Pierre Poilievre sees northern Ontario playing a prominent role in a new Conservative government.
He kicked off a northern tour in Fort Frances Monday night with a rally that drew a few hundred people.
Poilievre feels the region has been left behind by Prime Minister Trudeau and the Liberals.
“Trudeau wants to ban hunting rifles, jack up gas prices 61 cents a litre with his carbon tax. That will make heat and food and everything else more expensive. He wants to shut down our resource sectors and kill jobs,” says Poilievre in an interview with Acadia News.
“But the good news is that common sense Conservatives will axe Trudeau’s carbon tax, will allow hunters and sports shooters to keep their firearms, remove the red tape, and cut taxes so our businesses and farmers and forestry workers can bring home powerful paychecks.”
At the rally, Poilievre outlined the plans he would carry out if elected Prime Minister in the next federal election.
Priority one is getting rid of the carbon tax.
Poilievre says he is also eying other tax cuts that will bring more money to people’s pockets.
“We’re also going to cut income tax so hard work pays off. I’m going to do a bring-it-home tax cut that has three goals, simpler, lower and fairer. Simpler, so that we spend 20% less on tax-related paperwork. Fairer, by cutting back on corporate welfare handouts to multinationals that take our money abroad and use the savings to lower taxes on Canadian workers and lower tax on work, investment and making stuff in Canada to bring home more powerful paychecks and production to Canada.”
The Conservatives have not had much luck in northwestern Ontario.
The most recent success has come in the Kenora riding, where Greg Rickford (2008-2015) and Eric Meillo, since 2019, have held the seat.
Poilievre says the process of finding candidates is ongoing.
“We’re looking for common sense voices, electricians, farmers, loggers and small business owners to step up and bring their common sense to the plate so that we can bring home a win.”
Poilievre is also visiting Wawa, Hearst, Kirkland Lake, Elliot Lake and Sudbury, where a fundraiser is planned at $1,725 a plate.
