The Federal Conservatives continued their push for the South Okanagan - West Kootenay riding with a visit from MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, the representative for South Surrey鈥擶hite Rock and Chief Opposition Whip.

Findlay, and about a dozen Conservative supporters 鈥� including potential Conservative candidates Gary Johal, Dan Ashton, and Chris Pequin 鈥� set up in front of current NDP MP Richard Cannings鈥� constituency office.

The rally is part of a national effort by the Conservatives to go after NDP and Liberal MPs who voted to support an increase to the carbon tax. The campaign鈥檚 simple phrases of 鈥楽pike the Hike鈥� and 鈥楢xe the Tax鈥� were present both on signs and in Findlay鈥檚 speech.

鈥淭hings weren鈥檛 like this eight years ago before [Prime Minister] Justin Trudeau,鈥� said Findlay. 鈥淥nce he鈥檚 gone, things aren鈥檛 going to be like this any more.鈥�

Findlay pointed to recent polling that found a majority of Canadians opposed an increase to the carbon tax, alongside opposition from provincial leaders.

鈥淪even out of 10 premiers agree with us and there鈥檚 been polling that shows that 70 per cent of Canadians agree as well,鈥� said Findlay.

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When pressed on how Conservatives would take on the battle against climate change, which has worsened conditions that contributed to wildfires and deep freezes that have devastated local businesses, Findlay had to be asked multiple times for a concrete example.

Findlay responded by stating Conservatives would support green innovation by pushing liquid natural gas usage and export and cited an Edmonton company that turns plastic waste into burnable gas instead of putting it into landfills.

Conservative Leader Pierre Pollievre has held multiple recent rallies on 鈥淎xing the Tax.鈥�

Findlay鈥檚 visit, and other similar events against MPs who supported the carbon tax, brought up a question about how campaign-focused the Conservatives appear to be given an election is still likely more than a year away instead of working towards alternative solutions with other members of parliament.

Findlay stated that as Chief Opposition Whip, she cooperates and works to make sure issues in Parliament are able to move forward smoothly, but that there is no appetite for cooperation or finding common ground with the other parties on issues.

鈥淲e will never cooperate with a costly coalition that keeps taking money out of the pockets of Canadians and pushing it to these bureaucratic mills as I call them,鈥� said Findlay.

鈥淐anadians should feel that when they go to work they should keep the money they earn. They should pay their taxes, nobody鈥檚 complaining about that, but they should keep a healthy enough portion that they can afford to live, so we will never cooperate with that.鈥�