Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has made his return to the House of Commons.
Poilievre used the opening of the fall session to criticize Prime Minister Mark Carney, suggesting he was falling back on his promises made earlier in the year.
“He promised the strongest growth in the G7 for our economy, and now our economy is declining the fastest in the G7,” says Poilievre.
“He also promised that food would cost less. It’s more, and food inflation is accelerating. He promised a budget in October, and now we’ll see one maybe in November.”
Conservatives also struck back on promises made on bail reform, immigration and housing, they say are still unfulfilled.
“When I left, there was a Liberal Prime Minister who was making excuses about breaking promises, running massive deficits, costs, crime, chaos,” says Poilievre.
“Whereas today, we have a Liberal Prime Minister breaking promises, making excuses, running massive deficits with costs, crime and chaos out of control.”
The Prime Minister responded with a list of accomplishments made since the Conservative leader lost his seat in June’s election, which led to a by-election in Calgary, to facilitate his return.
“He missed the largest tax cut for 22 million Canadians,” says Carney.
“He missed the cut on the GST for new homes. He missed the elimination of all federal barriers to trade.”
Carney also noted the spirit of collaboration that was shown in the brief spring opening that allowed for the passage of the Build Canada Act.
“I think if we are going to build the strongest economy in the G7, and we will, we need to be clear. We need to be clear about the scale of the crisis we are in,” says Carney.
“We need to be clear about the scale of investment that we need. $60 billion in new projects announced last week. $200 billion in investment announced last week.”
Carney also adds that while there are some challenges and difficulties with the U.S., he remains in constant contact with President Trump, describing relations as good.
