{"id":199594,"date":"2019-01-28T01:12:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T06:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=199594"},"modified":"2019-01-28T01:12:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T06:12:23","slug":"scheer-warns-of-unaffordable-tax-increases-if-liberals-re-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/28\/scheer-warns-of-unaffordable-tax-increases-if-liberals-re-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"Scheer warns of unaffordable tax increases if Liberals re-elected"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cIf you take one thing away from this whole weekend, it’s this: If Justin Trudeau is re-elected, your taxes will go up,\u201d Scheer asserted. (File Photo<\/a>: Andrew Scheer\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OTTAWA \u2014 Canadians will pay more taxes if the Liberals are re-elected, Andrew Scheer warned Sunday as he rallied his Conservative troops for the last sitting of Parliament before an election this fall.<\/p>\n

The Conservative leader issued that rallying cry at the close of a three-day meeting with his MPs and nominated candidates \u2014 ostensibly held to prepare for Monday’s resumption of Parliament, but with an eye firmly on the Oct. 21 election date.<\/p>\n

While he enumerated a host of Liberal shortcomings, Scheer zeroed in particularly on what he deems the fiscal failures of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you take one thing away from this whole weekend, it’s this: If Justin Trudeau is re-elected, your taxes will go up,\u201d Scheer asserted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he is given another four years, everything \u2014 from the gasoline you put in your car to the food you put on your table to the taxes you pay to Ottawa \u2014 will cost you more money.\u201d<\/p>\n

As proof, Scheer pointed to the Liberals’ carbon tax, which went into effect this year at $20 per tonne of carbon emissions and is slated to rise by $10 a year until it hits $50 per tonne in 2022.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, Scheer predicted a re-elected Trudeau government would find other ways to make Canadians pay more.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest reason we know Justin Trudeau will raise taxes is because his never-ending deficits will force him to,\u201d Scheer said, claiming that the Liberals have \u201cno plan to ever, ever, ever balance the budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s as certain as anything in life: with Liberals, first come the deficits, then come the taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the only thing that can prevent a Liberal victory is the Conservative party, said Scheer, while casting himself as the product of an average middle-class family \u2014 in contrast to Trudeau’s privileged upbringing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe everyday Canadians we fight for can’t afford four more years of Justin Trudeau,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Liberals wasted little time Sunday before firing back \u2014 another sign that an election is imminent. In a statement, Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains predicted a Scheer government would \u201cmake deep cuts to services that Canadians rely on so they can give tax breaks to the wealthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only people whose lives would be more affordable under the Conservatives are the super-rich,\u201d Bains said, lumping Scheer together with Ontario Premier Doug Ford as a right-wing populist.<\/p>\n

Bains noted that the Conservatives have voted against Liberal policies aimed at giving more money to families, including the new child benefit and a reduction in taxes for middle-income earners.<\/p>\n

Scheer boasted that the Conservatives are entering an election year \u201cfiring on all cylinders.\u201d He acknowledged that \u201csome people say I smile too much,\u201d but said it’s hard not to smile when the party has nominated more candidates than any other, and raised more money last year than any other non-election year.<\/p>\n

Moreover, he said Canadians are increasingly turning to the Conservative party as they grow tired of what he deemed Trudeau’s mistakes: \u201cdamaged relationships with key allies and trading partners,\u201d backing down to Donald Trump on a renegotiated NAFTA, refusing to \u201cget serious about the threat posed by China,\u201d wiping out pipeline projects, destroying confidence in the immigration system, \u201crunaway spending and permanent deficits.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanadian have gotten to know Justin Trudeau and his Liberals very well over the last three years and they don’t like what they’ve seen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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