Conservatives ramp up economic sales pitch with days to go in election campaign
Posted October 10, 2015 12:55 pm.
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OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Stephen Harper’s finance minister, who has flown under the radar during the federal election campaign, hit the hustings today to sell the Conservative vision for the Canadian economy.
The latest public opinion polls suggest the Tories are in a fierce battle with the Liberals, who appear to be gaining momentum as the federal election looms.
Joe Oliver held an event in Toronto to target Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s fiscal plan, which includes a pledge to run deficits of up to $10-million a year for three years to put money into infrastructure projects. Oliver told a small business the economy remains the number one priority for the Conservatives, especially with the instability in the global markets.
Harper is not campaigning today.
Trudeau is in Iqaluit, where he announced a Liberal government will funnel $40 million over four years in to the government’s Nutrition North program designed to bring health food to isolated communities.
