Juno News - February 08, 2023


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


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4 minutes

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143.57845

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673

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45


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Learn English with the Honourable Leader of the Opposition, Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the House of Commons Budget Conference, where he lays out his vision for the future of Canada's infrastructure and public services.

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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.