Advance voting continues as Poilievre accuses Carney of ‘printing money’ [Video]

Canadians continued to head to advance polls Sunday as the main federal party leaders campaigned in B.C. and the country’s capital.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre kicked the day off at a grocery store in Surrey, B.C., with another announcement on inflation, while Liberal Leader Mark Carney campaigned in the Ottawa riding of Nepean where he’s running to be elected for the first time. 

Arguing that a reduction in government spending would ease inflation, Poilievre said a Conservative government would cut Ottawa’s annual budget for consultants by $10 billion.

“Inflation is what happens when governments spend money they don’t have, so they just print the cash. More money bidding on a fixed supply of goods equals higher prices for everything,” he said.

Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that the annual rate of inflation cooled slightly to 2.3 per cent nationally in March, while food prices increased 3.2 per cent year over year.

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