‘We’re going to bring home our freedom again’
Beth Baisch
Pierre Poilievre vows to axe Trudeau’s carbon tax and anti-free speech legislation during Toronto rally
“You know what they say: an apple a day keeps the liberal journalists away.”
Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre spoke to an enthusiastic audience at the Toronto Congress Centre in Etobicoke on Sunday for his “Spike the Hike – Axe the Tax” rally. The rally took aim at the Trudeau Liberals’ latest carbon tax increase which goes into effect on April 1.
“Axe the tax!” Poilievre said, as he took to the stage, with the crowd chanting along. “Who is ready to spike the hike? Who is ready to axe the tax? Who’s ready to make common sense common again? Who’s ready for affordable homes, affordable food, affordable gas? And who’s ready to make all these things in Canada again? In other words, BRING IT HOME!” he said.
“April 1st, April Fool’s Day, and with Justin Trudeau and the NDP, the joke is on you,” Poilievre said. “23% hike, coming to your gas, your heat, your groceries, everything set to go up. It is a tax on every single thing that you buy.”
Poilievre used real-world examples that highlight how through a “cascading increase,” the tax drives up costs to the point where it can be cheaper to buy imported products instead of ones produced closer to home.