Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer denied Friday that he was spreading misinformation when he accused his Liberal and NDP opponents of contemplating tax hikes that they have not announced.
The Liberal and NDP leaders said the Conservative leader was just making things up.
Scheersa国际传媒檚 claim came in Fredericton where he said sa国际传媒� without citing specific evidence sa国际传媒� that a potential coalition between the Liberals and the NDP might lead to a hike in the GST.
Most polls continue to suggest the Liberals and Conservatives are deadlocked in popular support, raising talk about potential minority or coalition governments. Support has grown for the NDP in some provinces and for the Bloc Quebecois in Quebec.
sa国际传媒淚tsa国际传媒檚 not misinformation at all. We know that the Liberals are contemplating these types of things,sa国际传媒� Scheer said.
sa国际传媒淛ustin Trudeau did a lot of things that wasnsa国际传媒檛 in his platform after 2015,sa国际传媒� he added, eliciting cheers from a group of supporters at a campaign event in a brew pub on the Saint John River.
Scheer also defended past claims that the Liberals are contemplating new taxes on homeowners and would legalize hard drugs.
sa国际传媒淭hose claims are entirely untrue. It is unfortunate that the Conservatives keep having to make up attacks against us,sa国际传媒� Trudeau said in the Toronto suburb of Whitby.
The Liberal leader reiterated his attack point that the Conservatives would have to cut $53 billion in services to pay for their pledge to balance the budget, a multi-year total that is drawn from the Conservativessa国际传媒� platform.
sa国际传媒淭here is a chance that there could be a Conservative government and that would mean cuts,sa国际传媒� said Trudeau.
He said Canadians face a choice between Conservative cuts and the Liberal plan to fight climate change and make streets safer from gun violence.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Scheer was lying about raising the GST.
sa国际传媒淢r. Scheer is just making stuff up because hesa国际传媒檚 getting desperate. We absolutely will not raise the GST. No. Not whatsoever because itsa国际传媒檚 not a progressive tax,sa国际传媒� Singh said in Port Alberni, B.C.
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sa国际传媒淲esa国际传媒檝e never, anywhere, in any of our announcements ever suggested any vague way that we would be increasing GST. Thatsa国际传媒檚 wrong. Thatsa国际传媒檚 not true.sa国际传媒�
Singh said he didnsa国际传媒檛 think voters would believe Scheersa国际传媒檚 claims. But Singh also took aim at Trudeau, reiterating that he has been a disappointment to Canadians. The NDP and the Liberals are competing for support from so-called progressive voters.
Singh was campaigning on Vancouver Island in a head-to-head fight with Green Leader Elizabeth May. The NDP has been dominant on the island but both the Greenssa国际传媒� seats are there and theysa国际传媒檙e looking for more.
The NDP leader tried to distinguish himself from May by emphasizing that he would not co-operate with a Conservative minority government under any circumstances. He said May has left open that possibility.
May focused on international trade on Friday, saying the Greens would restructure Canadasa国际传媒檚 approach because current agreements favour the rights of corporations at the expense of environmental protection.
Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press
