Juno News - February 09, 2022Bergen says the Trudeau government stigmatized and divided Canadians
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Learn English with Honourable Speaker of the House of Commons, Chrystia Mahtani. In this Speech, she calls on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do what's right for the country, and listen to his own caucus.
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Mr. Speaker, countries around the world are opening up, even countries with lower vaccination
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rates than Canada. Provinces are beginning to lift restrictions and getting life back
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to normal. Why? Because they're following the science. Canadians are ready to get their
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life back. But it seems like the Prime Minister wants to live in a permanent pandemic. Dr.
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Hamm, Dr. Tam, Dr. Henry, Dr. Moore, Dr. Hinshaw, Dr. Shahab all agree it's time to shift out
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of the restrictions and back to normal life. So why is the Prime Minister so offside, not
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only with the science, but it would seem like with a growing number of his own MPs?
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On the contrary, Mr. Speaker, we intend to follow the science and are working closely with Dr.
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Tam and other public health officials to ensure that we get through this pandemic as best
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we possibly can. And that has been through vaccinations. The fact that nine out of ten Canadians have
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gotten vaccinated is one of the reasons why we're able to get through this, is why we've
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been able to prevent our health systems from being completely overrun. Vaccinations are the
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thing through this. That's why we're continuing to encourage Canadians to get vaccinated, why
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unfortunately the Conservatives are against vaccination is, quite frankly, belonging.
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Well, the science and the evidence is just simply not on the Prime Minister's side.
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Many of the reasons previously used to keep Canadians under restrictions are vanishing before our eyes.
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Other countries are opening up. Provinces are opening up. As he just said, 90% of Canadians have the vaccine.
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The Prime Minister needs to put his ego aside. He needs to do what's right for the country.
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He needs to end the mandates. He needs to end the restrictions. He needs to listen to his own caucus.
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Canada and Canadians have made it through this pandemic better than many other places because Canadians stepped up.
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They were there for each other. Their government had their backs. We worked closely with provincial and territorial leaders.
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Every step of the way, we kept focusing on vaccinations, on public health supports, on business supports.
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It's allowed us through. And Canadians are continuing to get vaccinated.
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60,000 Canadians got vaccinated with their first dose just last week.
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We are continuing to make sure Canadians get vaccinated because this is how we get through this pandemic.
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Mr. Speaker, we know this Prime Minister has politicized the pandemic.
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This summer, as BC was burning, Afghanistan was falling, and we were in the fourth wave of a pandemic.
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The Prime Minister called an unnecessary $600 million election to capitalize on this crisis.
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According to a senior Liberal MP, a decision was made to wedge, to divide, and to stigmatize.
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Can the Prime Minister tell Canadians why he would politicize the pandemic?
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Why would he do this to a country that is already suffering and deeply damaged by so many of his policies?
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Mr. Speaker, let's talk about last year's election.
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It was an opportunity for Canadians to weigh in on the path forward for our country, on how to continue to fight this pandemic.
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And what we saw, unfortunately, from the Conservative Party of Canada was a refusal to step up on vaccination.
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As they were talking about how we get through this pandemic, they couldn't ensure their own MPs got vaccinated.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians spoke loudly and clearly in the last election that science and vaccination was the way through.
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They gave us in this House a mandate to move forward on that, and we did.
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The Prime Minister is clearly trying to strategically and very selfishly divide and stigmatize Canadians.
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His senior Liberal MP said that there is a strategic decision made on that side to stigmatize, and these are not my words, stigmatize, divide and wedge.
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Mr. Speaker, what Canadians have needed through this pandemic and what this government has provided has been responsible leadership that put the health and safety of Canadians first and foremost.
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That's exactly what we talked about in the last election campaign.
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That's exactly what we're going to continue to do in following the science.
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But you talk about, the member opposite talks about Canadians suffering.
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Canadians in their homes worried of walking their streets because they continue to support blockades that are hurting businesses across the country.
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Will the Conservative leader stand up and condemn those blockades?
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