Tories unveil tax cut-heavy economic platform
"Mr. Carney and the Liberals would deepen our weakness and push us further and downward towards recession," Poilievre said
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OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney has found himself on the wrong side of every important economic issue of our time.
That was the message of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre during a Friday morning campaign stop in St. Catharines, unveiling his party’s plan to boost Canada’s economy and reverse the ongoing housing and affordability crisis.
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“Mr. Carney and the Liberals would deepen our weakness and push us further and downward towards recession,” Poilievre said.
“He was wrong to support the carbon tax, he was wrong to oppose Canadian pipelines, he was wrong to say that inflation would not be a problem five years ago, and encourage rampant money printing that lead to mass misery in Canada and gave us 37% more food price inflation than we had in the states.”
Poilievre accused the Liberal leader of relying on his long resume as a central banker instead of giving Canadians a real economic plan.
According to the Tory plan, a 15% tax cut will allow workers to keep more of their paycheques, and plans to make homebuying more affordable by cutting federal sales tax on new homes valued under $1.3 million, and incentivizing municipalities to lower development charges.
The Conservatives are also promising to cut sales tax on new cars — a measure to ease tariff relief for car sales.
As well, a Conservative government would require banks who offer Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs) to recognize trade apprenticeship programs.
“Conservatives will train 350,000 new apprentices over the next five years with an expanded union training and innovation program, and will restore the $4,000 apprenticeship grant that the Liberals cut,” Poilievre said.
“That means more good union jobs for our young people, and more homes being built by our skilled tradespersons. The people that build the homes will be able to buy them as well.”
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