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Heritage Minister James Moore quickly rounded on Trudeau by saying that if the government was in fact raising taxes, the Liberals would actually support it.

“We believe in lowering taxes for Canadians … the average family of four has $3,200 more in their pocket than before we came into office,” he said.

Despite not having seasoned question period performer Stephen Harper to content with, Trudeau appeared somewhat ill at ease, his delivery rehearsed and shakier than it was on Monday during his exchanges with the prime minister, with a notable “um” during his first question.

Not to be put off, Trudeau twice more asked the Tories to admit the new measures are a tax, and agree to cancel it, drawing this response from Moore: “The question for the new Liberal party leader is why does he want to give a special deal to China?

“Why doesn’t he want to make sure that Canadians can’t compete on a level playing field with other companies around the world?” Moore added.

NDP leader Tom Mulcair also reiterated arguments he’d used before, again calling for the government to stop using the Temporary Foreign Workers program to “shunt Canadians aside.” The Tories countered by reminding the NDP of the letters written by eight NDP MPs asking the government to approve temporary foreign workers for their ridings.

Attention has been heaped on Trudeau in the past few months in the buildup to his election as Liberal leader, and it seems as though the NDP is finally sick of it.