Are YOU SUFFERING from political FATIGUE？ I AM!!!!
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It's been an interesting year in politics here in Canada, and we're coming up on the anniversary of the arrival of our current Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. We're fast approaching the end of the year, and it's hard to believe that we've been through one of the most interesting years in Canadian politics in recent memory.
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Hi, it's John, and welcome to the channel, 354 a.m. Thursday, November the 20th. I hope
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you're having a great Thursday. I hope you've had a wonderful week so far. We've got a little
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bit of snow here in Calgary. Not a lot. It's actually been very good. We've had good weather
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here in the west. A lot of my family members who live out east have been suffering. When
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it's bad out east, we get the good weather, and it flips here in Canada. It just works
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out that way. It's been pretty good here in Calgary. Temperature's still above zero.
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I've got my big blue mug of coffee. Thanks so much for being here.
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I got up this morning thinking about a few things, and one of them was that I have political
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fatigue. Do you feel that way as well? I got up this morning thinking I'm kind of running
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dry right now. It's been an interesting year in politics here in Canada. As a matter of
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fact, I could say that in my 61 years on this planet, I voted for the very first time when
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I was 18 years old, or thereabouts. This is probably one of the most interesting years
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ever in Canadian politics that I can remember. There have been other ones. I actually remember
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late 70s, early 80s when Joe Clark was the prime minister. I do remember that. I remember
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a quote from John Crosby, who was a real character when it came to politics here in Canada. Crosby,
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he's the guy who said to Sheila Copps, liberal, pass the tequila, Sheila. I mean, we don't
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have people quite like that in politics anymore. Crosby died a few years ago. But Joe Clark was
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in power for a little over nine months. Actually, if I remember correctly, Crosby had a great
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quote as well. He said, long enough for the conception, but not long enough for the delivery
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when it came to the government, because it fell just after nine months. Something like that.
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I may have misquoted him, but I do remember that as well. But back then, it was interesting
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times. Trudeau, at the time, was going to resign as the head of the Liberal Party. Joe
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Clark won. I remember it really came down to the Social Credit Party. I was only 15 at the
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time, but I followed politics back then. Social Credit Party was in the federal government
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at the time. Clark proposed a four cent a liter tax on gasoline. Four cents! Think about
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how much tax you pay on gasoline now. Four cents, which basically brought down his government.
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The budget came up. There was a vote of non-confidence in the government. They went to an election.
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Trudeau, who said he was going to resign, came back and won a majority. And I think he jacked
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up gas prices in Canada. 20 cents a liter, not long after that. It's back, I think, when
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we had Petro Canada and it was a federally run gas station. And I believe Alberta was pretty
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pissed off about it, if I remember correctly. Again, I'm going off the top of my head, and
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this is a long time ago. But it's been an interesting year in politics. And something I was thinking
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this morning was, you know, we're coming up on almost a year, and in about less than two
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months, it'll be the anniversary of the appearance of Mark Carney. Of course, Justin Trudeau walked
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out on January the 6th this year, and said that he was going to leave. And I believe it was exactly
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10 days later on January 16, where Mark Carney appeared after spending about 10 years or more
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over in Europe, probably couldn't point out Canada on a map at that point, and said he was running for
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the federal leadership of the Liberal Party. And now he's the Prime Minister of the country, and our fate
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is in this man's hands. It's really quite hard to believe. But he got the Liberal leadership and was
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immediately named the Prime Minister of the country, and then he won an election on the 28th of April.
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So April, May, June, July, August, September, October, we're approaching the end of November. So, you know,
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we're going on seven, eight months of the Liberals being in power. And I was thinking this morning,
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what has been accomplished? We hear about China building a coal-fired power station every week,
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and countries building things in a matter of no time if they really need them. I think Germany
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built a gas plant or something in less than a year. What has been accomplished by the Liberals
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since they were elected on April 28th? Or even going back earlier when Mark Carney was named the
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Prime Minister, but he hadn't been elected Prime Minister at that point. And I can't think of a single
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damn thing. Have we got any shovels in the ground on any major projects? And my question to you is
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this. How long can you wait for all of this investment that the Liberals are promising?
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I was out at Costco the other day. I go to Costco to pick up my cream, and you probably,
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if you've been watching for a while, you've seen me here. I bring out a liter of cream every once in a
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while. And my wife does most of the shopping, but I go to Costco every week and a half or so,
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and I pick up six, seven liters of cream. It doesn't get past the best before date,
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unlike those grocery stores that are now unnecessary in Canada because of the Liberals
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that now sell best stuff that's past its best before date. But I go to Costco, and that's how I
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judge grocery prices. And I used to go to Costco, and it would be $2.85 a liter, which was much better
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than going to Walmart, which was about $4 a liter. But even Costco cream is up to $3.15 a liter I paid
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the other day. And I haven't seen grocery prices coming down. And Carney says he's going to build
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houses. Well, have any shovels been in the ground in the last seven to eight months? We've got this
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massive new corporation that the government has that's supposed to build things for us. Has
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anything happened? How long can we wait for these major projects? And Carney says he's going to
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try to do more investing and get more investment in Canada from other countries other than the
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United States? How long is this going to take? How long can you stand all of this liberalism we've
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got in the country? We've been putting up with it for 10 years, and we continue to slide down
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downhill. Food prices continue to go up. Things aren't getting better. Nothing's getting built.
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I mean, you'd think if there were Carnivilles going up across the country, there would be pictures of
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Carney out there putting a shovel in the ground. But I don't think a single house has been built.
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I don't think a single major project has started. And most of the major projects that Mark Carney has
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announced were things that were announced years ago, and they don't even have shovels in the ground
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for those things. I've got political fatigue, folks. I can't handle all this winning here in Canada.
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And I say that sarcastically. What I get is this. What I get is this. And this is why I have
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political fatigue. I don't sit here all day watching the news. I don't. I can't stand it. It drives me
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crazy. I go in a couple of times a day just to see what's going on. But I can't stand it. And I see
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Moose on the Loose and Jasmine Lane and others who sit there all day long and they put out video
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after video. God love them. They're doing great work. I'm just stunned at these young people,
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what they do. I couldn't do that all day long because I've just had enough. I guess I'm just
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too old. I'm not too old to do it. I'm just too old to put up with it. Do you feel like that?
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Again, it's the political fatigue that kind of creeps in with me. I just can't stand it anymore.
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I guess the young people, they haven't been exposed to it as much as myself or maybe you
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have as well. What I get is this. People like watching Question Period. And every time I watch
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it, I cringe. I see stuff like this. Here's Melissa Lansman asking a question of the government. You'd
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think we could get some answers from the government. But this is political theater. It serves no purpose.
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The liberals have won. They won the election. They got their budget. And they're arrogant as usual.
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Melissa Lansman in Question Period in the House of Commons.
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Every time the Prime Minister flies out of this country for another glittering photo op,
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things get worse for Canadians. He went to China and came back with more tariffs on Canadian canola.
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He went to the US, came back with double the tariffs on cars and triple the tariffs on steel and
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aluminum. And now the two sides aren't even talking. And then he went to the UK and he still
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couldn't land a basic deal for our pork and beef farmers. Why is it that every time the Prime
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Minister boards a plane, Canadians get sacked with a bigger bill?
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Mr. Speaker, the Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party should ask the question in reverse. Why
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is it when the Leader of the Opposition flies out of this city to far-flung places across
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our vast and grand land? His polling results go down every single time that he lands at a great
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Canadian airport, Mr. Speaker. The Deputy Leader should demand more of her leader, should demand
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bigger results of her leader. The Deputy Leader needs to step up, Mr. Speaker.
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What's accomplished by this? This is your government. They don't answer any questions.
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Lanceman's correct. She's given a chance to follow up. And then they send out another
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Liberal attack talk to tell you how good your life is under the Liberal Party.
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Forget Canada has a AAA credit rating. Inflation has been within the Bank of Canada target range
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for over almost two years. Interest rates are down. Job numbers are exceeding expectations.
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And Budget 2025 makes generational investments that the head of the International Monetary Fund welcomes.
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These investments will pay dividends to Canadians over generations in the form of good-paying jobs,
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affordable homes, thriving and productive industries, resilient supply chains, infrastructure
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that connects our country and enables diverse trade. The only question is, why do the Conservatives
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Don't you wish we could get a straight answer from these people? It's all political theatre from
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both sides of the aisle. This accomplishes absolutely nothing. It's rather embarrassing when you get
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right down to it. And you're probably here and you're a Conservative. You likely didn't vote for
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the Liberals. But these people who stand up and give these ridiculous non-answers every day are the
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people who represent you in government, whether you like it or not. And instead of actually answering
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Ben Scully, the legendary sports broadcaster, said,
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statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post for support, not illumination.
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So I'm looking forward to Christmas. I really am. I can hardly wait a little more than a month away.
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Merry Christmas. I'll be the first person to say it to you.
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I'm looking forward to Christmas so I can alleviate some of this political fatigue that I've been dealing
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They'll be going on vacation about a month from now.
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I believe it was December 19th last year when they finally went
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Now, just an update for you. I will be having somebody on to talk about
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They were in court yesterday. I watched a fair bit of it yesterday.
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They're in court today and they're in court tomorrow.
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I think Jeff Rath and Eva Chipiuk will be talking today.
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They hardly said a thing yesterday. Six and a half hours.
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It was a little dry for me not being a lawyer, but I did watch some of it.
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We've got Aboriginal groups saying their rights will be taken away
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I hope to have a video up late tomorrow afternoon
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regarding the court case that's happening right now in Edmonton.
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I want to alleviate some of your political fatigue.
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step away from your screens today and pay no attention.
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I think that's what I'm going to do unless something really interesting breaks.
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