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By Clare Marie Merkowsky

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre has called for an immediate “carbon tax election” following the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) break from the Liberals. 

In a September 4 post on X, Poilievre responded to NDP leader Jagmeet Singh officially pulling his support for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals earlier that day, calling for Singh to go one step further and call for an immediate federal election.  

“Canadians need a carbon tax election NOW to decide between the Costly Coalition of NDP-Liberals who tax your food, punish your work, take your money, double your housing costs and unleash crime and drugs in your communities OR common sense Conservatives who will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget, and stop the crime,” he declared.  

Two years ago, Sellout Singh sold out workers and signed on to a costly coalition with Justin Trudeau that hiked taxes, ballooned food costs, doubled housing costs and unleashed crime and chaos in our once safe streets.

In today's media stunt, Sellout Singh refuses to state…

— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) September 4, 2024

Poilievre condemned Singh for signing onto an informal coalition with the Trudeau government which would have kept the Liberals in power until the next election, which is scheduled for the fall of 2025.   

“Two years ago, Sellout Singh sold out workers and signed on to a costly coalition with Justin Trudeau that hiked taxes, ballooned food costs, doubled housing costs and unleashed crime and chaos in our once safe streets,” he wrote 

“In today’s media stunt, Sellout Singh refuses to state whether the NDP will vote with non-confidence to cause a carbon tax election at the first chance,” Poilievre continued.  

“Sellout Singh has voted to quadruple the carbon tax to $0.61/L, a plan that will drive Canadians to food banks and grind our economy to a halt— killing hundreds of thousands of jobs,” he added. “Sellout Singh did all of this after promising he would be an opposition voice.”  

It remains unclear if Singh’s NDP would support Liberals on most bills, which could keep Trudeau in power until the 2025 election. However, if the NDP voted alongside Conservatives to pass a vote of non-confidence in Trudeau’s leadership, the election could be moved to this fall.   

Late last month, leader of Poilievre called on Singh to pull his support for Trudeau’s Liberals, so that an election could be held.   

A recent poll found that 70 percent of Canadians believe country is “broken” as Trudeau focuses on less important issues. Similarly, in January, most Canadians reported that they’re worse off financially since Trudeau took office.     

Additionally, a January poll showed that 46 percent of Canadians expressed a desire for the federal election to take place sooner rather than the latest mandated date in the fall of 2025.    

Recent polls show that the scandal-plagued government has sent the Liberals into a nosedive with no end in sight.  

Similarly, a September poll showed that the Conservatives under Poilievre would win a majority government in a landslide were an election held today. Singh’s NDP and Trudeau’s Liberals would lose a massive number of seats.