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Pierre Poilievre attacks Mark Carney on affordability, auto plant sale

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Papuckoski, S. (2026, November 12). Pierre Poilievre attacks Mark Carney on affordability, auto plant sale. Toronto Sun. https://torontosun.com/news/national/poilievre-attacks-carney-affordability-auto-plant-sale

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Toronto Sun · collected 2026-11-12 · by Spiro Papuckoski

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre criticized Mark Carney and the Liberal government in Calgary for prioritizing international summits over the domestic struggles of Canadians facing high food and energy prices. Poilievre highlighted the Stellantis assembly plant sale in Brampton as a betrayal of workers and cited more than 2.35 million food bank visits in a single month as evidence of economic failure. The article reports on Poilievre's specific demands for Carney to reveal his EU negotiations, stop imposing foreign taxes or laws on Canadians, and focus on domestic issues like scrapping fuel taxes.
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On this week’s Stellantis assembly plant sale to armoured vehicle manufacturer Roshel, Poilievre said nearly 3,000 workers were elbowed in the face, invoking Carney’s hockey-inspired “elbows up” election rallying cry after U.S. President Donald Trump launched his trade war with Canada.
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Pierre Poilievre continued his attacks on Mark Carney and the governing Liberals on Thursday as Canadians are still struggling with higher food and energy prices. asserted
Canadians → continue → prices
The Conservative Leader also ripped into the government’s handling of the Stellantis assembly plant sale in Brampton this week and sought clarity about what closer ties to Europe means for all Canadians. asserted
ties → rip → Canadians
Carney jetted off to Dublin on Wednesday to meet with European leaders this week before he travels to Asia on diplomatic and trade missions. asserted
he → jet → missions
Poilievre told reporters in Calgary that the economy is not global summits, meetings and signing ceremonies but real people struggling to make ends meet. asserted
ends → tell → Calgary
“The economy is the people who have to empty their bank account to fill up their gas tank,” he said. asserted
he → have → tank
“The real economy is the mother who has to turn back items at the checkout in the grocery store because her bank account is empty before her grocery cart is empty.” asserted
cart → have → store
PM needs to return home Citing more than 2.35 million visits to a food bank in one month, Poilievre said the Prime Minister needs to return home and face the real costs and lost jobs Canadians are experiencing. asserted
Canadians → need → costs
“It’s time to stop judging Mark Carney on his speeches, promises, announcements, gushing media coverage, and start judging him on these results, real results for real people in the real world after 11 years of Liberal rule,” he said. asserted
he → ’ → rule
On this week’s Stellantis assembly plant sale to armoured vehicle manufacturer Roshel, Poilievre said nearly 3,000 workers were elbowed in the face, invoking Carney’s hockey-inspired “elbows up” election rallying cry after U.S. President Donald Trump launched his trade war with Canada. asserted
Trump → say → Canada
“The news of Stellantis’ closure is yet another betrayal of working people,” he said. asserted
he → work → people
“This despite the fact that Mr. Carney promised that he was going to protect their jobs.” asserted
he → promise → jobs
Meanwhile, the Conservative Leader urged Carney to stop cozying up to European leaders and rejected any plans for Canadians to pay taxes or follow laws decided across the Atlantic Ocean. asserted
Canadians → urge → Ocean
“It’s time for the Prime Minister to get real results here at home,” he said. asserted
he → ’ → home
“He should come clean on what he’s been negotiating behind the scenes with the EU, and Conservatives are very clear on our end. asserted
Conservatives → come → end
He said Canadians ultimately need affordable groceries, food, homes and gas – not new problems created abroad. asserted
Canadians → say → groceries
“We are planning to save you money by scrapping fuel taxes, save your job, keep you safe by locking a criminals, get immigration under control, and put Canada first,” Poilievre said. asserted
Poilievre → plan → Canada
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