Pierre Poilievre has gone after Mark Carney for holding his assets in the tax haven of Bermuda while advising Justin Trudeau to raise taxes on everyday Canadians.
During a press conference in Coquitlam on Thursday, the Conservative leader referred to his opponent as a "globalist elite," and claimed that the tax system in Canada has been set up to reward people like him.
"Unfortunately we've been weakened as the tax system now rewards corporate insiders that move their money out of Canada to avoid paying Canadian tax at the same time as it punishes patriotic Canadians who invest in our country," Poilievre lamented. "You can probably guess who I'm talking about here."
He went on to reveal that "while hardworking Canadians were paying more Liberal taxes, Mark Carney moved his corporate assets to Bermuda, a tax haven, to avoid paying his fair share."
"At the very time he was advising Justin Trudeau in favour of higher taxes here," Poilievre said, "he was busy shielding Brookfield's assets in Bermuda, dodging the same high taxes Liberals make Canadians pay."
The Conservative leader took aim at Carney's defence that he simply "knows how the world works," arguing that, "what he knows is how to work the world's system against our people here in Canada.
"To Carney, taxes are something that the little people have to worry about, while globalist elites like him can always escape the bill," Poilievre continued. "He says he has his assets in a certain blind trust, but it's not blind to him. He knows exactly what's in it; it's just blind to everyone else."
He concluded by warning that, "after [Carney] cheated the tax system to avoid paying his fair share, he now wants Canadians to blindly trust him."
Poilievre unveiled the Conservatives' plan to keep more money in Canada by increasing the limit on tax-free savings accounts by $5,000, but only for investments in Canadian companies.
"This will bring billions of dollars of investment into Canadian companies," he explained, "that will then spend it on factories, equipment, tools, wages, and making our economy self-reliant and strong."
