering Lake Ontario from Niagara Falls to Oshawa that might as well be renamed the Liberal Horseshoe for all the presence Conservatives enjoy. Half the province lives there and is the reason Liberals have dominated Ottawa for so long. If Poilievre hopes too best Carney, he’ll have to find a way to do it there.
Because that’s the way it usually goes, and nothing in the dynamics of this campaign suggests there’s a compelling reason to expect it to be different. Conservative Leder Pierre Poilievre can sweep all of Alberta and the best he’ll pick up is two Liberal seats. Ontario has 74 Liberals, more than three times the total for all of western Canada. That being the case, Poilievre has considerable work to do to if he wants the province to help make him prime minister.
Ontario figures now show Liberals and Tories in a dead heat, with New Democrats falling off a cliff. Polls, of course, are not holy writ, but the uniformity of the findings across so many surveys suggests its safe to conclude Poilievre’s standing in Ontario was never a love affair, but the result of a marriage gone sour. Ontarians didn’t favour Poilievre so much as they’d come to detest Trudeau. They wanted him gone, and if supporting Conservatives was the best way to achieve his departure, they’d make do with Conservatives.
But Trudeau is gone now. The boil has been lanced. A Trudeauless Liberal party doesn’t annoy Ontario the way his ongoing presence did. Poilievre has to accept that reality, and retool his message appropriately if he aims to regain lost ground. Even as the election begins, there’s no real evidence he’s willing to do that. Tory messaging remains consistent: Liberals are all the same, a Carney government would be a continuation of the Trudeau government, Carney is just like Justin, after nine years of failure and disappointment why vote for more of the same?
Kelly McParland: Sorry folks, but Poilievre's fate rests with Ontario — National Post
Conservatives need to retool if they hope to win the province
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre launched his campaign Sunday promising to deliver change, and contrasting himself to the man his Liberal opponents are expected to try and paint him as over the next 36 days: U.S. President Donald Trump.
Appearing at the Museum of History across the river from Parliament Hill, Poilievre said he shares the anger and anxiety Canadians are feeling because of Trump’s words and the current trade war Canada finds itself in with its closest ally.
“I respect the office of the President of the United States and we have to show respect to other world leaders,” Poilievre said, when asked whether he respects Trump.
He said given the two countries’ trading relationship and that Trump will be in office for the next four years, Canada’s next prime minster will have to work with him.
“You can be respectful and firm, and I believe we have to be both. I will insist the president recognize the independence and sovereignty of Canada. I will insist that he stop tariffing our nation.”
(YouTube & 'Change and hope are both on the way': Poilievre kicks off election campaign)
“At the same time,” Poilievre said, “I will strengthen our country so that we can be capable of standing (on) our own two feet and standing up to the Americans, where and when necessary. That’s what it means when I say let’s put Canada first for a change.”
Liberal Leader Mark Carney wasted no time arguing that Poilievre was stealing his policy ideas from Trump’s administration (?) as Carney was stealing policy ideas from Poilievre’s Conservative Party, and with actions speaking louder than words, Carney is much closer in behaviour to Trump, but that’s neither here nor there.
“That’s the choice for Canadians: a Canadian Trump or a government that unites the country and focuses on action in order to build a strong economy that works for all Canadians,” said Carney, in French, at a press conference outside Rideau Hall on Sunday…so is Carney saying Canadians should vote for Poilievre & the Conservative Party here???
Poilievre launched his campaign as public opinion polls show his two-and-a-half-year 20-point lead over the Liberals collapsing into a dead heat between the two parties, with concerns about the cost-of-living taking a back seat to Trump’s tariffs and his comments about annexing Canada.
Poilievre spoke on Sunday about half an hour before Carney was scheduled to ask Governor General Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament (which was still Prorogue’d due to Carney’s coronation process) and send Canadians to the polls next month.
“I will protect this country and put Canada first,” said Poilievre, in a speech that excoriated the Liberal government’s record of a “lost decade.”
apple.news
Appearing at the Museum of History across the river from Parliament Hill, Poilievre said he shares the anger and anxiety Canadians are feeling because of Trump’s words and the current trade war Canada finds itself in with its closest ally.
“I respect the office of the President of the United States and we have to show respect to other world leaders,” Poilievre said, when asked whether he respects Trump.
He said given the two countries’ trading relationship and that Trump will be in office for the next four years, Canada’s next prime minster will have to work with him.
“You can be respectful and firm, and I believe we have to be both. I will insist the president recognize the independence and sovereignty of Canada. I will insist that he stop tariffing our nation.”
“At the same time,” Poilievre said, “I will strengthen our country so that we can be capable of standing (on) our own two feet and standing up to the Americans, where and when necessary. That’s what it means when I say let’s put Canada first for a change.”
Liberal Leader Mark Carney wasted no time arguing that Poilievre was stealing his policy ideas from Trump’s administration (?) as Carney was stealing policy ideas from Poilievre’s Conservative Party, and with actions speaking louder than words, Carney is much closer in behaviour to Trump, but that’s neither here nor there.
“That’s the choice for Canadians: a Canadian Trump or a government that unites the country and focuses on action in order to build a strong economy that works for all Canadians,” said Carney, in French, at a press conference outside Rideau Hall on Sunday…so is Carney saying Canadians should vote for Poilievre & the Conservative Party here???
Poilievre launched his campaign as public opinion polls show his two-and-a-half-year 20-point lead over the Liberals collapsing into a dead heat between the two parties, with concerns about the cost-of-living taking a back seat to Trump’s tariffs and his comments about annexing Canada.
Poilievre spoke on Sunday about half an hour before Carney was scheduled to ask Governor General Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament (which was still Prorogue’d due to Carney’s coronation process) and send Canadians to the polls next month.
“I will protect this country and put Canada first,” said Poilievre, in a speech that excoriated the Liberal government’s record of a “lost decade.”
Pierre Poilievre launches his campaign by returning to his 'underdog' political roots — National Post
Bill Donaldson, his campaign manager from 2004, recalls that Poilievre had a knack for getting people excited even then
This is why our electoral system must be changed. That a tiny region of one province can determine the future of the whole country is just wrong.Let’s say, if just for the sake of argument, that the outcome of the federal election depends on how the vote goes in Ontario.
Because that’s the way it usually goes, and nothing in the dynamics of this campaign suggests there’s a compelling reason to expect it to be different. Conservative Leder Pierre Poilievre can sweep all of Alberta and the best he’ll pick up is two Liberal seats. Ontario has 74 Liberals, more than three times the total for all of western Canada. That being the case, Poilievre has considerable work to do to if he wants the province to help make him prime minister.
Ontario figures now show Liberals and Tories in a dead heat, with New Democrats falling off a cliff. Polls, of course, are not holy writ, but the uniformity of the findings across so many surveys suggests its safe to conclude Poilievre’s standing in Ontario was never a love affair, but the result of a marriage gone sour. Ontarians didn’t favour Poilievre so much as they’d come to detest Trudeau. They wanted him gone, and if supporting Conservatives was the best way to achieve his departure, they’d make do with Conservatives.
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But Trudeau is gone now. The boil has been lanced. A Trudeauless Liberal party doesn’t annoy Ontario the way his ongoing presence did. Poilievre has to accept that reality, and retool his message appropriately if he aims to regain lost ground. Even as the election begins, there’s no real evidence he’s willing to do that. Tory messaging remains consistent: Liberals are all the same, a Carney government would be a continuation of the Trudeau government, Carney is just like Justin, after nine years of failure and disappointment why vote for more of the same?
Like it or not, Poilievre needs the province in his win column. In particular he needs to steal Liberal ridings in the narrow corridor bordering Lake Ontario from Niagara Falls to Oshawa that might as well be renamed the Liberal Horseshoe for all the presence Conservatives enjoy. Half the province lives there and is the reason Liberals have dominated Ottawa for so long. If Poilievre hopes too best Carney, he’ll have to find a way to do it there.Kelly McParland: Sorry folks, but Poilievre's fate rests with Ontario — National Post
Conservatives need to retool if they hope to win the province
It’s based on one person one vote & we just don’t live in that dog pile density wise through much of the rest of the country. I get what you’re saying, but this is the way that it is.