Juno News - April 24, 2023


Poilievre calls out Liberal government for causing PSAC strike


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4 minutes

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693

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57

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Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing the biggest public service strike in modern memory, and the Opposition Leader is trying to make him pay for it by making him pay the price for his own incompetence.

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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. 0.81
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? 0.91
00:03:13.920 The Honourable Government House Leader. 0.93
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.