After a chaotic week in Ottawa, with a floor-crossing, a resignation and a failed attempt to bring down the government, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre travelled to Toronto to put the focus back on cost-of-living issues.

“We should be the richest country on planet earth and that should be our goal,” said Poilievre, on Friday afternoon, to a business crowd.

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Poilievre took aim at Prime Minister Mark Carney’s federal budget and pointed to the Liberals as the reason for Canada’s high cost of living while speaking at an event hosted by the Economic Club of Canada. The address came days after the Carney government revealed its budget plan on Tuesday.

“This week’s budget showed that investment has collapsed in all three fiscal quarters for which he has been prime min

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