Federal Conservative Chief Pierre Poilievre’s first day of touring Atlantic Canada included a cease in Saint John, N.B., to “get pleasure from a beer,” with the backdrop used to pan an excise tax on alcohol.

“So, if the carbon tax is sufficient to drive you to drink, nicely you’ll pay extra tax once you try this too,” stated Poilievre, talking exterior the Moosehead Small Batch Brewery Friday afternoon.

The official opposition chief concentrated his criticisms of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal authorities on taxes and gun management laws.

“It isn’t the hunter in Grand Falls that’s taking pictures up downtown Toronto,” stated Poilievre. “It’s the gangster who does repeated offences and will get out by the revolving door.”

Poilievre additionally made a neighborhood hyperlink between financial improvement and the way it might assist an ailing health-care system.

“I’ll give an instance of that proper right here in New Brunswick,” stated Poilievre. “There’s a possible for pure gasoline. We’ve bought the Repsol import terminal. It may be reversed and used to export pure gasoline from proper throughout Canada, however finally, from proper right here in New Brunswick. That would generate billions of {dollars}.”

Poilievre’s point out of exporting liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) from Saint John has additionally been pushed by the provincial Blaine Higgs’ Progressive Conservative authorities.

Poilievre was anticipated to make extra appearances this weekend in Nova Scotia, in addition to Newfoundland and Labrador.

Don Desserud, a political scientist on the College of Prince Edward Island, stated Poilievre continues to be within the introductory stage of his management function, which started this previous September.

“A whole lot of that is principally logistics,” stated Desserud, referencing potential Atlantic stops within the subsequent federal election. “I additionally assume the Conservatives try to determine precisely how Pierre Poilievre is promoting to the general public.”

“He’s been getting good crowds in Ontario and out west, however what’s it like out right here?”

Of the 32 federal electoral seats in Atlantic Canada proper now, 24 are Liberal and eight are Conservative.