OTTAWA — It’s all a trick.
That was the message Monday from Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre, who said Mark Carney’s landslide victory Sunday in the federal Liberal leadership race will bring more of the same to Canada.
“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.”
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 sold out Canada. He put his profit ahead of our people, and he did exactly what Donald Trump wanted,” the Conservative leader added.