Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre denounced Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland for saying the carbon tax is helping people. .“Canadians are out of money,” said Poilievre in a Monday tweet. .“Liberals are out of touch.”.Poilievre said Canada should axe the carbon tax. .Freeland said in an interview with CBC on Nov. 3 the carbon tax “actually is helpful to people in Toronto.” .“The price on pollution really is not adding to the challenges that households are facing right now,” said Freeland. .She lives in central Toronto. Her family does not own a car. .The deputy prime minister said her family commutes by walking, biking, and taking public transit. She added this is how many Toronto families live. .Freeland said on Nov. 6 her family cancelled their Disney+ subscription to help with the rising cost of living, while suggesting the Canadian government would take similar steps with their finances..READ MORE: Freeland encourages Canadians to cancel Disney+ subscriptions to fight rising costs.She said she believed mothers across Canada are taking similar steps to cut costs. ."And I want to say to all of those mothers, I believe that I need to take exactly the same approach with the federal government’s finances, because that’s the money of Canadians,” she said. .Hundreds of people crowded the Infinity Convention Centre in Ottawa in March for Poilievre’s Axe the Carbon Tax Rally. .READ MORE: Hundreds gather for Pierre Poilievre’s ‘Axe the Carbon Tax’ rally in Ottawa.“In mere hours, the clock will run out and Trudeau’s tax hike will take effect at our gas pumps, on your heat and, indirectly, on your food and essentials of your life,” he said. .“As if we don’t have enough problems already, he decides he’s going to raise the costs even further.”
