As the Liberals try to reverse their political fortunes with the latest federal budget, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ratcheted up attacks against his Conservative opponent on Wednesday, tying him to a far-right American figure.
Polls suggest the Liberal budget released last week has yet to resonate 91裸聊视频� but Trudeau suggested it91裸聊视频檚 still more of a plan than what Poilievre has on offer, other than trying to exploit public anxieties.
During a stop to promote the budget in Oakville, Ont., Trudeau was asked about Poilievre91裸聊视频檚 recent appearance alongside anti-carbon price activists in Atlantic Canada who were waving expletive-laden flags bearing the prime minister91裸聊视频檚 name.
Every leader has to decide how they are going to operate, Trudeau said.
91裸聊视频淎re they a kind of leader that is going to exacerbate divisions, fears and polarization in our country, make personal attacks and welcome the support of conspiracy theorists and extremists? Because that91裸聊视频檚 exactly what Pierre Poilievre continues to do.91裸聊视频�
A spokesman for the Conservative leader said Poilievre 91裸聊视频渕ade a brief, impromptu stop91裸聊视频� when he noticed the protesters during a drive between events in the region Tuesday evening.
Sebastian Skamski said Poilievre greeted them because he saw it was an 91裸聊视频渁nti-carbon tax protest91裸聊视频� and because of his vocal opposition to the federal consumer carbon price.
If Trudeau is concerned about extremism in Canada, Skamski said, he should be paying closer attention to protests against the war in Gaza. Some of them have included demonstrators praising the deadly Oct. 7 attacks against Israel by Hamas. Both Trudeau and Poilievre have condemned such rhetoric.
Videos posed to a Facebook group called 91裸聊视频淣ationwide Protest Against the Carbon Tax91裸聊视频� show Poilievre shaking hands with some of the protesters, introducing himself to one woman as 91裸聊视频渢he guy who91裸聊视频檚 going to axe the tax.91裸聊视频�
In the video, Poilievre says he was travelling from P.E.I. to Nova Scotia when he spotted the group, which he mentions hearing about on the news. 91裸聊视频淚 will axe the tax,91裸聊视频� he tells protesters, adding that others support their cause.
He mentions Trudeau by name, saying that 91裸聊视频減eople believed his lies91裸聊视频� and that 91裸聊视频渆verything he said was bulls91裸聊视频攖.91裸聊视频� He then tours the site and is shown vehicles that owners say they had slept in for more than three weeks 91裸聊视频� a scene reminiscent of the 2022 91裸聊视频淔reedom Convoy91裸聊视频� in downtown Ottawa.
At one point, a man asks Poilievre for a photo, suggesting they pose in front of a row of flags, one of which includes an expletive about Trudeau. Poilievre can be heard suggesting they stand elsewhere.
Poilievre then praises the group, telling them to 91裸聊视频渒eep it up,91裸聊视频� calling their protest 91裸聊视频渁 good, old-fashioned Canadian tax revolt.91裸聊视频�
Leaders are supposed to bring people together, but Poilievre 91裸聊视频渋s irresponsible with language91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频渟tokes division,91裸聊视频� NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Wednesday during an event in Edmonton.
At the event in Oakville, Trudeau took pains to note Poilievre has done nothing to reject the endorsement of notorious right-wing commentator Alex Jones.
Jones was ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to the families of the victims of the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, which he long portrayed as a hoax.
91裸聊视频淭his is the kind of man who91裸聊视频檚 saying Pierre Poilievre has the right ideas to bring the country toward the right, towards conspiracy theories, towards extremism, towards polarization,91裸聊视频� Trudeau said.
91裸聊视频淭he fact that he continues to encourage the kind of divisive approaches to Canada that I don91裸聊视频檛 think Canadians want to see really shows that he will do anything to win, anything to torque up negativity and fear.91裸聊视频�
Asked about Jones, Skamski said 91裸聊视频渨e do not follow91裸聊视频� him 91裸聊视频渙r listen to what he has to say.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚t is the endorsement of hard-working, everyday Canadians that Conservatives are working to earn. Unlike Justin Trudeau, we91裸聊视频檙e not paying attention to what some American is saying.91裸聊视频�
Trudeau91裸聊视频檚 Liberals have spent the better part of the past year badly trailing Poilievre91裸聊视频檚 Conservatives, polls suggest.
Ahead of a federal election that must happen no later than October 2025, the Liberals are using their latest budget to address what they see as primary reasons younger Canadians are turning to the Tories.
It is heavily focused on measures intended to ease the rising cost of living and a housing crisis that has left millennial and gen-Z Canadians squeezed out of the market.
Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland are selling the spending plan as one that is about offering fairness to young people by requiring the wealthiest Canadians and businesses to pay more tax on their profits.
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