John Bolton - December 26, 2024


The Other Option For Trudeau And Singh


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In this episode of Conspiracy Theories, John talks about what could happen to the Liberal government if Jagmeet Singh becomes Prime Minister of Canada. He also talks about the possibility that Justin Trudeau could be replaced as Prime Minister by his own party.

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00:00:00.000 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel. It is Thursday, December the 26th, Boxing Day. I hope
00:00:07.560 you had a great Christmas. I certainly did. My wife unexpectedly bought me this Motorola
00:00:11.920 Razr foldable phone. Very, very cool. You know, phones are getting too big.
00:00:17.740 Comments below. Do you think so? I think people are walking around with tablets in their pocket.
00:00:21.900 I've got my big blue mug of coffee back once again. I might be a little conspiratorial today,
00:00:27.760 maybe a little pessimistic. You know, I'm a believer that past behavior is a good way to
00:00:33.500 predict future behavior. I don't think that's true all of the time, but I think it can be most of the
00:00:37.680 time. I'm going to talk about Jagmeet Singh today, particularly when it comes to that. But I want
00:00:42.940 to talk about Trudeau and Paulyev a little bit today as well. Now, what do we know about the
00:00:46.580 federal NDP? Well, they had a supply and confidence agreement with the liberals for quite some time
00:00:51.700 supporting the government on everything they did. But Singh said he ripped it up back in September.
00:00:57.760 Now, we all know that really didn't happen because after that, Singh and the NDP continued to vote in
00:01:04.740 favor of the liberal government. So, the agreement was not ripped up at all. And many people are saying
00:01:10.320 they don't believe Jagmeet Singh when he says he's not going to support Trudeau and the liberals after
00:01:15.320 parliament returns on January 27th. A lot of people are saying that. I'm saying that as well. Past
00:01:20.600 behavior is a good way to predict future behavior. Well, what's bringing this on is an article I read
00:01:26.660 the other day, which I thought was quite interesting, was in the National Post, written by Christopher
00:01:31.060 Nardi. Here it is on the screen right now. What could happen to the liberal government? Three possible
00:01:36.360 scenarios for the House of Commons. Justin Trudeau is reportedly taking the holiday break to reflect
00:01:41.280 on his future. That means a lot can happen by the time the House of Commons resumes on January the 27th.
00:01:47.200 And interesting enough, if you read this article and you go to the web page for the post, there's
00:01:53.000 actually four things in here. But I think there's another thing that was missed in this article,
00:01:58.060 which I think is possible as well. And it's something you should be frightened about because
00:02:02.180 it could end up costing you some money. So, what are the things that it says in this article?
00:02:07.720 Well, the fourth one that you talk about, I'll go to that one first.
00:02:10.960 Polyev asked the Governor General to reconvene parliament for a confidence vote. Can that happen?
00:02:15.680 Now, according to the person that Mr. Nardi talked to in this article, there is no obligation
00:02:20.660 by the Governor General to follow through with anything the leader of the opposition,
00:02:25.340 pure Polyev says. That's not likely going to happen. But what are the other three things?
00:02:29.840 Well, one, Justin Trudeau steps down as liberal leader. Two, Trudeau stays on as liberal leader.
00:02:35.480 Both of those definitely possible. And three is the one I'd love to see happen. Trudeau dissolves
00:02:40.100 parliament in the next few weeks, sparking an election. And I've mentioned that in a previous video.
00:02:45.140 It'd be great if he did this early enough to deny Jagmeet Singh his pension on February the 25th.
00:02:52.160 But there is a fifth thing, I think, that's missing here. I've mentioned before that Trudeau
00:02:57.660 is dangerous and desperate. And I think Jagmeet Singh is as well. Now, both of these men are
00:03:03.200 possibly going to lose their seats, definitely going to lose a lot of their power in government.
00:03:11.020 And, you know, Jagmeet Singh is dangerous and desperate and is going to lose a lot of influence
00:03:15.920 with government. But he might think there's an opportunity to stop the bleeding a little bit.
00:03:20.700 I think right now the Conservatives have 50% popularity in the country, leading the Liberals
00:03:25.240 by, I think, over 20% at this point. A huge majority coming. But Singh might go to Trudeau,
00:03:31.180 and this is the thing I'm thinking about, and say, listen, maybe we can save ourselves a little bit
00:03:35.760 and maybe limit the damage in October, assuming that's when the election happens. I will continue
00:03:41.680 to support you if you give me some stuff. Now, he has had some influence in government.
00:03:47.980 In the past, dental program, pharmacare program, which are far too costly and don't help enough
00:03:53.560 Canadians. They're really not great programs. I mean, we've got a healthcare system that's falling
00:03:58.580 apart right now. Do we want that to happen with our dental and our pharmacare? No. But he's got that
00:04:03.500 stuff, and he may want some more things, and maybe Trudeau will want to save his skin, or at least
00:04:10.280 save his party a little bit, and go along with what Singh wants. So what would Singh possibly need,
00:04:16.680 and what would he want? So I'm thinking, very, very left-wing thing to do. He needs to get young 0.83
00:04:22.180 people voting for his party, or at least vote to keep the Liberals in, because they're both going to do
00:04:26.880 this together, and they've both been supporting each other. He says he wants free tuition. Now, I say
00:04:31.480 free tuition. It's not free. It is taxpayer-funded, but he wants free tuition for anybody in this
00:04:37.520 country that wants a post-secondary education. So he starts with that. And then he says,
00:04:43.340 I would like to see loan forgiveness for students. Now, I looked this up, and here it is on the screen
00:04:49.320 right now. If you look at this, the average loan debt for students in this country is $28,000,
00:04:55.960 with Ontario holding most of that debt. And that is vote-rich and riding-rich Ontario. So he wants
00:05:04.060 to do that. And it just so happens, if you look on the NDP website, they've got that on there. They
00:05:10.420 want to start with forgiving up to $20,000 in student debt. And he says, start there,
00:05:15.500 there could be more. But $20,000 will go a long way to buy some votes from young people
00:05:20.460 the Liberals and the NDP desperately need. So what else could he possibly want? He's got some
00:05:25.520 young people. We could go after a guaranteed income. Guaranteed income. What do they mean 0.92
00:05:32.920 by that? Well, guaranteed income is actually on the NDP website. And here it is right here.
00:05:38.480 We're ready to lift seniors and those living with disabilities out of poverty with a guaranteed
00:05:43.660 livable income. So now he's got free tuition and loan forgiveness for young people. He's got
00:05:50.440 seniors in there as well with a guaranteed income. Who else could he possibly buy off? Well,
00:05:56.480 it's possible he could go after what's called a living wage. And here it is on the NDP website.
00:06:03.120 What is a living wage? Well, basically it's an opportunity to pay federal employees more money.
00:06:11.400 Now the Liberals raised it to $15 an hour. Then they raised it to, I believe it's at $17.30 an hour
00:06:18.100 right now. But the NDP wanted to go to $20 an hour. So that would affect, I think, 30,000 to 40,000
00:06:27.020 federal employees. But if you actually look at what it says on the NDP website, right around the area,
00:06:32.940 you see that red line where it says living wage. They also want paid sick leave and stronger bargaining
00:06:38.100 rights. So that means for unions. And that would take in pretty much everybody that works for the
00:06:44.280 federal government. And as we know, the federal government has grown by 40% under Justin Trudeau
00:06:49.720 over the last couple of years. And there are hundreds of thousands of people that would benefit
00:06:54.800 by this deal that Singh would make with Justin Trudeau. So that's a lot of stuff that could go
00:07:03.020 out there and that he could ask for. And he'd say, I will support you if you pass this stuff. And we work
00:07:09.400 on this stuff together. Now, whether the 50 or so people who say they're not supporting Trudeau
00:07:14.040 anymore with the liberals would go along with this, but they're all trying to save themselves
00:07:18.020 as well. So this is some of the stuff I think that could happen over the next little while.
00:07:22.920 And there's a saying, I think it was George Bernard Shaw who said, the politician that robs
00:07:27.120 Peter to pay Paul will always have a friend in Paul. And here's the other thing that's kind of
00:07:32.400 interesting. Jagmeet Singh is the MP for Burnaby South, which is in British Columbia. And Trudeau
00:07:39.880 is not taking a vacation to the sunny South this year. He is going on a skiing vacation in British
00:07:47.220 Columbia over the next couple of weeks. I wonder if there's a possibility for Jagmeet Singh and Justin
00:07:54.100 Trudeau to meet up together in BC. What do you think? Conspiracy theory? Being pessimistic? Let me know
00:08:02.180 in the comments. Thanks for watching. See you next time.