After taking a beating in the polls all summer, Liberal MPs are expected to focus on two areas of political vulnerability for them — housing and public safety — when Parliament resumes today after the summer break.
Conservatives, riding high in the polls and re-energized after a September policy convention, will use every opportunity they have during the fall sitting to argue that after eight years in government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's policies have failed to address a shortage of housing or to keep communities safe.
The GST change announced Thursday was part of the Liberal Party's election platform in 2015.
Poilievre is also threatening to impose what he calls "a NIMBY penalty" on municipalities that block housing because of "egregious" complaints from residents that ascribe to the "not in my backyard" philosophy. C-48 would make it harder for some offenders who are charged with violent crimes involving a weapon, and who have similar previous convictions, to obtain bail. It would do so by implementing a "reverse onus" provision.
"It's not okay that our biggest grocery stores are making record profits while Canadians are struggling to put food on the table," Trudeau told a press conference Thursday.Trudeau reverses course, threatens grocery giants with tax measuresPrime Minister Justin Trudeau threatened grocery store giants Thursday with consequences, including tax measures, if they don't provide real relief for Canadians.
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