‘It’s just another insane, divisive, asinine, costly idea,’ says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government looking at taxing Canadian oil going to the U.S.
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Conservative party Leader Pierre Poilievre is not a man known to pull his punches.
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So when it comes to the latest obscenity from the theatre of the absurd also known as the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, why would he hold back?
Especially now, when the country needs strong leadership and is left with Trudeau instead.
On Friday, Poilievre says “we’re in a very dangerous place because of the kind of person running the country.”
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“Justin Trudeau is weak, woke, wacko and wasteful. He has destroyed our economy, he’s dividing our country, he is a threat to our future,” says Poilievre.
“We have to get him out of office.”
Trudeau is now seriously considering slapping a tax on Alberta oil going stateside in this tussle over tariffs with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
Premier Danielle Smith has already said in this column if Trudeau steps in and tries to pull off that tax stunt Albertans would “go bananas” and “it would get really ugly, really fast” and would set off “a national unity crisis” at the absolute worst time.
Smith adds a tax on Alberta is theft, stealing from the people of Alberta and it will not be tolerated.
How bad can it get as Trudeau continues his slide into the political abyss?
“Don’t rule out anything. There is no bottom with him,” says Poilievre.
“This guy is a radical extremist. Most of all Justin Trudeau is a diagnosable narcissist. He will tear down the country. He’ll destroy his own party, all to preserve and embolden his ego.”
What does Poilievre think of throwing a special tax on Canadian oil going to the U.S.?
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“It’s just another insane, divisive, asinine, costly idea from Justin Trudeau. It’s idiotic,” says the Conservative leader.
The tax hit would damage the country’s biggest net export, a bigger net export to the U.S. than all other exports combined.
It would drive down the Canadian dollar even further and drive up inflation and interest rates right across the country.
“This kind of economic vandalism would destroy our economy. In the end there are no winners, only losers.”
For Poilievre, it would also divide the country when we need a united front against the tariff threat.
Poilievre grew up in Calgary. He knows the story he tells too well and it involves Justin Trudeau’s father, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
“Look, let’s not forget when Pierre Elliott Trudeau brought in the National Energy Program. He caused a national recession, he caused people to lose their homes all across Canada.
“The suicide rate hit its highest in 1983, in the middle of the NEP when old man Trudeau was devastating our economy, just like his son is doing.”
What happened to all the talk of Team Canada?
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Poilievre says Trudeau is already dividing the country, premiers are stepping up to do his job, protecting their borders, conducting their own diplomacy with the Americans.
“He doesn’t want Team Canada, he wants Team Trudeau. That’s the only team he’s on.”
The Conservative leader says Trump “obviously has no respect for Justin Trudeau.”
“He’s viewed by Americans as a total and complete joke. He’s a laughingstock.”
Poilievre says Albertans and all Canadians have to push for an election and let the people decide who should be leading the nation.
He wants Canadians to call Liberal and NDP members of Parliament “and urge them to vote non-confidence and bring down the Trudeau government.”
The Conservatives are so far ahead of the Trudeau Liberals in the polls, you don’t need a calculator to figure it out.
Poilievre says if he was in charge he would sit down with Trump and a map of North America, realizing the incoming president wants his country to be safe and secure.
He would ask Trump what he thinks is needed to secure our continent.
He would work together with the Americans.
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Poilievre would also pitch to Trump the idea of “one big powerful free-market North American economy” with bigger paycheques and lower prices on both sides of the border and a rock-solid military and security apparatus that would stop any foreign threats to both Canadians and Americans.
The Conservative ends on a hopeful note.
“I would tell my fellow Albertans, help is on the way. Canadians across the country agree with Alberta. I’ll tell you Rick, Trudeau is despised in every corner of this country.
“He is trying to divide Canadians. He’s increasingly uniting Canadians — against him.
“The future for Alberta is going to be extremely bright. We are going to unleash the energy sector in a way you’ve never seen.”
rbell@postmedia.com
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