Juno News - September 22, 2022


Pierre Poilievre confronts Justin Trudeau for the first time as Leader of CPC


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5 minutes

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148.178

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858

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55


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Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the House of Commons on the impact of the proposed increase in the Liberal's carbon tax on heating bills and the CPP on retirement benefits, and the proposed tax hikes on paychecks.

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00:00:00.640 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:00:03.440 The senator has effectively admitted that his carbon tax has not worked, and therefore he needs to triple it.
00:00:09.100 According to the Liberal Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador,
00:00:12.820 the forthcoming hike in the carbon tax will mean that the total cost for a Newfoundland senior living in the countryside on their heating bill will have been 80%.
00:00:24.660 Canadians cannot afford that.
00:00:26.480 But just for clarity, if you are a Newfoundland senior, how much will your home heating bill rise as a result of the forthcoming hike in the Liberal carbon tax?
00:00:37.580 The Right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:00:40.820 Mr. Speaker, like all parliamentarians, we have each heard stories from Canadians who are struggling with the high cost of living, with the inflation that's been caused by the global crisis.
00:00:50.940 That's why we're putting forward concrete measures that are going to help Canadians.
00:00:54.880 We're going to double the GST tax credit that's going to hit millions of families with extra support.
00:01:00.820 We're delivering on support for low-income families on dental, and we're also moving forward with support for low-income renters.
00:01:11.340 The Leader of the Opposition has an opportunity to support these measures and get help directly to Canadians.
00:01:16.820 I hope he does exactly that.
00:01:18.140 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:01:20.220 The Leader of the Liberal Party has an opportunity to respect the fact that heating your home in January and February in Canada is not a luxury, and it does not make those Canadians polluters.
00:01:34.040 They're just trying to survive.
00:01:35.460 This from a Prime Minister who burned more jet fuel in one month than 20 average Canadians burn in an entire year.
00:01:45.800 So will the Prime Minister ground the jet, park the hypocrisy, and axe the tax hikes?
00:01:52.920 Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we're going to continue to stay focused on direct and real help for Canadians, responding to the challenges they're facing with meaningful measures that are going to help millions of Canadians in the middle class and those working hard to join it.
00:02:12.340 Mr. Speaker, if Canadians had followed the advice of the Leader of the Opposition and invested in volatile cryptocurrencies in an attempt to, quote, opt out of inflation, they would have lost half of their savings.
00:02:25.600 Mr. Speaker, responsible leadership means stepping up for Canadians and being there to support them.
00:02:31.540 Will the Conservative Leader support our measures to support Canadians?
00:02:35.820 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:02:39.660 We will not support tax hikes on Canadians.
00:02:41.660 Speaking of tax hikes, they plan to raise taxes on paychecks.
00:02:45.620 Now, yesterday, the Finance Minister claimed that all the EI tax hikes that they would collect would go to EI benefits.
00:02:52.280 In fact, I looked it up over the next three years.
00:02:54.880 They're going to collect $10 billion more in EI taxes than they pay out in EI benefits, allowing the Prime Minister to grab up the difference and use it to feed his insatiable spending appetites.
00:03:07.940 Canadians can't afford a bigger bite off their paychecks.
00:03:11.560 Will the Prime Minister cancel his tax hikes on Canadian paychecks?
00:03:16.120 The Right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:03:19.660 Mr. Speaker, I think in this House it's important to look at the facts.
00:03:22.820 And the facts are that when the Leader of the Opposition was the Minister responsible for employment insurance, premiums were 20% higher for workers than they are now.
00:03:34.320 That's right.
00:03:34.860 Workers say 20% more.
00:03:37.480 That's why we're continuing to move forward to support workers.
00:03:41.040 On the issue of the CPP, we promised to be there for workers as they become seniors to help them with their retirements, and that's exactly what we did.
00:03:50.240 And in regards to pricing pollution, we promised it would no longer be free to pollute anywhere in this country, and it no longer is.
00:03:57.380 That's what we're focused on.
00:03:59.040 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:04:01.140 The Prime Minister is quite wrong.
00:04:04.440 Today, payroll taxes on the average $60,000 a year worker are about $700 higher than when we left office.
00:04:12.540 And by the way, we left with a balanced budget.
00:04:14.920 Now, he wants to raise those taxes even further.
00:04:21.780 Bigger bite off Canadian paychecks at a time when inflation is at a 40-year high, when students are forced to live in homeless shelters, and when home ownership rates are at the lowest level in a generation.
00:04:33.980 Doesn't he understand that now is the worst time to raise taxes?
00:04:37.720 Will he cancel those tax hikes?
00:04:39.640 The Right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:04:42.880 Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition wants to go back in time.
00:04:46.580 Let's look at what he was doing when he was in government.
00:04:49.500 He continued to deliver child benefit checks to millionaire families, which we ended when we took office.
00:04:56.320 And then he voted against raising taxes on the wealthiest 1% so we could lower them on the middle class.
00:05:02.660 And he voted against a Canada child benefit that delivers hundreds of dollars a month tax-free to every Canadian family.
00:05:10.420 We've seen where this Leader of the Opposition stands.
00:05:13.320 On this side of the aisle, we're going to stay focused on helping Canadians for real.
00:05:17.440 Thank you very much.