Wed Aug 17, 2022 – 10:49 am EDTWed Aug 17, 2022 – 10:55 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Why is Pierre Poilievre avoiding the hot-button issue of family policies in this Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) leadership race? And why is the media letting him get away with it?
In the past year, the Liberal government’s plan to provide universal low-cost day care across Canada has generated intense public interest in the issues of child care and family policies. All the provinces have now signed on to the federal plan, with Ontario (the last to join) signing on in late March.
Two CPC candidates—Jean Charest and Leslyn Lewis—continued the momentum early in the leadership race by proposing to keep the current deals and to add more benefits to families. Poilievre, considered a front-runner in the race, promised to offer a plan but never did so.
Surprisingly, the media largely ignored this issue— neglecting even to chastise Poilievre for failing to deliver on his promise. No one pressed him on whether or not he would keep the recently-ratified federal/provincial child care agreements, which through government subsidy keep the cost of daycare at $10/day.
On April 12, Charest said
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