Policy promises and economic slamming on day three of campaign
Posted Aug 4, 2015 12:11:07 PM.
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Promises of a tax credit and attacks on the Conservative economic record: Day three of the federal election campaign is seeing some heated up rhetoric, with just a couple of days to go before the Maclean’s leaders debate.
The Conservatives came out with the first policy promise, with leader Stephen Harper announcing if he’s returned to office, he will create a permanent home renovation tax credit.
“We’ll cover substantial home renovation expenses between $1,000 and $5,000,” he said in Toronto.
But the money wouldn’t be in place right away and would likely be introduced mid-mandate when the economy stabilizes.
“We make our commitments, we promise to deliver them over the course of the mandate, to deliver them in a way that is affordable for the long term,” he said.
Meanwhile also in Toronto, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau placed the blame squarely on the fiscal situation.
“Harper has the worst growth record of any prime minister since R. B. Bennett in the depths of the Great Depression,” he said, also criticizing NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, adding they’re not willing to do what is necessary. “We will raise taxes on the wealthiest one per cent of Canadians, so that we can cut them for the middle class.”
Mulcair countered those statements in Montreal.
“I want to be a champion for manufacturing, I want to kickstart the economy, I want to start creating full-time, well-paid jobs,” he said. “I want to be front and centre, helping create that next generation of well-paid jobs in Canada.”