The leader of Canada‘s Conservative Party responded to the election news on Sunday by blasting newly-elected Liberal Party leader Mark Carney as being complicit in the economic policies of Justin Trudeau.
In a post on X, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said with the election of Carney, the Liberal Party is trying to “trick” the Canadian people into voting for them again by choosing someone who is close to Trudeau and was his economic adviser in 2020.
“Liberals are trying to trick Canadians into electing them for a fourth term by replacing Trudeau with his economic advisor, Mark Carney,” Poilievre said.
He argued that the economic policies Carney shaped with Trudeau “drove up taxes, housing costs, and food prices,” while also accusing Carney of profiting off the offshoring of Canadian jobs to the United States.
Poilievre concluded by urging the Conservative Party’s cause “that will put Canada First — for a change.”
Carney was elected Sunday night to be the leader of the Liberal Party and will be sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister in the next few days.
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In his acceptance speech, he vowed to eliminate a “divisive consumer carbon tax” that has been a key part of Poilievre’s messaging.
Carney will now take on Poilievre in the country’s federal election in October. The most recent polling shows the Conservative Party ahead by nearly 10 percentage points over the Liberal Party, but a sizable advantage they held earlier has diminished in recent months following the news of Trudeau’s resignation.