00:00:00.000Mark Carney has three passports, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, a globalist with options.
00:00:10.600He hasn't seen Canada in a decade, calls himself a European, not a Canadian.
00:00:20.200Told U.S. Congress last year, he's a Brit, he's back to lord over you.
00:00:27.320Canada's not his home, it's his throne.
00:00:35.720I'm Candace Malcolm and this is The Candace Malcolm Show.
00:00:38.360We have a great episode for you today and I'm very pleased to be joined by one of my favourite guests from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
00:00:44.920I'm talking about Franco Teresano and he is here to help us make sense of the different political parties' platforms.
00:00:53.220We talk a lot about politics on the show.
00:00:54.640We don't always talk about policy and so I'm hoping that Franco can help us shine light on what differentiates the two parties.
00:01:04.580Hey Candace, my pleasure. Thanks for having me on.
00:01:06.920Yeah, and you are the author of a new book called Axing the Tax, The Rise and Fall of Canada's Carbon Tax.
00:01:11.860I'm going to ask you about that book in a few minutes.
00:01:14.120But first, I'm wondering if you could help us understand what are the key policy platforms introduced?
00:01:20.900Let's start with the Conservatives. So can you walk us through what you think are the most important policies that they've introduced so far?
00:01:28.300Well, you know, let me just say, like, being with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, I'm definitely happy to see all the tax cuts that are coming into play here during the election.
00:01:38.060And, you know, Mr. Polyev and his Conservatives, he's offering some much needed tax relief.
00:01:42.940And I think some tax changes that could really supercharge Canada's economy.
00:01:48.000But let's start with the income tax cuts, right?
00:01:50.160So Mr. Polyev is proposing to cut the lowest income tax rate by 15%, okay?
00:01:57.500So that would save your two-income family up to about $1,800 a year, right?
00:02:04.740So that's good news because here's the thing.