Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre fired back at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s assertion that housing is not a primary federal responsibility, laying the blame for the housing crisis squarely at the Liberal government’s feet.
At an announcement in Hamilton, Ont., on Monday, Trudeau said that housing is not a “primary federal responsibility,” but something the federal government “can and must help with.”
“That’s funny because eight years ago he promised he was going to lower housing costs,” said Poilievre, at a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday.
“No wonder he wants to wash his hands of his horrendous and unprecedented record.”
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