Pierre Poilievre to visit N.B. and N.S. this weekend with carbon tax top of mind | 24CA News
Federal Conservative chief Pierre Poilievre will make stops in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia this weekend as a part of his “Axe the Tax” motion to push again in opposition to Canada’s carbon pricing plan.
Canada’s carbon worth is set to extend subsequent month regardless of a number of premiers – together with the 4 in Atlantic Canada – asking Ottawa for a pause.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault instructed reporters throughout a news convention in Bridgewater, N.S., Thursday that carbon pricing is required because of the menace of local weather change.
“Those who say we should pause the price on pollution will never talk about the fact that it’s the most effective way to reduce pollution,” he stated. “So if we pause that, what are we going to do?”
Next month’s improve will add roughly three cents per litre to the price of fuel on the pumps, which critics argue will additional pressure individuals throughout the cost-of-living disaster.
The federal Conservatives have criticized carbon pricing for a lot of its existence, with Poilievre promising to take away it if the social gathering kinds the federal government within the subsequent election.
Poilievre’s Maritime stops this weekend embrace “Axe the Tax” rallies in Fredericton on Saturday and Halifax on Sunday.
Dalhousie University political science professor Lori Turnbull stated Poilievre has been profitable together with his messaging on social media, although she isn’t certain how a lot the carbon pricing pushback will resonate with Atlantic voters.
“I don’t think the public is of one mind on this at all. I don’t think that either side of this debate has built a firm consensus on whether this is a tax or a rebate, whether this is the right thing or the wrong thing,” she stated.
“It depends on your experience with it. It depends on how strapped financially you are, too, and whether you’re trying to make things stretch from one month to the next, and whether that rebate every three months is really enough for you to say, ‘This is OK.’”
She stated the “Axe the Tax” message probably resonates with voters extra in different elements of the nation greater than it does in Atlantic Canada, however she doesn’t suppose it’s “turned people off” from Poilievre both.
The Conservative chief’s upcoming go to to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia is an effort to construct assist within the area, Turnbull stated.
“Sometimes in Atlantic Canada, we have a tendency to think that everybody votes Liberal … but that doesn’t happen,” she stated, noting that three out of 4 of the Atlantic Canadian provincial governments are conservative – although not the identical type of conservatism as Poilievre.
“People, I think, are looking beyond the incumbent (Justin Trudeau.) There is a sense of voter fatigue, there is a palpable desire to shift from the status quo,” she stated.
“There are also going to be places where people are listening to Pierre Poilievre’s messaging on affordability and the cost of living crisis, and they are listening to the way he communicates, which is very direct.”
‘Building a new conservative movement’
As a part of Poilievre’s go to to New Brunswick, he may also attend a Progressive Conservative chief’s dinner with Premier Blaine Higgs Friday night time in Saint John, with tickets for attendees going at $600 a pop.
She stated attending this dinner is a chance for Poilievre – who has efficiently constructed assist on social media – to interact within the “old style of politics” by displaying up and shaking arms.
“Poilievre has done really well by appealing broadly to people who are giving donations, but they’re giving small ones. They’re people who have not necessarily been in the party a long time,” Turnbull stated.
“He’s building a new conservative movement. And so for him to come to New Brunswick and go to one of those kind of old-style, $600-a-plate, meet all the party brass (events) is something I think he probably has to do in order to build inroads with the provincial infrastructures of the party.”
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