Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written a letter to his NDP counterpart asking Jagmeet Singh to pull his party’s support for the Liberal government so Canadians can go to the polls this fall instead of next year as planned.

“Canadians can’t afford or even endure another year of this costly coalition. No one voted for you to keep Trudeau in power. You do not have a mandate to drag out his government another year,” Poilievre wrote in his letter.

“Pull out of the costly coalition and vote non-confidence in the government this September to trigger a carbon tax election in October of THIS YEAR. Or you will forever be known as ‘Sellout Singh,’” Poilievre said.

Poilievre’s challenge to Singh comes as the parties square off in a federal byelection in Manitoba, a Sept. 16 vote that is expected to be a competitive two-way race between the Conservative and NDP candidates.

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    19 days ago

    His business where both he and his partner dipped to politics as soon as possible. And was a paperboy, with one summer job in university. I’ve worked literal years more than he ever has.

    *Edit: and working in political parties is not working, that’s politics.

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      18 days ago

      Yeah, and so have I. That doesn’t change the fact that “has never worked for an hourly wage” is a false statement.

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        18 days ago

        Alright we’ll change it to “never really worked a day in his life” then. Better?