Tom Mulcair puts Trudeau in his crosshairs during Toronto town hall
Mulcair said Trudeau has voted in-step with Conservative Leader Stephen Harper
The New Democrats were refocusing their campaign attacks Thursday squarely on the Liberals as Justin Trudeau raises more questions about Tom Mulcair's fiscal calculations.
In Toronto for a town hall-style meeting with supporters,Mulcairaccused the Liberals of walking in step with Stephen Harper's Conservatives, first by voting in favour of BillC-51, and now by refusing to denounce the Trans-Pacific Partnership announced this week.
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"JustinTrudeau'sLiberals stood with Stephen Harper onC-51, and now they will join with him again to helpcut jobs in our tourism, agriculture and auto sectors,"Mulcairsaid in a prepared text of his speech.
The Liberals launched an attack of their own, with their party operatives handing out leaflets at the NDP town hall, which quote an Ontario New Democrat candidate questioning her own party's fiscal promises.
The NDP has pledged to balance the federal budget, even with new spending proposals on a range of measures from aboriginal education to its $15 dollar-a-day daycare plan.
SusanErskine-Fournier, running for the NDP in St.Catharines, Ont., is quoted telling a local debate Tuesday that the promise to balance the budget "is very risky."
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Mulcairhas insistedall this week that his fiscal plan is sound, saying the budget can be balanced by eliminating Conservative initiatives, such as tax breaks for large corporations