Canada’s Conservatives Call for Election Now
by Frances Martel
Trudeau Resignation a ‘Trick’ to Keep Left in Power
Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre condemned radical leftist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement on Monday that he would relinquish leadership of his country and the Liberal Party, dismissing it as a “trick” for the Liberals to stay in power and continue Trudeau’s policies.
“Nothing has changed,” Poilievre wrote in a message on social media. “Every Liberal MP and Leadership contender supported EVERYTHING Trudeau did for 9 years, and now they want to trick voters by swapping in another Liberal face to keep ripping off Canadians for another 4 years, just like Justin.”
“The only way to fix what Liberals broke is a carbon tax election to elect common sense Conservatives who will bring home Canada’s promise,” he asserted.
Poilievre called for an election “now,” not the scheduled election in October, to end the Liberal majority in Parliament.
“Canadians desperate to turn the page on this dark chapter in our history might be relieved today that Justin Trudeau is finally leaving. But what has really changed?” Poilievre asked in the accompanying video message. “Every Liberal MP in power today, and every potential Liberal leadership contender fighting for the top job helped Justin Trudeau break the country over the last 9 years. All Liberal politicians actively worked to pass into law the job killing, inflationary carbon tax.”
“All voted for or actively supported Trudeau’s out-of-control spending, debt, and immigration,” he remarked. “All passed Trudeau’s housing policies that doubled the price of homes.”
Poilievre asserted that Liberal Party members did not want Trudeau to step down because they “feel guilty” about their policies, but because “he is no longer popular enough to win an election and keep them in power.”
“They want to protect their pensions and paycheck by sweeping their hated leader under the rug, months before an election, to trick you and then do it all over again,” the Conservative leader said, concluding, “everything is out of control we need a carbon tax election now.”