Canadians Need A Carbon Tax Election Now

January 7, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Ottawa, ON – Justin Trudeau’s resignation has changed nothing. Today, the Public Accounts Committee was supposed to be meeting to begin moving a non-confidence motion that would have been voted on at the end of January. Instead, Trudeau decided to prorogue Parliament to avoid accountability. This is unacceptable, and Canadians need an election now.

It’s clear that the only reason Justin Trudeau is shutting down Parliament is because he knows that he and his party do not have the confidence of the House of Commons. All major opposition parties have promised to bring Justin Trudeau’s government down at the next possible opportunity. But instead of giving Canadians a real choice in a carbon tax election, Trudeau quit and is going into hiding until March 24.

The bedrock principle of our Westminster system is responsible government. The Prime Minister, and the government he leads, must always command the confidence of the House of Commons. Justin Trudeau is still the Prime Minister, and he must command the confidence of the House. If he doesn’t, then we must have an election. The Liberal Party is not synonymous with the government. Our government is led by Trudeau and his incompetent ministers. If they do not have the confidence of the House, we must have an election.

Even worse, he shut down Parliament just fourteen days before Donald Trump is officially inaugurated as the next president of the United States of America, where he promised to introduce 25 percent tariffs on Canada. Canadians deserve a government that has a mandate to negotiate with our closest trading partner and ensure that these devastating tariffs are dealt with as quickly as possible. Instead, Canadians have ended up with a government that will be even more leaderless and incompetent than it already is.

But most importantly, Canadians need an election because whoever replaces Justin Trudeau as the leader of the Liberal Party will be no different. Whether it’s Chrystia Freeland or Carbon Tax Carney, they share the same failed woke Liberal policies like the carbon tax and hard drug legalization that have broken our country.

While Liberals take a break for the next two and a half months, we will continue to hold the government to account and ensure the NDP and Bloc keep their word and vote to have a carbon tax election immediately.

Only Common Sense Conservatives can be trusted to axe the tax to make life more affordable for Canadians; to build the homes to restore the dream of homeownership; to fix the budget to stop the rampant inflation, and to stop the crime so Canadians can once again feel safe in our streets.