Poilievre tells caucus carbon pricing to cause economic ‘nuclear winter’ [Video]

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre signaled the Liberals’ carbon price and the economy will remain his prime target when Parliament resumes this week.

He painted a dystopian picture during a Sunday morning speech to his caucus, saying the Liberal government’s plans to increase the price would cause a “nuclear winter” for the economy.

He says further increases would cause widespread hunger and malnutrition and force seniors to turn down the heat in their homes just to stay afloat.

He argues inflation would also run rampant and cause a collapse of the domestic economy.

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The Conservatives are the last of the major parties to have a fall strategy session after the Liberals, NDP and Bloc Québécois all met last week.

Poilievre has maintained his party’s commanding lead in the polls throughout the summer, and is preparing …