Less than 24 hours into the Oct. 14 federal election campaign, senior Conservatives came out swinging before dawn today at Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, painting him as someone whose policies will devastate Canadian families and "make everything more expensive."
At a 6 a.m. ET news conference — so the party can try to set the news agenda as early in the day as possible — high-profile Tories Jason Kenney and Lawrence Cannon attacked Mr. Dion for what they called his "triple threat" to Canadians.
The Conservatives say the Liberal Leader wants to raise the GST, claw back a $1,200 child-care benefit and impose a carbon tax.
Mr. Kenney said Mr. Dion's "half-baked risky schemes" are devastating to families on their own. But, taken together, it's "three strikes and you're out."
The Conservatives also used the press conference to launch three French and three English ads attacking Mr. Dion.
However the party did not announce any plans of its own during the press conference.
