Mark Slapinski - January 23, 2026


Poilievre Has PERFECT Response To Carney's Davos Speech


Episode Stats

Length

16 minutes

Words per Minute

170.5934

Word Count

2,848

Sentence Count

197

Hate Speech Sentences

4


Summary

Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered the perfect rebuttal to Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he said that the world can no longer rely on the United States as a trading partner.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 liberal words and good intentions were tradable commodities, Canada would already be the richest
00:00:05.640 nation on earth. Pierre Polyev is back and on track. Today he released a perfect rebuttal to
00:00:11.740 Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum. The Canadian Prime Minister made waves
00:00:15.620 internationally when he stated that the world can no longer rely on the United States as a
00:00:19.600 trading partner. Now Polyev took some time to step back, collect his thoughts, and today he
00:00:24.360 delivered the perfect response to Carney's speech. Listen to how he starts off, very gentlemanly.
00:00:30.000 Prime Minister Carney's well-crafted and eloquently delivered speech at Davos has been widely noted
00:00:35.060 and I want to start by offering my own praise. The Prime Minister is right to restate what many
00:00:41.660 have said for years. Canada must become more self-reliant, less dependent, and work with
00:00:47.280 like-minded countries to advance our interests. And Conservatives are as always willing to work
00:00:53.040 with him to turn these words into results. That was only the start. Now let's listen to Polyev
00:00:58.540 drop the hammer on Carney. What stood out most to me was when he pointed out, quote,
00:01:04.260 the gaps between rhetoric and reality. That's especially true here at home. If liberal words
00:01:11.600 and good intentions were tradable commodities, Canada would already be the richest nation on earth.
00:01:18.080 Unfortunately, after a decade of promises and grand speeches, liberals have made our economy
00:01:24.720 costly and dependent, more so than ever. After nearly a year as Prime Minister, Mark Carney has
00:01:32.100 made things only worse. The deficit has doubled. Food inflation has doubled that in the states.
00:01:37.620 Housing costs have also doubled, the worst in the G7. No pipelines are approved. Anti-development
00:01:44.000 laws removed. The military has a massive recruiting and equipment shortfall. There's still no free
00:01:51.220 trade between provinces. No crime laws have been passed. The Prime Minister's signature promise
00:01:56.440 of negotiating a win with the U.S. is unfulfilled. Indeed, U.S. tariffs have more than doubled
00:02:03.380 on Canada, while Mr. Carney's promised counter-tariffs have vanished along with his elbows.
00:02:10.320 Those unkept promises, which followed grand speeches and announcements, make us especially vulnerable
00:02:17.120 to the world's dangers. We've had enough words. Now we need results. Now we need to unblock our
00:02:23.860 resources. Now we must approve pipelines. Now we must bolster our military to protect our soil,
00:02:30.300 sea, and skies. Now we need to crack down on foreign interference, threats, and intimidation of
00:02:37.220 our people from hostile powers like China, Russia, and Iran. The last five years have shown us that we
00:02:43.640 can't count on others. Our closest neighbor and largest trading partner, the United States,
00:02:49.160 struck us with tariffs and questioned our sovereignty. Now that is short-sighted, and I believe it will
00:02:54.220 hurt them too. But we can't control what they do. And no one can control what President Trump does or
00:03:00.820 says. I know it's tempting to say our relationship with America is over forever. But here's the reality.
00:03:08.820 We still live next door to the biggest economy and military the world has ever seen.
00:03:12.500 We sell 20 times more to the U.S. than we do to China. One in 10 Canadian jobs rely directly or
00:03:18.580 indirectly on trade with America. We owe it to those workers, our friends, family, and fellow Canadians
00:03:25.260 to ensure those jobs don't go away. Growing and diversifying our economy is essential, as all
00:03:31.960 political parties have been saying for decades. But we must also remember that our trade and security
00:03:37.760 partnership with the U.S. is centuries old and will outlast one president. This is a great point by
00:03:43.520 Polyev here, and it aligns with my thoughts exactly. Nobody in the world is saying that Canada should
00:03:49.380 cease trading with the United States. Nobody is saying that. Now, if Donald Trump wants to keep
00:03:53.980 acting like this, hitting us with tariffs, threatening our sovereignty, then unfortunately, Canada has to
00:03:59.840 look for trade relationships elsewhere in the world. And that includes East Asia and West Europe.
00:04:05.040 Needless to say, I think Polyev made the right choice here. Regardless of how you feel,
00:04:10.260 the majority of Canadians really don't like Trump. So separating himself from Trump was the perfect
00:04:15.160 move. All right, now here's the part where Polyev destroys Carney for his recent deal with communist
00:04:19.880 China. To quote the British Liberal Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, we have no eternal allies and we have
00:04:26.900 no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual. And those interests, it is our duty to follow.
00:04:34.480 We should continue to work with allies within the U.S. that are outside the administration to
00:04:40.560 minimize the damage until a larger relationship repair can be completed. And I restate once again
00:04:47.180 my offer to the Prime Minister that conservatives stand ready to help his government fight U.S.
00:04:51.420 tariffs. But while we hope for the best, it would be naive to assume that things will go back to
00:04:57.720 exactly what they were. Whether the next administration is Republican or Democrat,
00:05:02.440 tariffs may be here for the foreseeable future. None of that, though, is an excuse for letting our
00:05:08.320 guard down and repeating past mistakes by making Canada even more vulnerable to aggressive powers
00:05:14.980 like the People's Republic of China, which the Prime Minister himself called our greatest threat
00:05:19.720 only a few months ago. It was with great irony that the Prime Minister quoted one of the greatest
00:05:26.540 heroes of the 20th century fight against totalitarian communism, Baclav Havel, less than a week after
00:05:33.480 launching a, quote, strategic partnership for a new world order with the Chinese communist regime,
00:05:40.220 a partnership that includes plans to deepen engagement on national security issues at a senior level.
00:05:46.040 We cannot throw caution to the wind with a regime that kidnaps our citizens, steals our technology,
00:05:53.760 interferes in our elections, sets up illegal police stations on our soil, and has a history of using
00:06:00.680 trade as a tool for diplomatic warfare against us. If this is what the Prime Minister meant when he told
00:06:07.580 the Davos crowd that he is calibrating our relationships so their depth reflects our values,
00:06:13.240 then I seriously question his values and, frankly, his judgment.
00:06:17.540 Another great point by Polyev. I understand why Carney feels the need to strengthen his trade
00:06:21.920 relationships with China, considering what's happening with the United States, but we need to
00:06:26.100 be careful. Of course, China is an industrial superpower, and a lot of products that are sold in Canada
00:06:31.800 were either made or assembled in China. However, we can't become beholden to them, and we can't let
00:06:37.520 our guard down. On top of that, there's many other countries in the world that have democracies that
00:06:42.740 we could also trade with. Before I show you the next part of Polyev's speech, I want to remind you
00:06:46.720 of being heavily censored on YouTube. If you see this part of the video, let me know in the
00:06:50.500 comment section. Let me know what city you're from. Give me a like, and make sure you're still
00:06:54.900 subscribed. All right, let's watch Polyev work his magic.
00:06:58.080 Of course, we have to trade with China, as we always have, but without losing our compass or our
00:07:04.780 national security. At the same time, we must continue the work of Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister who
00:07:11.000 expanded our network of trade with more like-minded middle power countries. It's not a new idea. In
00:07:16.560 fact, we already have free trade with most of the middle powers that the Prime Minister recognized in
00:07:21.920 his Davos speech after the previous Conservative government negotiated agreements with a record
00:07:26.520 46 countries. Given that we already have these agreements in place, what stops us from growing trade
00:07:32.740 with those countries is not their trade barriers on us, but our trade barriers on ourselves. Liberal
00:07:40.480 laws like C-69 and C-48 make it impossible to approve projects or ship energy to other countries on
00:07:47.680 different coasts. It takes 19 years to approve a mine in Canada. The Liberal government has created
00:07:53.700 these laws and obstacles, and almost a year after taking office, Mr. Carney has not removed a single law
00:07:59.580 or bureaucracy, or approved a single pipeline, or removed the industrial carbon tax, which drives
00:08:05.300 food and housing costs up and industry out. There are hundreds of billions of private dollars looking
00:08:11.440 to invest in wildly profitable projects like a pipeline to the Pacific. Money to get Canada's energy
00:08:18.020 flowing and Canada's workers working. We have the resources under our feet. The only thing missing is
00:08:23.840 permits. The federal permits from the Carney government, which are still among the slowest in
00:08:29.560 the world. Grand announcements, new government agencies, signing ceremonies, red carpets and stacking
00:08:35.220 new laws and bureaucracies on top of old ones, will do nothing. There's no magic to this. What we need is for
00:08:43.040 the Carney government to get out of the way and approve these privately funded projects. Mr. Carney told the
00:08:49.700 crowd in Davos that, quote, a country that cannot feed itself, fuel itself, or defend itself, has few options. So why
00:08:57.980 can't we? Just this week, Canada was declared the food inflation capital of the G7. And last year, Canadians who can't
00:09:07.380 feed themselves made a record 2 million visits to a food bank every single month, more than double than the number from
00:09:15.320 seven years ago. In a country with almost endless farming potential. Potential. We have the potential to be the most
00:09:25.720 affordable and the richest country in the world because we have the most land, resources and coastline. We need to unblock our
00:09:33.520 potential. Stop stopping and start starting. That's why Conservatives proposed the Canadian Sovereignty Act. It's a detailed plan to
00:09:41.680 unlock and unblock Canada's potential and make our country more affordable, self-reliant and sovereign. It aims to bring home the half
00:09:49.480 trillion dollars of investment that's been driven to the U.S. over the last decade with practical steps like ending capital gains tax on
00:09:56.280 reinvestments in Canada, which would be economic rocket fuel for business startups, high-tech inventions and massive money-making job-creating
00:10:03.680 projects, repealing anti-pipeline and anti-development laws to legalize fast and safe approval of pipelines and shipping energy to
00:10:11.480 our East Coast, including a new pipeline to the Pacific, which would ship a million barrels a day and 30 billion dollars a year, the
00:10:20.280 single biggest increase in our exports overseas. Let's go from having the second slowest permits in the OECD to the fastest. Let's end the
00:10:29.680 industrial carbon tax on industry and farmers so that they can more affordably produce what we need. Let's create free
00:10:37.680 trade bonuses for provinces and territories to open up their markets to fellow Canadians, tear down internal barriers and
00:10:44.680 strengthen national economic unity. We need new rules and tax incentives preventing Canadian technologies, intellectual
00:10:53.680 property, and strategic assets been from being sold to hostile foreign states and state-influenced interests.
00:11:01.680 We need to cut taxes on work, investment, home building, and energy so that we can make more with less. Doing so will make us
00:11:09.680 both autonomous and affordable. The more food we grow, the more energy we supply ourselves, the more we will be able to
00:11:15.680 afford, the stronger our dollar will be, and the more purchasing power our families will enjoy.
00:11:21.680 I love it. Polyev is truly a master wordsmith. But the thing about Polyev is he's not just good at
00:11:27.680 making speeches. He's also really good at making great plans. And as always, Polyev has a plan. I think
00:11:33.680 you're going to like this.
00:11:34.680 That's why I'm announcing today that next week, we conservatives will introduce a motion in Canada's
00:11:40.680 parliament to pass the Canadian Sovereignty Act. Speaking about sovereignty, we need a strong and sovereign
00:11:48.680 national defense. And what we do on defense is something that we control alone. We don't have to ask
00:11:55.680 anybody's permission to have a strong, state-of-the-art military and defend ourselves. But could we really defend
00:12:02.680 ourselves today? Once again, Mr. Carney has talked a big game about building up our armed forces, but after nearly a year as
00:12:10.680 prime minister, he hasn't even begun to deliver. It's been pushing promises down the road, smoke and mirror budgeting,
00:12:16.680 and commitments of things he might one day do. Just trust us. We really want to do it. Just not yet. Look, we all support the
00:12:24.680 sovereignty of Greenland and Denmark. But we must be able to support our own Arctic sovereignty. Right now, we only have 300 full-time
00:12:32.680 members of the military stationed in the Arctic in a territory that is larger than most countries. We have the
00:12:38.680 largest coastline in the world, and yet we have just a regular naval force of 8,400 personnel. A sovereign country
00:12:47.680 must be able to defend its people and its territory. Conservatives have a detailed plan to restore our armed forces at our
00:12:55.680 great martial tradition. To fix our recruitment crisis and expand regular force and reserve force dramatically
00:13:02.680 and immediately. Increase recruitment and promotions by driving merit and not political correctness.
00:13:09.680 Re-establishing a permanent military presence in the Arctic with CFB Iqaluit, a new Arctic naval base, and upgrade
00:13:17.680 Inuvik to full base status for fighters and tankers. To back sovereignty with real hardware by requiring
00:13:24.680 four new icebreakers, including AWACS aircraft, to detect threats to our Arctic skies. To fast-track upgrades
00:13:34.680 to submarines, helicopters, northern hubs. To strengthen boots on the ground presence by doubling the
00:13:40.680 Canadian Rangers and creating an Army Reserve unit in Whitehorse. So far, Mr. Carney in this regard and in every
00:13:47.680 other has been very fortunate to be judged by his rhetoric and his stated intentions rather than the
00:13:53.680 by his results. Because nearly a year into his term, the rhetoric has changed, but the reality is not.
00:14:01.680 The illusion of purpose is there, but the results have not shown up with it.
00:14:05.680 We need to do things, not just say them. Canada Strong can no longer be a slogan, nor True North Strong
00:14:11.680 and Free just a motto. We must put our people and our country first in everything that we do.
00:14:17.680 Then and only then will Canada be autonomous and affordable, secure and self-reliant.
00:14:25.680 To paraphrase Henley, we are the masters of our fate.
00:14:29.680 It's almost as if Polyev took the words right out of my mouth. From watching this, you would think that
00:14:34.680 Polyev and I are coordinating talking points. But I can assure you, I can say that I don't have any
00:14:39.680 direct connection to the Conservative Party. I've only met Polyev once, and that was a few years ago in
00:14:44.680 Toronto. However, I think this is just evidence that great minds think alike, and me and Polyev have a
00:14:49.680 similar understanding of the situation. Polyev gave Carney credit for a good speech of the WEF, but he also
00:14:55.680 reminded us that Carney is often all talk and no action. Of course, it's one thing to talk the talk,
00:15:01.680 but can the Liberals walk the walk? And if 10 years of a Liberal government in Canada has taught us anything,
00:15:07.680 the answer to that question is no. I also love how Polyev defended Greenland sovereignty during this speech.
00:15:13.680 It's important to have allies in times like this, and a lot of people seem to forget that the world is a
00:15:18.680 really big place and the United States is only one country. A lot of people this week falsely claimed that
00:15:23.680 I'm a Liberal, and that was all because I gave Carney a bit of credit for his speech of the WEF. I also
00:15:28.680 called out Donald Trump for threatening to invade Greenland. However, unlike others, I'm the kind of
00:15:33.680 person where I give credit where it's due, and I call out people where they need to be called out.
00:15:37.680 And in my opinion, Carney deserves at least some credit for his speech of the WEF. And I also believe
00:15:43.680 that Donald Trump deserved to be called out for threatening to invade Greenland. That's the way I see it,
00:15:47.680 and I stand by it. Now I want to make something really clear. I'm still on Team Polyev, and I have been
00:15:53.680 since day one. It's entirely possible to give Liberals credit where they deserve it, and not be a Liberal.
00:15:59.680 It's entirely possible to criticize Donald Trump when he acts up, and not be a Liberal. And I hope
00:16:04.680 people understand that. That being said, I'm glad that Polyev said what he did right here, and now
00:16:09.680 there's no doubt in my mind that Polyev is going to win and become the next Prime Minister of Canada.
00:16:14.680 If things go well, we could still see a blue summer, a conservative supermajority in the not-too-distant
00:16:20.680 future. It can still happen. Like I always say, just have some patience, have a bit of faith. We're
00:16:26.680 going to win, and we're going to win big. It might just take a little bit more time than we expected.
00:16:30.680 We don't need Donald Trump to save us. As Canadians, we're quite capable of saving ourselves. And Polyev,
00:16:36.680 he's the man leading the way. Thanks for tuning in. I love you all. Have a great night, Patriots.