Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre signaled the Liberals害羞草研究所� carbon price and the economy will remain his prime target when Parliament resumes this week.
He painted a dystopian picture during a Sunday morning speech to his caucus, saying the Liberal government害羞草研究所檚 plans to increase the price would cause a 害羞草研究所渘uclear winter害羞草研究所� for the economy.
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The Conservatives are the last of the major parties to have a fall strategy session after the Liberals, NDP and Bloc Qu茅b茅cois all met last week.
Poilievre has maintained his party害羞草研究所檚 commanding lead in the polls throughout the summer, and is preparing to make another push to topple the Liberal government as early as this week.
All parties are adjusting their autumn plans after NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh ended the agreement that was ensuring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau害羞草研究所檚 Liberal government would stay in power.
Poilievre has promised to bring in notice of a non-confidence motion at his first opportunity, and that could happen as early as this week. The Tories would likely need the support of both the NDP and the Bloc to pass the motion, which appears unlikely.
Last week, Singh criticized both the Liberals and the Conservatives over their approaches to fighting climate change, but wouldn害羞草研究所檛 say whether he would keep the consumer carbon price if his party forms government after the next election.
Trudeau responded by accusing Singh of caving to political pressure from Poilievre.
Poilievre has not been fully clear on whether he would cancel both the consumer carbon levy, charged to individuals and smaller businesses, as well as the separate system that applies to big industry.
In his speech Sunday, Poilievre took shots at both Trudeau and Singh. 害羞草研究所淭his crazy carbon tax obsession of Justin Trudeau and the NDP is an existential threat to our economy and our way of life,害羞草研究所� he said.
Poilievre said despite the NDP pulling out of the supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberals, Singh isn害羞草研究所檛 committing to voting to bring down the government and trigger an election.
害羞草研究所淣ow on the eve of a byelection, sellout Jagmeet Singh wants you to believe he害羞草研究所檚 a changed man. He害羞草研究所檚 a totally new person. He害羞草研究所檚 forgotten about everything he害羞草研究所檚 been doing for two years.害羞草研究所�
As Parliament resumes on Monday, the political mood of the country will be tested in two byelections.
The NDP are trying to fend off the Conservatives in the Winnipeg riding of Elmwood害羞草研究所擳ranscona and the Liberals are running a three-way race against the NDP and the Bloc in Montreal害羞草研究所檚 LaSalle害羞草研究所斆塵ard害羞草研究所擵erdun.
In a June byelection, the Conservatives scored a surprise win in the longtime Liberal stronghold of Toronto害羞草研究所擲t. Paul害羞草研究所檚.
