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OTTAWA — As the Conservatives try to brand the NDP as job killing proponents of carbon taxes, it appears the official Opposition is fighting back with a labelling strategy of its own.

In a spirited speech to caucus Wednesday, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair described the Conservative government as one that favours the rich and powerful at the expense of working families and the unemployed — the sort of people the NDP is here to protect.

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“In Mr. Harper’s Canada, if you’re not a well-connected insider, you’re simply not on the radar,” Mulcair said.

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“Despite 50 years of economic growth, Canadians are falling behind yet for the friends of this government, the tap is flowing as freely as ever.”

Mulcair slammed the government for threatening Canadian “institutions” like universal health care, Old Age Security and Employment Insurance, while continuing to “dish out massive tax cuts and subsidies to some of Canada’s worst polluters.”