Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has referred to the mayors of Montreal and Quebec City as 'incompetent' on social media, blaming them for problems in the cities. Observers believe that Poilievre is targeting the leaders of Canada's biggest cities without much electoral risk. He also mentioned tying federal money for cities to the number of houses and apartments built.
Following Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre 's statements on social media referring to the mayors of Montreal and Quebec City as 'incompetent'—which he reiterated a couple of days ago—observers say Poilievre is 'looking at people to blame for problems that exist in the big cities,' and that he 'really doesn’t have much to lose' electorally by going after the leaders of some of Canada’s biggest cities.
'Massive drop-off in construction in Quebec, while Trudeau's giving billions to the incompetent mayors, and , who get in the way of construction sites,' Poilievre (Carleton, Ont.) wrote on social media in French on Jan. 18. 'The federal money for cities will be tied to the number of houses and apartments that are built when I become PM,' Poilievre added, in reference to the housing plan he unveiled last September. Poilievre doubled down days later when he wrote, 'after saying that there is no link between municipalities and the federal government, the mayor of Montreal attends Trudeau's cabinet meeting. Another incompeten
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