Juno News - September 20, 2020


Canadians don't want more green energy schemes

Topics
green agenda
Mentioned
Justin Trudeau David Dodge
The Liberals have a history of corruption China’s Influence Game

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Length

3 minutes

Words per minute

180.66

Word count

571

Sentence count

29


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It's kind of an awful notion to think there could be a silver lining to a second coronavirus pandemic striking here in Canada. But I guess if something good could come of it, it could possibly be that a second wave is going to make Prime Minister Justin Trudeau perhaps drop some of the more outlandish schemes he has planned for the Throne Speech that will be unveiled in the days ahead.

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00:00:00.000 It's kind of an awful notion to think there could be a silver lining to a second wave of the
00:00:10.000 coronavirus pandemic striking here in Canada. Nobody wants a second wave, nothing good can
00:00:15.800 come of it. But I guess if something good could come of it, it could possibly be that a second
00:00:22.500 wave is going to make Prime Minister Justin Trudeau perhaps drop some of the more outlandish
00:00:28.400 schemes. It seems he has planned for the throne speech that will be unveiled in the days ahead.
00:00:34.640 And well, at least that would be good news. So Justin Trudeau saying back a number of weeks ago
00:00:40.720 and hinting through a number of statements to the press, claims he was making, anonymous sources
00:00:45.460 stepping forward from the Liberal government to warn us about all this wild stuff that he has
00:00:49.700 planned for us, that he wants a more ambitious throne speech than he's ever done before, which
00:00:55.460 seems to be code word for going further left wing, more and more progressive, the phrase they like
00:01:01.520 to use. Perhaps more wealth redistribution, more government in your life, more government spending,
00:01:06.680 and of course, JT's favorite, more green scheme initiatives. He really loves that agenda. So he
00:01:13.000 was going to barrel forward with it. And there were Liberal anonymous sources stepping forward telling
00:01:17.560 all sorts of media outlets, watch out, we are worried about this. This is really going to be something.
00:01:24.380 And a lot in the business community stepping forward, sounding the alarm on it. Former Bank of Canada
00:01:29.660 Governor David Dodge stepping forward and even using a curse word to describe the financial
00:01:35.020 situation we are in. And he's a straight shooter who normally does not use language like that. So a lot
00:01:40.140 of people thought, wow, okay, this guy means business. Is Trudeau still going to do all of this crazy
00:01:46.420 stuff now? Now that we see a second wave coming in, a lot of people are not interested in this magical
00:01:52.780 green agenda that Trudeau is going to do. They're just interested in making it through the pandemic,
00:01:58.000 hoping there isn't further elements of lockdowns, hoping their families stay safe and healthy, and
00:02:02.980 that the economy remains intact. Hoping that it does not tank any further. Is Trudeau going to continue to
00:02:10.560 see opportunity in crisis and ram through his agenda? Or is he going to realize you've actually got
00:02:16.780 a situation unfolding on the ground that needs to be dealt with? Now, to be partially fair, back when
00:02:23.220 it seems like he conceived this magic green scheme throne speech, this was in the summer when the
00:02:28.420 coronavirus, we had a lot more under control and people were able to talk about other things. Of
00:02:33.560 course, the We Charity scandal, the whole reason he prorogued Parliament in the first place to sort of
00:02:38.400 distract from that, that was dominating the front pages. The pandemic was being managed. Things
00:02:44.280 weren't too bad. Now, they're getting a little further, I won't say out of control, but out of
00:02:49.820 reach and in ways that are frustrating and concerning a whole lot of people. So, we want to get this under
00:02:56.040 control. We don't want to have rising cases all across Canada. Maybe, though, it means Trudeau is
00:03:01.900 going to put a timeout on this very ambitious throne speech, and thankfully, we will be spared some of
00:03:07.880 the worst of his agenda.