Pierre Poilievre attacks Mark Carney on affordability, auto plant sale
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Pierre Poilievre continued his attacks on Mark Carney and the governing Liberals on Thursday as Canadians are still struggling with higher food and energy prices.
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The Conservative Leader also ripped into the government’s handling of the Stellantis assembly plant sale in Brampton this week and sought clarity about what closer ties to Europe means for all Canadians.
Carney jetted off to Dublin on Wednesday to meet with European leaders this week before he travels to Asia on diplomatic and trade missions.
Poilievre told reporters in Calgary that the economy is not global summits, meetings and signing ceremonies but real people struggling to make ends meet.
“The economy is the people who have to empty their bank account to fill up their gas tank,” he said. “The real economy is the mother who has to turn back items at the checkout in the grocery store because her bank account is empty before her grocery cart is empty.”
PM needs to return home
Citing more than 2.35 million visits to a food bank in one month, Poilievre said the Prime Minister needs to return home and face the real costs and lost jobs Canadians are experiencing.
“It’s time to stop judging Mark Carney on his speeches, promises, announcements, gushing media coverage, and start judging him on these results, real results for real people in the real world after 11 years of Liberal rule,” he said.
On this week’s Stellantis assembly plant sale to armoured vehicle manufacturer Roshel, Poilievre said nearly 3,000 workers were elbowed in the face, invoking Carney’s hockey-inspired “elbows up” election rallying cry after U.S. President Donald Trump launched his trade war with Canada.
“The news of Stellantis’ closure is yet another betrayal of working people,” he said. “This despite the fact that Mr. Carney promised that he was going to protect their jobs.”
Stop cosying up to EU leaders
Meanwhile, the Conservative Leader urged Carney to stop cozying up to European leaders and rejected any plans for Canadians to pay taxes or follow laws decided across the Atlantic Ocean.
“It’s time for the Prime Minister to get real results here at home,” he said. “He should come clean on what he’s been negotiating behind the scenes with the EU, and Conservatives are very clear on our end. No EU taxes imposed on Canadians, no EU laws imposed on Canadians, No EU style immigration (and) no EU Associate Membership.”
He said Canadians ultimately need affordable groceries, food, homes and gas – not new problems created abroad.
“We are planning to save you money by scrapping fuel taxes, save your job, keep you safe by locking a criminals, get immigration under control, and put Canada first,” Poilievre said.