Ottawa, ON — After nine years, the NDP-Liberals are not worth the cost or the corruption. They have hiked taxes on Canadians, making everything more expensive, while giving millions of dollars to well-connected Liberal insiders as working Canadians are struggling to get by.
Carbon Tax Karina claims to want to find a way to make life more affordable for Canadians, but she voted in favour of the carbon tax 48 times. And her past statements clearly show that she’s all in on the carbon tax:
- “This is why I am proud of the Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday of our plan to price carbon pollution starting in 2018. Carbon pricing is one of the most effective ways to incentivize Canadians to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Our plan puts in place nationwide reduction targets that are realistic and achievable while the economy still grows. They go hand in hand. Pricing carbon is just one of the many ways we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions” (Link)
- “If we want to have a country where our children can prosper and grow, and where our grandchildren can prosper, we have to fight climate change. That means we have to have a comprehensive plan when it comes to the price on pollution,” (Link)
- “If the Conservatives cared about Canadians and their affordability challenges, they would support the price on pollution because it is putting money in their pockets” (Link).
Carbon Tax Karina also lied to Canadians, saying that “the price on pollution is not responsible for the increase in food prices.” Gould simply doesn’t understand that if you tax the farmer who grows the food, and the trucker who ships the food, you end up taxing the family who buys the food.
Gould has also defended all the NDP-Liberal government’s corruption and led the effort to shield Justin Trudeau from scrutiny. When Parliament voted for the Liberal government to hand over documents on the Green Slush Fund scandal without redactions, Karina defied an order from the Speaker to comply, paralyzing the House for months.
This is despite the Auditor General finding that Liberal appointees had given $330 million in tax dollars to their own companies, involving 186 conflicts of interest. While Canadians have struggled to eat, heat and house themselves, under Carbon Tax Karina, it has never been a better time to be a Liberal insider.
Even worse, as Minister of Social Development, she was responsible for the brutal delays Canadians were forced to endure when they applied for a passport. Under her watch, Canadians had to line up outside passport offices for hours on end in the hopes their travel plans wouldn’t be upended by wait times that grew to three months.
Canadians deserve an election so Canadians can take back control of their lives and their country. Karina Gould is just like Justin. Only Common Sense Conservatives will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime.