Juno News - September 11, 2019


What on Earth is this election about？

Hosted by
Andrew Lutton
Mentioned
Justin Trudeau Donald Trump Andrew Scheer
Here's an issue politicians won't talk about during the election We can't take free speech for granted!

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Length

3 minutes

Words per minute

185.94

Word count

650

Sentence count

2


Summary

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The 2019 federal election campaign is officially underway, which begs the question: what on earth is the election about? Is it about stopping the rise of right-wing populism, stopping the Donald Trumpian figure that Andrew Scheer seems to be, or is it about defeating Justin Trudeau?

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00:00:00.000 we are off to the races the 2019 federal election campaign is officially underway
00:00:15.480 which begs the question what on earth is the election about now for a lot of people the answer
00:00:21.660 to that is going to be getting Justin Trudeau out of office a noble gesture a noble desire
00:00:26.460 but it's not as simple as that because there's also a part of Canada that thinks this election
00:00:31.380 is about stopping the rise of right-wing populism stopping the Donald Trumpian figure that Andrew
00:00:37.820 Scheer apparently is or at least the Doug Fordian figure that the media is trying to make him out
00:00:42.780 to be but it's a serious question what is the primary issue on which Canadians will be casting
00:00:48.300 their ballots the answer is I don't know Canadians get to decide for themselves but we do know the
00:00:53.500 big issues that certainly should be on the radar number one has to be the fight against the carbon
00:00:59.020 tax this has been the tax that Justin Trudeau has literally been deploying untold amounts of
00:01:04.420 government resources to basically defend the federal government's right to impose a carbon
00:01:09.700 tax on provinces that don't want one this is a battle that's on its way to the Supreme Court
00:01:14.860 though if Justin Trudeau loses the election the carbon tax is pretty much dead on a rival you
00:01:20.740 don't need to get it thrown out in court because Canadians will have had their say at the ballot
00:01:25.180 box but there are deeper themes in this election things that for Canadians should be a lot more
00:01:31.980 significant than just singular public policy issues or debates and that's the idea that Justin Trudeau
00:01:38.020 right now has had a government that is basically hell-bent on telling Canadians what's best for them
00:01:43.240 irrespective of facts and irrespective of what Canadians may think is best for them I mean the
00:01:48.500 carbon tax is one example of this the government saying you can't be trusted to conserve you can't
00:01:53.480 be trusted to look after the environment so we're going to decide for you we're going to levy this tax
00:01:59.120 on everything but we also see it with social issues this is the way you have to think this is the way you
00:02:04.620 have to believe something we see it with untold numbers of issues where what happens is the government
00:02:11.160 says this is our way and no dispute no debate nothing allowed we have a government right now that is
00:02:17.260 entertaining an idea of censoring speech of regulating internet providers to regulate and
00:02:22.760 censor what they deem online hate speech without deciding it something that if the liberals are
00:02:27.680 re-elected will perhaps become a matter of policy have you heard free speech talked about through the
00:02:34.520 election if not it certainly should be we don't know if it's going to be in the official leaders
00:02:38.640 debates but it certainly is something you need to put to candidates I'm talking about a few of the
00:02:43.560 issues now because the kickoff of the election also means it's the kickoff of true north's coverage of
00:02:48.740 the election I'm proud to say we crowdfunded an election coverage fund to let us crisscross the
00:02:54.380 country going to where the story is interviewing the candidates who matter now we had your help on
00:02:59.580 this and I'm very grateful for it there's still work to be done and you can support us at tnc.news
00:03:05.100 but I also want to hear from you where the stories are I'm not just talking about the local
00:03:09.820 clam bake or fish fry in your city but what are the big stories what are the issues that the
00:03:15.000 politicians are ignoring what are the candidates that you really think need to stand out shoot me
00:03:20.800 an email let me know what you're thinking this election is for you as is true north for true north
00:03:26.820 I'm Andrew Lutton
00:03:27.740 Thank you