Juno News - November 19, 2018Andrew Lawton from the PCPO Convention
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Join Andrew Lutton at the PC Party of Ontario Convention in Toronto for a special edition of The True North Initiative Live from the convention. Andrew talks about the importance of Progressive Conservative Premier Doug Ford's victory in the Ontario election, and the role of small-c conservatives across the country.
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I'm here at the PC Party of Ontario convention in Toronto where members are
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voting on policy but it's a particularly interesting convention because this is
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the first time PC members have been able to gather with a PC government let alone
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a PC majority government. Premier Doug Ford just elected in June now really
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speaking to resounding applause in supporters from across the province here.
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And a lot of people have asked what the importance is nationally of a progressive
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Conservative victory in Ontario and there are a couple of things that are
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important to point out there. Number one by sheer population Ontario is a leader.
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A lot of things that have been instituted in Ontario from certain boards and
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commissions and government programs have ultimately become models for other
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provinces but more importantly we're starting to see in Canada something that
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has never really happened before which is provincial premiers banding together
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for a shared goal. One very specific example of this is vanquishing Justin
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Trudeau's carbon tax. Doug Ford in Ontario, Scott Moe in Saskatchewan, potentially
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Jason Kenney in Alberta, Brian Palliser in Manitoba, the list goes on.
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Premiers working together because certain things are bigger than just one province.
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The carbon tax is one of those issues. When it comes to certain other
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fundamental freedoms there are shared concerns that need to be brought
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together. Conservatives in Canada have to start working together in a much better
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way and a much bigger way than they have in years past and elections past and
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that's why the Doug Ford government in Ontario which is by all accounts doing
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absolutely tremendous work at keeping the promises it made in the election on
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small-c Conservative policies is such an important one to watch. It's why there's
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been such tremendous intrigue from small-c Conservative movements and policies and
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parties across the country and it's momentum that definitely if the energy in
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this convention is any indication of will keep up. For the True North Initiative
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live from the PC Convention, I'm Andrew Lutton.