Trudeau, Poilievre face off in first QP since Conservative leadership race

Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre faced off over affordability and cost-of-living in question period on Thursday — their first direct confrontation since the new Conservative leader was crowned on Sept.

10.Poilievre, speaking in French, opened with a jab at Trudeau for missing the first two question periods of the session. He said it was “good to see the prime minister,” who he described as “visiting Canada” to “fuel up the gas in his private jet.”Trudeau had missed the last two question periods because he had been travelling on the three-decades old Can Force One — the same plane used by many of his predecessors — to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday, followed by the UN General Assembly in New York.The Conservative leader then pivoted to his question, which focused on the growing affordability crisis.

He asked whether Trudeau will take action on the issue, calling on the prime minister not to raise any taxes.Trudeau responded by congratulating Poilievre once again for securing the Conservative leadership, then shared talking points about what the government is doing to create an economy that “works for everyone”However, Trudeau didn’t avoid the jabs for long — by the third question, he was slinging critiques back at Poilievre, including pointing to the Conservative leader’s past support for cryptocurrency.In response to a question from Poilievre about whether Trudeau plans to “ground the jet, park the hypocrisy and axe the tax hikes,” Trudeau went after Poilievre for the position he took on the digital currency during the leadership campaign.“If Canadians had followed the advice of the leader of the opposition and invested in volatile cryptocurrencies…they would have lost half of their.