Poilievre Calls For Singh & Blanchet to Commit to Voting Non-Confidence for a Carbon Tax Election

September 11, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Ottawa, ON – The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition, announced today that he will introduce a non-confidence vote to trigger a carbon tax election at the earliest opportunity it could succeed this fall session of the House of Commons and is demanding that the NDP and Bloc commit to supporting it:

“Last week, after relentless Conservative pressure, Sellout Jagmeet Singh turned into a Stuntman and promised he would pull out of the costly coalition with the Liberals. The only way to pull out of a ‘supply and confidence’ agreement is to vote non-confidence and trigger a carbon tax election. But—despite being asked at least 31 times—Sellout Jagmeet Singh still won’t commit to ending the costly NDP-Liberal government. He is clearly trying to trick people before they vote in the by-elections, after which he will sell out again and jump back into the costly coalition.

“So, my message to Singh and the NDP is ‘put up or shut up,’ either commit today to supporting a non-confidence motion or admit he has sold out again. Last week’s announcement was a stunt—all to get his $2.3 million pension.

“This costly NDP-Liberal Government is also receiving the support of the Bloc, which voted to keep Trudeau 188 times and voted to add $500 billion in inflationary, centralist, bureaucratic spending that helped double our debt. The Bloc voted with Trudeau to add 100,000 more bureaucrats and add another $10 billion on high-priced outside consultants. The Bloc-Liberal coalition has brought about the biggest expansion of the Ottawa-federal government and the worst invasion into Quebec’s jurisdiction.

“The Bloc-Liberal coalition is not worth the cost.

“Today, I am calling on Blanchet and the Bloc to commit he will vote non-confidence in the Trudeau Liberals so Quebecers can elect a common sense government to cut taxes, build homes, fix the budget and stop the crime.

“Yes or no, Mr. Blanchet, will you vote for Trudeau or vote for Quebecers’ right to vote to get Ottawa off their backs?

“Finally, the Liberals are bringing in Carbon Tax Carney as their Phantom Finance Minister—pushing aside the incompetent Chrystia Freeland.

“Trudeau offered to make Carbon Tax Carney the Finance Minister—to give up money for power. Carbon Tax Carney chose to have both power and money—but with no accountability. Carbon Tax Carney has massive conflicts of interest given his corporate jobs that favour taking jobs out of Canada to foreign economies while raising taxes and shutting down jobs here in Canada. Carbon Tax Carney supports all the NDP-Liberal policies that sent a million people to food banks, doubled housing costs, and income per person has dropped for 5 years, the worst drop in the G7. 

“Enough is enough. Sellout NDP and the Bloc must join Common Sense Conservatives in calling for a carbon tax election. Only then will Canadians have a Government that axes the tax, builds the homes, fixes the budget and stops the crime.”