Juno News - February 08, 2023


＂You have to be a MILLIONAIRE to retire＂ Poilievre and Trudeau spar over cost of living


Episode Stats

Length

4 minutes

Words per Minute

143.57845

Word Count

673

Sentence Count

45


Summary


Transcript

00:00:00.000 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:00:01.140 Talking points. After eight years, it now costs $1.7 million for someone to retire, according to a Bank of Montreal study.
00:00:11.340 Think of it. You now have to be a millionaire to be able to retire in this country.
00:00:16.740 After eight years of this Prime Minister's inflationary deficits and taxes,
00:00:21.000 after eight years of doubling the cost of home heating with his carbon tax,
00:00:25.040 of increasing food prices by burdening our farmers, by increasing the cost of everything through a half trillion dollars of inflationary deficits,
00:00:33.420 why doesn't he personally take responsibility for what he broke so that we can fix it?
00:00:38.000 Right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:00:41.180 Mr. Speaker, it's ironic the member opposite speaks about fixing things.
00:00:44.780 When we took office seven and a few years ago, one of the first things we had to do
00:00:50.200 was reverse the cuts that that member had voted for that would raise the age of retirement to 67 years old instead of 65.
00:01:01.700 We continue to step up with increasing GIS by 10% for our most vulnerable single seniors.
00:01:07.100 And in the years following, we have consistently been there for seniors,
00:01:10.500 while Conservatives continue to call for more cuts, more austerity,
00:01:14.660 while we've been there to support seniors.
00:01:16.640 And we will continue to.
00:01:17.860 Mr. Speaker.
00:01:18.360 What he's done is double the rent to $2,200 a month as an average in the 10 biggest cities.
00:01:29.780 He's doubled the home heating bills right across the country.
00:01:33.400 And he's doubled the average mortgage payment to well over $3,000 a month.
00:01:40.480 No wonder 9 out of 10 young people who don't own a home believe they never will.
00:01:44.020 This is after eight years of inflationary policies that have driven up the cost of housing and driven up interest rates to pay for it.
00:01:52.180 Why won't the Prime Minister admit that these things are broken after eight years of his leadership so that we can fix them?
00:01:58.480 The Right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:02:02.500 Mr. Speaker, over the past eight years, we have stepped up on investing in housing.
00:02:07.320 We've invested in low-income rentals.
00:02:10.580 We've made sure that seniors have extra supports so they can retire with dignity.
00:02:15.780 After a previous Conservative government that consistently nickel-and-dimed seniors, nickel-and-dimed veterans, refused to support young families.
00:02:23.920 These are the kinds of things we've been working on.
00:02:26.320 And yes, Mr. Speaker, there is more to do, which is why we're so surprised that the Conservative Party stood against extra supports for low-income renters, stood against supporting families to send their kids to dentists when they couldn't afford it.
00:02:39.400 These are things that we will continue to do.
00:02:41.020 The Prime Minister said he was drawing the line to ban anyone from pointing out that things are broken after eight years of his leadership.
00:02:51.460 Well, his own Parliamentary Budget Officer has crossed the line, Mr. Speaker, saying, and I quote,
00:02:57.440 there is a system that is broken.
00:03:00.820 Anybody who has recently applied for a passport, employment insurance, old age security, and the list goes on,
00:03:06.080 they probably realize very well that the level of public service Canadians are getting is not what one would expect from a world-class public service.
00:03:13.040 There is room for enhanced leadership.
00:03:15.920 Mr. Speaker, will he call to the carpet this rogue Parliamentary officer for saying that things are broken?
00:03:21.820 The Honourable Prime Minister.
00:03:26.780 Mr. Speaker, after a very difficult pandemic, yes, there have been challenges on service delivery, and that's why this government has been stepping up.
00:03:34.280 One of the areas we're stepping up in is recognizing that our universal public health care system needs more support.
00:03:41.260 And that's why we're moving forward with $198 billion worth of investments in additional money to support provinces and territories in delivering better health care for Canadians,
00:03:52.920 whether that's more access to family doctors, better mental health supports, better support for frontline health workers,
00:03:59.580 or better data and information to underpin our system.
00:04:02.560 We are there to invest while Conservatives continue to push cuts.
00:04:05.700 Mr. Speaker, here.
00:04:11.260 Thank you.