Juno News - April 24, 2023


Poilievre calls out Liberal government for causing PSAC strike


Episode Stats

Length

4 minutes

Words per Minute

147.31099

Word Count

693

Sentence Count

57


Summary


Transcript

00:00:00.000 To increase the cost of the bureaucracy by 50% or $20 billion a year, it would be another to have a strike.
00:00:07.700 But to do both of those things at once takes a special, unique kind of incompetence that only this Prime Minister could pull off.
00:00:15.260 But the consequences are that 700 soldiers have been without heat and warm water.
00:00:20.600 Canadians are now told they're not even to apply for passports, let alone get one, meaning that they'll miss international weddings.
00:00:26.340 Our veterans, our seniors, our small businesses, our taxpayers are all being ripped off.
00:00:31.820 Now, how much are they going to have to pay to bring an end to the Prime Minister's cause strike?
00:00:37.380 The Honourable President of the Treasury Board.
00:00:40.740 Mr. Speaker, public servants from the PSAC provide important services to Canadians and the government values their work.
00:00:49.640 We are committed to reaching agreements that are fair for employees and also reasonable to Canadians.
00:00:55.680 There is a competitive deal on the table, but the PSAC continues to insist on demands that are unaffordable
00:01:02.720 and would severely impact our ability to deliver services to Canadians.
00:01:08.320 Now, Canadians can expect both parties to bargain in good faith and find compromise.
00:01:14.180 That is what we are focusing on, Mr. Speaker.
00:01:16.740 Merci.
00:01:17.780 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:01:20.280 This Prime Minister is unaffordable.
00:01:21.980 Dear, dear, dear.
00:01:22.540 Dear, dear, dear.
00:01:22.840 Thank you.
00:01:22.960 Thank you.
00:01:23.020 Thank you.
00:01:23.520 Thank you.
00:01:24.100 Thank you.
00:01:25.680 Maybe if he weren't spending $21 billion on consultants every year, he wouldn't have the biggest public service strike in modern memory.
00:01:32.340 He expects us also to believe that he has no direct or indirect involvement with the Trudeau Foundation,
00:01:37.380 even though its donors pay for his vacations.
00:01:40.800 He chose two of its former directors to head up investigations into foreign interference.
00:01:45.120 The Trudeau Foundation received Beijing-based donations, which his brother processed.
00:01:51.400 Mr. Speaker, now we learn that the Trudeau Foundation is holding meetings in his office.
00:01:57.080 Did he not know about that either?
00:01:59.360 The Honourable Government House Leader.
00:02:02.360 Mr. Speaker, the meeting that took place was between public servants in a government building.
00:02:07.700 It wasn't with the Prime Minister, but I can understand that the Leader of the Opposition, as usual, is looking to swing a wide stick and doesn't seem to care what he hits, Mr. Speaker.
00:02:18.260 There is constant beret of attacks and mischaracterization of information.
00:02:24.260 His interest, again and again, is to disrupt and be partisan rather than provide productive solutions to the issues that face this country right now.
00:02:31.360 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:02:33.680 So, let's get this straight.
00:02:35.740 The Trudeau Foundation's donors paid for the Prime Minister's vacation, but he didn't know about that.
00:02:41.020 The Trudeau Foundation supplied the two independent investigators to look into the interference by Beijing.
00:02:50.280 He didn't know about that either.
00:02:52.160 The Trudeau Foundation received donations from Beijing, organized and orchestrated by his brother, but he didn't know about that.
00:02:58.900 And now we know there were meetings in the Prime Minister's office with his top officials and the Trudeau Foundation.
00:03:05.620 Once again, are they really expecting Canadians to be dumb enough not to believe that he didn't know about that either?
00:03:13.920 The Honourable Government House Leader.
00:03:16.440 Mr. Speaker, sometimes I stay up at night and I wonder how the Leader of the Opposition got to the position of recommending to people to opt out of inflation by recommending cryptocurrency as a solution.
00:03:26.280 And now I understand why, Mr. Speaker.
00:03:32.780 I just want to wait until everybody's ready and we can get on with the question period.
00:03:42.680 The Honourable Government House Leader, please proceed.
00:03:44.620 Well, Mr. Speaker, it's because if you listen to that convoluted mess that the Leader of the Opposition tossed out there that was completely nonsensical,
00:03:53.380 and I'll just take one for a point.
00:03:56.740 Yes, the Prime Minister, as I've said on many occasions, took a vacation with his family over Christmas and stayed at a friend's house.
00:04:04.440 By the way, that friend had been his family friend his entire life.
00:04:08.440 He had been at that residence when he was one year old.
00:04:10.880 The mischaracterizations continue.
00:04:12.280 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.