The Conservatives will not support the Liberals’ proposed two-month sales tax pause for the holidays, says Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre, describing the measure as inflationary.
A vote on the measure could take place Nov. 28 after the Liberal government tabled related Bill C-78, which the NDP pledged to support.
“Common sense Conservatives will vote against this irresponsible inflationist tax, temporary two-month tax trick, and instead push our plan to axe the carbon tax and axe the sales tax on new homes for everyone, for good,” Poilievre told reporters in Ottawa on Nov. 28.
Poilievre accused Prime Minister Minister Justin Trudeau of using the proposed tax holiday to improve his political standing and said the measures would cost billions….