Juno News - April 09, 2024


Poilievre challenges Trudeau to televised carbon tax showdown

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4 minutes

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152.43

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649

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39


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Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's carbon tax has been a hot topic of debate in Canada for years, and now 70% of Canadians are against it. Prime Minister Trudeau has repeatedly said it would be a good idea to hold a televised conference with the premiers to discuss the carbon tax, but he has done nothing so far.

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00:00:00.000 The Parliament says Conservatives will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime.
00:00:06.480 This Prime Minister is not worth the cost.
00:00:10.560 Indeed, his carbon tax, which the Parliamentary Budget Officer has proven costs 60% of Canadians more than they get back in rebates,
00:00:20.040 is now opposed by 70% of Canadians.
00:00:23.460 Everybody understands that the tax is driving people to the food bank.
00:00:27.720 That's why six Premiers, including the Liberal Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, have asked for a meeting.
00:00:34.420 Will he agree to a televised carbon tax conference if he's so sure of himself on this issue?
00:00:43.240 The Right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:00:46.420 The Parliamentary Budget Officer has confirmed that 8 out of 10 families across the country
00:00:51.940 get more money with the Canada carbon rebate attached to the price on pollution than it costs them.
00:00:58.260 That's $1,800 arriving for a family of four in Alberta.
00:01:02.300 It's thousands of dollars right across the country.
00:01:04.860 These are things that are helping people with the high cost of living in groceries at the same time as we fight climate change.
00:01:10.940 But, Mr. Speaker, what would be also helpful is if we were able to deliver the doubling of the rural top-up
00:01:18.120 to put hundreds of dollars in the pockets of Canadians,
00:01:20.640 but the Conservative Party is blocking the legislation to double the rural top-up.
00:01:27.120 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:01:29.840 Mr. Speaker, that is mathematically impossible,
00:01:32.140 given that the NDP Liberal government has a combined majority and can pass anything it wants,
00:01:38.780 which is exactly why we're in such a mess today as a country.
00:01:43.220 After eight years, this NDP Liberal Prime Minister is not worth the cost,
00:01:47.360 and that's why the Parliamentary Budget Officer confirms 60% of Canadians are paying more in carbon taxes
00:01:53.120 than getting back in rebates.
00:01:55.640 But why doesn't the Prime Minister, if he believes the contrary,
00:01:59.400 why doesn't he have the courage to sit down in a televised and open forum
00:02:05.280 and have a carbon tax conference with the Premiers?
00:02:08.780 The right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:02:12.840 What we did sit down with the Premiers eight years ago
00:02:15.720 and established the Pan-Canadian Framework on Climate Change
00:02:19.380 that both puts a price on pollution and puts more money back in the pockets
00:02:24.640 out of eight of ten Canadian families in the jurisdictions where the federal backstop applies.
00:02:30.100 That is a way of both fighting climate change and helping with affordability.
00:02:33.940 Now, not only are the Conservative Party counting on pulling away, taking away those Canada carbon rebate checks,
00:02:40.880 they're arriving this coming Monday, on April 15th.
00:02:44.220 People will see in their bank accounts the Canada carbon rebate that puts more money in their pockets
00:02:49.820 ahead of the costs associated with fighting climate change.
00:02:54.040 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:02:58.380 Mr. Speaker, he met the Premiers in 2016.
00:03:02.380 Since that time, he's broken the promise he made them.
00:03:06.380 He said the tax would only go up to 11 cents a litre.
00:03:10.880 Now, he admits it will go up to 61 cents a litre.
00:03:17.140 He said the tax would make people better off.
00:03:19.840 Now, we have the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report which confirms 60% of Canadians pay more than they get back.
00:03:27.980 The Prime Minister said, and I quote in 2015,
00:03:30.560 Canadians need a PM who will meet with the Premiers.
00:03:33.940 What happened?
00:03:36.720 The right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:03:38.540 While the Conservative Leader continues with his misinformation and disinformation,
00:03:43.700 the reality is the Parliamentary Budget Officer said that 8 out of 10 Canadians do better
00:03:50.280 with our price on pollution and the Canada carbon rebate.
00:03:53.640 But speaking of misinformation and disinformation,
00:03:56.920 any responsible leader that receives an endorsement and support
00:04:01.580 from proven conspiracy theorist and liar Alex Jones
00:04:05.520 would have immediately denounced that.
00:04:07.900 But that's not what the Leader of the Opposition did.
00:04:10.560 He did absolutely nothing.
00:04:11.800 Because those kinds of endorsements fit within his political strategy.