Conservatives to Target Liberal Policies in Race to Replace Trudeau: Scheer

January 7, 2025 TruthUSA

Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer says the Tories will focus their criticism on Liberal policies in the lead-up to the next election, as the Liberal Party goes through its leadership race.

“It’s clear that the country has had enough Liberal policies. Nothing has really changed in terms of what the Liberal Party will be offering,” Scheer told a press conference on Parliament Hill on Jan. 7.

As more Liberal MPs began publicly calling for Trudeau to resign in late 2024 and as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his intention to resign on Jan. 6, the Conservatives have been focusing their messaging on emphasizing that all Liberal MPs are tied with the Trudeau government policies.

Scheer said with Trudeau planning to resign, the Liberal Party is set to go through a leadership contest with candidates who have supported his policies. “We’re going to continue to highlight that, regardless of who the Liberal leader happens to be,” he said.

“Canadians didn’t get tired of looking at Justin Trudeau’s face,” Scheer said. “It’s not like they got sick of his voice. They’re suffering under his policies. The reason why so many Canadians are so angry at this government is because of the misery that Canadians are experiencing.”

Trudeau announced on Jan. 6 that he intends to resign as prime minister and Liberal leader once the party has chosen a replacement.

Trudeau said while he loves Canada and has never been “someone who backs away from a fight,” he could not continue as leader of the party if he was forced to fight ongoing “internal battles.”

Trudeau has faced calls to resign from regional caucuses comprising a majority of Liberal MPs since former deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland abruptly resigned from cabinet on Dec. 16.

Trudeau said in Jan. 6 press conference that Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre’s vision“is not the right one for Canadians,” and that the next Liberal leader will carry “the progressive Liberal standard” into the next election.

Trudeau also met with Governor General Mary Simon to ask her to prorogue Parliament until March 24, which she granted. Trudeau said the move was needed as the House of Commons had been “paralyzed for months.”

The Conservatives last year led a filibuster of House of Commons proceedings over the government not fully complying with a House order to hand over all federal green fund scandal documents. The Liberals say privacy considerations prevent them from doing so.

Tories say the Liberal government prorogued Parliament to give their party more time for the leadership race.

Scheer said that the Liberals had “put themselves ahead of the Canadian people.”

The Conservatives had planned to work on a non-confidence motion in the House of Commons public accounts committee this week, to be tabled once the House comes back from holiday break in late January.

A Nanos Research poll done the week ending Jan. 3, before Trudeau announced his intention to step down, indicated that the Conservatives hold 45.2 percent voter support, over the Liberals’ 22.5 percent and the NDP’s 16.4 percent.

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