Possible Conservative Party leadership contender Kevin OâLeary says he and his fellow Tories âare losersâ but he has a plan to make them âwinnersâ again.
âWe now know we canât out-Kumbaya Trudeau, we canât do more push-ups, we canât do more selfies,â the high profile business figure and Bell Media on-air contributor
But, according to OâLeary, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can be beaten by hammering away at his poor performance on the economy -- a reality OâLeary says will âcrash inâ after the âhoneymoon periodâ ends.
Trudeau is vulnerable, he said, because of a âdisasterâ budget will create no wage growth, a possible housing price collapse, and âthe real killerâ -- jobless and underemployed youth.
âHe made a promise to millennials that heâd find them jobs,â he said. âThey will get no jobs.â
âThey will remain in limbo, living in the basements of their parentsâ homes, getting $8 an hour or some internship,â he went on. (Minimum wage now exceeds $10 an hour in all provinces and territories.)
Trudeau is planning to âwaste hundreds of billions of dollars on initiatives that donât create any jobs because theyâre not tied to the private sector,â OâLeary said.
âTheyâre just extracting money in the form of debt and layering it on the future,â he added.
So will he run?
OâLeary said he is still considering using his recently-built alliances and âmass of social media followersâ to mount a leadership campaign for the party, which he said he officially joined earlier this week.
âMy decision is ⌠do it myself, which is an option for me, or be a kingmaker?â he said. âAs long as I have a major say in our economic policy in this country.â
Earlier on Power Play, former cabinet minister and possible leadership rival Jason Kenney said he believes the next Conservative leader must speak French.
Quebec-born OâLeary does not speak French, but told Power Play he thinks Francophone Quebeckers âare going to give me a pass on the language issue, because they trust me to do one thing well for them: make them economically competitive and get jobs for their children.â