OTTAWA — When Sarah Morin hears the phrase 'axe the tax,' what enters her mind is 'freedom.' The 41-year-old is a stay-at-home mother of two who has been using a food bank amid cost-of-living pressures.
The 41-year-old is a stay-at-home mother of two who has been using a food bank amid cost-of-living pressures.
During his latest event, a clock projected on the wall ticked down the time remaining until the carbon price increases, as rallygoers waved"axe the tax" signs and Poilievre sported a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan."Freedom," Morin told The Canadian Press. Another young man quipped that"axe the tax" underscores the need to bring down"the cost of clearly everything."
But Poilievre is also chasing regions where he thinks he smells success, like in the NDP-held riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith in B.C., where a rally is scheduled for Monday. One that had been planned in Windsor, Ont., was postponed.After Liberal MPs from that region warned that people were feeling a major affordability crunch, Ottawa announced its first — and only — major carve-out to the policy.
The Conservative approach is full of missing pieces, said Stewart, like the fact climate change itself ends up costing Canadians more because of disasters such as wildfires and drought. "Unfortunately, the most vocal opponents of carbon pricing are not offering alternative policies to reduce emissions and meet our climate goals," it reads.
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