John Bolton - December 01, 2025


Carney Horrific #4 - YOU FUND Lebanese Ski Soldiers - I'm NOT KIDDING


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Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

154.16667

Word Count

370

Sentence Count

24


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00:00:00.000 Inflation is high, food prices are high, the cost of living is high, but the Canadian government continues to waste your money.
00:00:18.500 Not only that, even worse, they defend it.
00:00:21.500 I have here the record of a grant from Global Affairs Canada.
00:00:26.500 It's a $3.8 million grant that went to the Lebanese Armed Forces Mountain Warfare Ski Soldier School last year.
00:00:34.440 And the purpose of the grant, from my understanding of the text, is to build multi-gender occupancy at Lebanese Ski Soldier School.
00:00:41.820 Canada is undergoing an affordability crisis.
00:00:44.400 Food bank usage in my region of Waterloo has gone up five times over the last few years.
00:00:50.840 I've had people at the doors telling me they're worried about paying their rent.
00:00:53.300 Nobody under 35 can afford a house.
00:00:54.920 Could you explain to Hungary taxpayers why it would be a good use of their money to send
00:00:58.920 $4 million to Lebanese ski soldier school for multi-gender occupancy?
00:01:02.920 I'm not aware of this particular agreement.
00:01:07.920 I do think there's a lot of benefits that we could cite just in terms of why we actually provide money internationally.
00:01:15.920 And perhaps I could just turn to my colleagues who could provide a little bit more detail just in terms of some of that rationale.
00:01:22.920 Thanks very much for your question.
00:01:25.240 Supporting international development, it's not about choosing between helping others and helping ourselves.
00:01:30.360 It's really about recognizing that we live in this interconnected world where global stability, health and prosperity directly affect Canadians.
00:01:39.740 So we take the perspective that by addressing issues like poverty, like inequality and conflict in countries around the world,
00:01:47.720 whether it's Global South or other countries where poverty exists
00:01:51.940 or security challenges exist, as they do in Lebanon.
00:01:55.900 Canada's international assistance directly supports Canadian security,
00:01:59.480 their prosperity, as well as their well-being.
00:02:01.940 We have limited time.
00:02:02.720 So I take your answer to be that multi-gender occupancy
00:02:05.920 at ski soldier schools is going to help Canadians pay for their rent somehow.
00:02:10.560 I guess I wonder then, when will these accommodations be available
00:02:15.940 to the ski soldiers in Lebanon.
00:02:19.120 So we'll have to get back to you with that information.
00:02:22.040 Fantastic. If you could please table that in writing with us.