Canadians are hurting, Poilievre tells caucus in first speech as Tory leader

Reuters

Canada PM Trudeau attacks new Conservative leader as ‘reckless’

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday attacked veteran lawmaker Pierre Poilievre, who was elected new leader of the opposing Conservative Party, for what Trudeau called “reckless” economic policies. Poilievre, 43, secured 68% of his party’s vote on Saturday to become the sixth Conservative Party chief since 2015, a period in which Conservatives have lost three elections to Trudeau. Speaking at a meeting of his Liberal caucus in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Trudeau said he would be “calling out highly questionable, reckless economic ideas” and that “attacking the institutions that make our society fair, safe and free is not responsible leadership.”