Ottawa, ON – Michael Barrett, Conservative Shadow Minister for Ethics and Accountable Government, and Pierre Paul-Hus, Conservative Québec Lieutenant, released the following statement:
“Tonight, Carbon Tax Carney once again tried to sneakily trick Canadians by attacking his own disastrous economic record under Justin Trudeau. But Carney sneakily failed to mention something important. Namely, that he has served as Justin Trudeau’s top economic advisor for the past five years.
“Speaking at the Liberal leadership debate, Carney said ‘our economy over the last five years, has been driven by the big increase in the labour force which was largely because of the surge in immigration … and by government spending that grew over 9 percent year-after-year after year, twice the rate of growth of our economy. So our economy was weak before we got to the point of these threats from president Trump.’
“Carbon Tax Carney has had a direct role in the Liberals’ mess, advising Trudeau to hike taxes on the backs of working Canadians, while encouraging the massive spending that drove up inflation and interest rates.
“Yet instead of admitting his direct responsibility for the cost of living crisis, Carney tried to blame Canadians for the hurt he has caused. When asked why groceries are so expensive, Carney said the reason ‘families have a hard time to afford their groceries is because we haven’t had productivity. That’s the issue.’
“Mark Carney doesn’t understand that Canadian workers are working harder than ever. But unfortunately, the Liberal Government – which he directly advised – fuelled inflation with high taxes and spending. But this shouldn’t be surprising. Just yesterday, Mark Carney couldn’t say how much everyday families have to spend on groceries every week.
“On top of this, sneaky Carney continued to say one thing in French and another thing in English. Yesterday, Carney promised at the French-language debate that supply management was off the table with negotiations with the U.S. administration. But today, in English, Mark Carney didn’t even mention supply management – hoping no one would notice.
“Carney also refused to disclose his financial interests or file an ethics disclosure before becoming Prime Minister. This means he could become Prime Minister and run in an election before Canadians ever are able to understand his massive conflicts of interest. He also did not bring up the 50 percent increase in violent crime under the Carney-Trudeau Liberals or the opioid crisis that has killed nearly 50,000 Canadians since 2016. But that’s because Mark Carney doesn’t even think fentanyl represents a crisis in Canada.
“Carbon Tax Carney has proved once and for all that he is another Just Like Justin Liberal. Only Common Sense Conservatives have a plan to axe the tax, fix the budget, build the homes and stop the crime.”