OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Stephane Dion turned up the rhetoric against his chief rival Monday, calling Prime Minister Stephen Harper a liar in blunt language seldom used even in political campaigning.
The Liberal leader repeated the charge several times at a Montreal-area campaign stop in response to Conservative accusations that his party would raise the GST and cut the government's child-care allowance.
"They are piling their lies upon lies," he said. "They are unable to stop to lie. Canadians will not accept that."
Dion also said the Conservatives have misrepresented his environmental plan to combat global warming, adding that he wants a serious debate with Harper on the issue.
He called on the prime minister not to "try to win an election by lying."
The strong words on the second day of the election campaign came hours after the Tories launched a series of new attack ads, depicting Dion as a risky choice who "would make everything more expensive" for Canadians.
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