Poilievre challenges Liberals on cost of living in question period debut
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Making his question period debut in the House of Commons, Official Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre focused in on the cost of living and the government's handling of inflation. Falling on the one-year anniversary of the 2021 federal election, the resumption of the hybrid Parliament brought renewed focus on Liberal pandemic and gun policies as well.
Speaking in French, the new Conservative leader asked whether the Liberals would cancel planned “tax increases”—referencing scheduled hikes to the Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance premiums— saying "Canadians just aren't able to pay."
Fielding the Liberals’ response—as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in New York attending the UN General Assembly— was associate Minister of Finance and Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault.
"Throughout the session, you will see two competing visions: our plan as a government to support Canadians who needed the most and then the other option, the vision of the Conservative Party and members who don't care about Canadians," he offered, in French.
The first chance for Trudeau and Poilievre to square off will likely come on Thursday.
