The federal Conservative leader spoke during a rally in St. Catharines last night
Canada's housing crisis was the first topic federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre went after during a rally in St. Catharines last night.
He said under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau homes in Canada cost double that of the US, and a home in Toronto is one of the most expensive in the world.
He'd use infrastructure money as leverage to build homes.
"I will require every federal, every large city, that wants federal grants to speed up and lower the cost of home building, to boost building permits by 15% per year, or they will lose some of their federal grants," he says.
Poilievre added those that exceed 15-percent receive more, and he'd sell 6,000 unused federal buildings for homes.
It didn't take him long to get into the carbon tax imposed by the Trudeau liberals, created to help businesses and people to pollute less.
Poilievre referenced tomatoes grown in greenhouses near Ottawa, which he says cost more than Mexican tomatoes sold in the same area. "Because Trudeau charges a carbon tax on the CO2 released into the greenhouse, even though that CO2 is absorbed by the plant life... he must have missed that day in science class. And so the Mexicans don't have to pay the Trudeau tax, they can make the tomato cheaper."
He says he'll get rid of the tax so Canadians can grow affordable food.
Poilievre also quoted rising crime stats, touched on serial killer Paul Bernardo, Canada's financial situation, and the rising cost of living.
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