Conservative platform to come closer to election: Scheer [Video]

Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer says Canadians will have to wait until “closer” to the next federal election to learn about the party’s platform.

“As we get closer to the next election, Canadians will have a comprehensive Conservative platform that will speak to making life more affordable and getting our country back on track,” Scheer told CTV’s Power Play’s Vassy Kapelos in an interview on Thursday.

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Scheer’s comments come after the NDP pulled out of its supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberals on Wednesday, increasing the likelihood that a federal election could happen sooner than scheduled.

Following the announcement, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called upon the NDP to vote for “a carbon tax election at the earliest confidence vote in the House of Commons.”

Asked multiple times by Kapelos about whether Canadians deserve to know the Conservative party’s …