ANDREW Scheer, Conservative Party Leader, said on Wednesday that when Canadians go to the polls on October 21, only his party will have a trustworthy plan to put more money in the pockets of Canadians so that they can get ahead.
He said the Conservatives had a clear plan to help all Canadians whose lives have gotten more expensive under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals.
“Canadians are working harder and harder, but they’re just barely getting by and just can’t seem to get ahead. I’m running to be Prime Minister with a clear plan to make life more affordable for you and your family,” said Scheer.
He added that after four years, Trudeau’s huge deficits, mounting debt, tax hikes, and broken promises have left Canadian families worse off. Under Trudeau, 80% of middle-income families have seen their federal taxes increase by $800 or more per year.
“Justin Trudeau was elected on a promise to help the middle class. But the last four years have shown he is just not as advertised,” said Scheer. “Instead of ‘sunny ways’ and ‘real change,’ you got four years of higher gas prices, massive deficits, mounting debt, and a carbon tax that makes everyday essentials more expensive.”
He added, “Four more years of Justin Trudeau is four more years of deficits that threaten our health care and education systems, a higher carbon tax on gas, groceries and home heating, and four more years of weakness on the world stage, scandals, and cover ups.”
As Prime Minister, Scheer said that he will:
* Take the GST off home heating costs
* Scrap the Trudeau Carbon Tax
* Make maternity benefits tax-free
* Create better, higher paying jobs by embracing nation building projects at home, while standing up for Canadian workers on the world stage.
* Create better, higher paying jobs by embracing nation building projects at home, while standing up for Canadian workers on the world stage.
“I’m a kid that grew up in a townhouse, in a family that didn’t own a car, whose mother lived with her eight siblings in a two-bedroom house on a dirt road, and today I am running to be Prime Minister. That’s the kind of opportunity Canada offered me. I want Canada to be that place for everyone,” Scheer said.