Pierre Poilievre isn’t licking his wounds. He is too busy wanting to inflict a few. Read More
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre skewers Mark Carney as a prime minister who will be distracted by his considerable private interests
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre skewers Mark Carney as a prime minister who will be distracted by his considerable private interests
Article content
Pierre Poilievre isn’t licking his wounds. He is too busy wanting to inflict a few.
Article content
There’s no time like the present. Somebody has to put an end to the Mark Carney honeymoon and bring everybody back down to the real world.
Article content
Article content
Monday. The Conservative leader’s target is the prime minister. More than a few Canadians are still swooning over him, positively gushing over Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Article content
Story continues below
Article content
He is so smart, so serious, the messiah of the moment, the saviour of Canada, so they say.
Article content
Noon News Roundup
Article content
Poilievre goes hard against Carney.
Article content
The Conservative leader says Carney told Canadians lies about his finances during the election campaign.
Article content
Say it ain’t so. Isn’t Carney famous for giving straight answers to straight questions?
Article content
Article content
“There is a cornucopia of conflicts of interest in these investments like we have never seen before from a Canadian prime minister,” says Poilievre.
Article content
Carney has stocks by the boatload and deferred profits and stock options. Carney has his investments in a blind trust. Poilievre says it’s not blind. He talks once again about Carney’s connection to Brookfield Asset Management.
Article content
Why should people give a damn about Carney’s dough when they have their nose to the grindstone just trying to make ends meet?
Article content
“Mr. Carney has shown in the past his willingness to use his political connections in order to profit himself,” says Poilievre.
Article content
Story continues below
Article content
Strong stuff.
Article content
Read More
-
Poilievre says Carney lied about conflicts after ethics disclosure reveals investment portfolio
-
Alberta separatists slam Poilievre for declaring himself a ‘Canadian patriot’ opposed to secession
-
Advertisement embed-more-topic
Story continues below
Article content
On this day, it doesn’t take Poilievre long to talk about the working class.
Article content
For Carney and his pals, such people are more commonly known as “The Help.”
Article content
Poilievre says Carney needs to sell his holdings.
Article content
Canada has big problems. Inflation, immigration, housing, crime, debt, the economy. The list goes on.
Article content
“Here we are with a prime minister who is going to be constantly distracted by his private interests when the public interest is in such desperate need of attention,” says Poilievre.
Article content
“We need a prime minister fully focused on undoing the damage the Liberals have done, not continuing that damage and focusing on his private interests.