Juno News - January 30, 2023


Poilievre and Trudeau face off for the first time in 2023


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923

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Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a speech on the economy and the middle class in his first speech as Prime Minister, and answers a question from the House of Commons on the need for a middle-class safety net.

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00:00:00.000 I asked the Prime Minister how much McKinsey got.
00:00:02.900 He said, well, it was all for the middle class.
00:00:05.740 He's always had difficulty defining what the middle class is.
00:00:09.020 Now we know his definition.
00:00:10.740 It's his friends who make $1,500 an hour as high-priced consultants for his government.
00:00:16.840 Over at McKinsey, where his personal friend Dominic Barton was the boss.
00:00:21.200 We now know that he spent $15 billion plus per year on high-priced consultants
00:00:27.140 while Canadians are eating at food banks, living in homeless shelters,
00:00:31.740 and house prices have more than doubled.
00:00:34.060 Again, how much did his government give McKinsey?
00:00:37.460 How much?
00:00:38.080 The Right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:00:41.940 Mr. Speaker, while the Leader of the Opposition snickers at the middle class,
00:00:47.620 we will stay focused on supporting them.
00:00:49.680 That's exactly what we did by bringing forward supports for low-income renters
00:00:57.040 supports for families to send their kids to the dentist.
00:01:01.360 These are things that the Conservative Party voted against,
00:01:04.260 just as they stood against the Canada Child Benefit,
00:01:07.040 just as they stood against Help for Seniors,
00:01:09.160 just as they continue to stand against investments that have Canadians' backs
00:01:12.920 before the pandemic, through the pandemic, and since the pandemic.
00:01:15.960 We will continue to be there for Canadians.
00:01:18.960 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:01:20.920 After eight years of this, Prime Minister, mortgage payments have doubled up to $7,000 per month
00:01:28.420 for an average house in Toronto.
00:01:30.480 Rent crises have doubled up to $2,500 a month for an average place in Toronto.
00:01:38.240 The number of people eating at food banks has gone up to 1.5 million,
00:01:41.940 and crime is up 32%.
00:01:44.380 So we wonder where all this half-trillion dollars of inflationary debt actually went.
00:01:48.000 Now we know Liberal friends got the money.
00:01:51.600 So I'm going to ask a third time, the well-connected insiders at McKinsey.
00:01:56.220 How much did the Prime Minister give them?
00:01:57.740 How much?
00:01:58.800 The right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:02:02.560 Mr. Speaker, over the past number of years,
00:02:05.100 we've invested in supporting Canadians from coast to coast to coast
00:02:08.960 to lift families out of poverty, to help seniors make ends meet,
00:02:13.780 to invest in low-income renters, to help people access dental care for their kids,
00:02:19.000 to deliver the kinds of things that have made not just Canadians better off,
00:02:23.620 but our whole economy work better.
00:02:26.020 We're going to continue to step up in investing in Canadians
00:02:28.820 while Conservatives continue to push cuts and austerity
00:02:32.780 and not being there for Canadians.
00:02:35.380 We know that investing in Canadians is the best way to build a better future.
00:02:40.200 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:02:42.920 The Prime Minister says that Canadians have never had it so good
00:02:46.320 as they face 40-year highs in inflation,
00:02:49.000 as food prices are up 12% year over year
00:02:51.460 after he brought in a carbon tax on our farmers,
00:02:54.660 as the cost of housing has more than doubled,
00:02:57.740 as students are actually living in homeless shelter.
00:03:00.400 We know why, though, he's so out of touch with these people after eight years,
00:03:03.580 because the people he surrounds himself with,
00:03:06.040 like the high-priced consultants at McKinsey, are doing better than ever.
00:03:10.480 So I'd like to ask him again.
00:03:12.120 This company did money, did work of little or no value,
00:03:15.480 according to his own public servants.
00:03:18.140 How much did Canadians have to pay for that?
00:03:20.400 The Right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:03:24.000 Mr. Speaker, on the contrary,
00:03:26.460 Canadians are struggling right now with high inflation
00:03:29.260 caused by global crises, with interest rates,
00:03:32.620 with disruptions in the global supply chains.
00:03:35.280 And that's why we've stepped up to support Canadians.
00:03:38.460 Despite Conservative politicians voting against it,
00:03:41.520 we've been able to keep investing in Canadians
00:03:43.860 while maintaining the best balance sheet in the G7.
00:03:48.060 We have the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio,
00:03:50.960 the lowest deficit of all our G7 partners,
00:03:53.180 and we've put that to work to support the Canadians who need it most.
00:03:57.320 We will continue to be there for the middle class
00:03:59.600 and people working hard to join it.
00:04:01.500 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:04:04.120 Well, he finally got him to admit that Canadians are suffering,
00:04:06.860 and it's after eight years of this Prime Minister.
00:04:09.880 After eight years of this Prime Minister,
00:04:11.680 we have 40-year highs in inflation.
00:04:13.460 We have a 32% increase in crime.
00:04:15.680 We have the TTC transit system in downtown Toronto
00:04:18.520 overtaken by crime.
00:04:20.940 We have more people eating at food banks
00:04:23.900 and living at homeless shelters
00:04:25.220 after eight years of this Prime Minister.
00:04:27.320 But not everybody is doing badly.
00:04:29.680 His friends at McKinsey are rolling in cash.
00:04:32.860 First, they said it was $50 million.
00:04:34.580 Now the government says it's over $100 million.
00:04:36.960 We want to know the real number.
00:04:38.520 Will the Prime Minister finally answer the question?
00:04:41.280 How much did he give McKinsey?
00:04:42.920 The right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:04:46.100 Speaker, everyone in this House,
00:04:48.960 with conversations with constituents,
00:04:50.840 with conversations with people right across the country,
00:04:53.320 know well that Canadians are facing tough times.
00:04:56.000 What the difference is between the Conservative leader and myself is
00:04:59.940 instead of proposing real solutions,
00:05:03.200 instead of telling Canadians how they're going to help them and invest them,
00:05:06.680 the Conservative leader stands up, crosses his arms,
00:05:09.240 throws up his hands and says,
00:05:10.500 everything is broken.
00:05:11.700 Well, that's not what Canadians are living through, Mr. Speaker.
00:05:14.620 Canadians stick up for each other.
00:05:16.260 We're there for each other.
00:05:17.240 We support each other through the tough times.
00:05:19.200 That's exactly what we've been doing through this pandemic,
00:05:21.460 through these past years.
00:05:22.420 That's what we will continue to do,
00:05:23.880 no matter how much...
00:05:24.780 l'honorable deporn?
00:05:26.640 L'honorable deputé de Belleuvesci...
00:05:29.520 Thank you.