Poilievre was speaking about the carbon tax and his push to see Prime Minister Justin Trudeau get rid of it, a message he brought to N.S. when he visited Truro and Halifax recently. He also stopped in to speak with the owners and employees of Ledwidge Lumber in Enfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He spoke to The Laker News about both of those topics during an interview. The team of Poilievre reached out to us to do the interview since we cover East Hants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poilievre was also asked about the housing issue that is rampant across Canada and the ban on hunting rifles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The leader of the \u201cCommon Sense Conservatives\u201d as advertisements say on radio and TV, Poilievre said the carbon tax brought in by PM Trudeau and his government impacts motoring Nova Scotians\u2014and Canadians\u2014to the tune of roughly 14 to $0.20 a litre on gas and diesel. That’s driving up home heating bills, transportation costs and most importantly of all, food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNova Scotians agree with Pierre Poilievre. It’s time to axe the carbon tax,\u201d said Poilievre. \u201cWhen Trudeau taxes the farmer who makes the food and the trucker who ships the food, he. Tax all who buy the food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNova Scotians can’t afford to pay it. Already, too many Nova Scotians are skipping meals because food is too expensive. Many more going to food banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said that seniors are choosing between eating and heating, and it can\u2019t continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis tax is a scam. It’s a cash grab,\u201d he said. \u201cPierre Poilievre and the Common-Sense Conservatives will axe the tax to bring home low prices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Poilievre was asked how his party could pressure the feds to get rid of the tax without there being an election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere’s only two ways that the carbon tax can be reversed,\u201d said Poilievre. \u201cOne is if Liberal MPs from Nova Scotia actually represent their own constituents rather than representing Trudeau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey should stand up to him and fight back and demand that he backtrack on his tax.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He mentioned one N.B. MP and one NL MP from the federal Liberal party and the Liberal government in NL who have spoken out against PM Trudeau over the tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNow we need Nova Scotia Liberals just to get off their backside and stand up for once on behalf of Nova Scotians and tell Trudeau to axe the tax,\u201d he said. \u201cThe only other way to get rid of it is to elect Pierre Poilievre as Prime Minister.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said if elected he will do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Poilievre expects the push against the carbon tax to continue for a long time, even whenever an election call is made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt will be the election issue when the election is called,\u201d said Poilievre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He spoke of the great turnouts at his stops throughout Atlantic Canada, including an estimated 700 people in Truro at his meet and greet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAtlantic Canadians are standing up there fighting for their rights and they want to axe the tax,\u201d said Poilievre. \u201cI’m honored to have them along for my journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”111″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n VISIT TO LEDWIDGE LUMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Poilievre was asked about the visit to Ledwidge Lumber in Enfield and what it was all about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was amazing to meet with the local workers. It’s an incredible lumber mill. They practice the highest environmental standards. They pay good wages to their workers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI talked to them about the need to cut income taxes so that people bring home powerful paychecks, to remove the carbon tax, to lower the energy costs for the company and bring home more production and harvesting to our country.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said he also spoke to them about his plan to incentivize cities to speed up and lower the cost of building permits so millions of new homes can be built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOf course, that will create new demand for Ledwidge’s excellent lumber products that can go into those homes,\u201d he said. \u201cIt will make homes more affordable for working class people to actually buy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”126″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following that question and answer, Poilievre was asked about the housing crisis Canadians are facing. He said the Conservatives would change that for the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have the fewest houses per capita of any country in the G7, even though we have the most land to build on, and that’s because government gatekeepers slow up construction,\u201d said Poilievre. \u201cWe have the second slowest building permits in the OECD, and it takes sometimes seven years to get permits to build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis adds hundreds of thousands of dollars to the cost of each new home or costs for lawyers, consultants, fees, charges, delays, permits, zoning enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy common-sense plan is to incentivize the cities to get out of the way, speed up permit and free up land to build, build, build. I’ll require every big city, increase the number of housing houses built and permitted by 15% per year. And if they don’t, they’ll lose infrastructure money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThose that exceed the 15% homebuilding target will get a building bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Poilievre said he will reverse the ban on hunting rifles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTrudeau has said he wants to ban all hunting rifles and attack the rural way of life. He passed Bill C-21 that targets the good people who are licensed, law-abiding trained and tested,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI’ll reverse that approach. 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