‘Canadians have lost trust in our party,’ Liberal leadership hopeful says while taking a swipe at Trudeau [Video]

Liberal leadership contender Karina Gould said Thursday the government she was a part of for years mishandled the affordability crisis and did not effectively respond to Canadians who were crying out for relief at a time of high inflation.

While criticizing the government’s approach to the cost of living, Gould also repudiated some of the government’s other major policies, namely the capital gains tax hike and upcoming increases to the carbon tax.

“We have to be honest about the fact that Canadians have lost trust in our party,” Gould told reporters shortly after submitting her final paperwork to run for the leadership at the party office in Ottawa.

“I don’t think that we responded to the issues they were telling us mattered most to them. We did not say, ‘Yes, things are really hard right now. Here is how we will fix it.’ It took us a long time to understand that Canadians are struggling to make ends meet,” she said.

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