NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh campains in Oshawa, Ont. (CPAC)
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made a new policy announcement in Oshawa Saturday in regards to the automotive industry.
“We know that the automotive sector is something that’s been a big part of Canada, but bad decisions, bad trade deals have meant that we’ve lost our opportunity to build here in Canada. I want to turn that around,” he said.
He says he would offer incentives for Canadian-made vehicles, in hopes to grow jobs and investments.
“We would bring back the $300 million automotive innovation strategy. That would mean investments in cities like Oshawa. We also want to make sure when we’re buying with our public dollars, government fleets for example, that we make an incentive to buy made in Canada cars,” he said.
That's why today we met with these workers in Oshawa & announced our commitment to fight back – including a $300 million Auto Innovation Fund.
As well as updating gov't fleets to 🇨🇦made zero-emissions vehicles & shifting consumer incentives to made-in-🇨🇦 vehicles only. #elxn2019 pic.twitter.com/xNRkNuIV3Z
— Jagmeet Singh (@theJagmeetSingh) September 14, 2019
Singh made a second announcement Saturday in Kingston, where he looked to secure farmers’ votes by revealing a new plan to tackle the “climate crisis.”
“By ending fossil fuel subsidies, by investing energy and our money into renewable, clean energy sources, we can actually change the way we’ve done things,” he said.
He also responded to recent criticism from Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, who during the most recent debate, claimed his climate plan was not based in science.
He says this isn’t true.
Meanwhile, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer spoke to reporters in Ottawa on Saturday. He says Canadians are ready for change.
“People are tired of Justin Trudeau’s scandal played government, in it for himself, in it for his rich friends and well connected elite,” he said.
He also brought up the SNC Lavalin controversy, which he says broke a lot of Canadian’s trust.
“It is still the case that Justin Trudeau refuses to allow the officials in his office to talk to the RCMP so they can do their job,” he said.
In Scheer’s latest platform promise, he says he plans on introducing a 15 per cent tax credit for transit passes.
Both Trudeau and May did not make media appearances Saturday.
The election campaign continues today, with just 36 days until polling day.
