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EZRA LEVANT ｜ Young Canadians want out... and it's all Trudeau's fault


Summary

A new poll by Ipsos shows that almost half of young Canadians are open to joining the United States. We'll also talk to Franco Tatzano to show how Justin Trudeau has destroyed our country economically. And we'll find out if the U.S. wants all of Canada to join them.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Hello, my friends, a crazy poll by Ipsos, which is quite a large polling company showing that almost half of young Canadians are open to joining America.
00:00:10.500 And in fact, if you look into what's called the cross tabs, you can figure out that 61% of young men, Generation Z men, 61% would take Donald Trump up on his offer of citizenship and redeeming our Canadian mini bucks at par.
00:00:27.360 I'll take you through that poll. We'll also talk to Franco Territzano to show you how Justin Trudeau has basically destroyed our country economically.
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00:02:12.540 Tonight, I'm not sure if the U.S. would want all of Canada to join it, but would they take Alberta?
00:02:20.540 It's January 17th and this is the Ezra LeVant Show.
00:02:23.480 You've got it for freedom!
00:02:26.740 Shame on you, you censorious bug!
00:02:29.860 Hey, look at this from the pollster Ipsos.
00:02:41.880 It's a new poll about should Canadians join the United States.
00:02:46.080 Here's their headline.
00:02:46.920 Four in ten, 43%, Canadians age 18 to 34, would vote to be American if citizenship and conversion of assets to U.S. dollars guaranteed.
00:03:00.420 Then they say,
00:03:01.640 A strong majority of Canadians agree that Canada should remain independent in spite of Donald Trump's comments about Canada becoming the U.S.'s 51st state.
00:03:10.580 So that's their headline.
00:03:11.580 Now, the poll was taken between January 9 and January 13, two very preliminary observations right off the top.
00:03:20.340 Things have gotten even hotter since that poll stopped on January 13th.
00:03:25.800 And we'll know on Monday if Donald Trump carries through on his threat of tariffs.
00:03:31.860 And that could lead Trudeau, the lame duck prime minister, to do something insane in his final weeks.
00:03:37.860 I mean, really, there's no accountability.
00:03:39.220 The guy does what he wants.
00:03:40.200 He could put economic sanctions on Alberta for our own good, to fix the problem, for the good of the country.
00:03:47.660 Come on, be a team player.
00:03:49.200 This is the chance to get Alberta.
00:03:51.580 So Donald Trump is making a tariff threat, and you want to take it out on Alberta.
00:03:55.300 Yeah, that's pretty much what he said.
00:03:56.880 Here's Trudeau.
00:03:57.480 I think it was really important yesterday as we met with first ministers from across the country that premiers have an opportunity to express the interests of their citizens, of their industry, of their areas.
00:04:12.820 Certainly, I don't blame Danielle Smith for speaking up for her industry.
00:04:18.580 That's part of her job.
00:04:19.880 But every single premier other than Danielle Smith then chose to put Canada first and say, but we're all part of Team Canada because what happens to any part of us happens to all of us.
00:04:35.140 And we will be there to respond strongly, to fight for Canada, and to do it in a united way that makes sure that it's fair across all industries, across all regions.
00:04:46.820 That was what we came together yesterday to do.
00:04:51.500 I would actually like to point out to Danielle Smith that Canadians know the importance of standing up for each other.
00:05:00.220 That's why Canadian taxpayers bought the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion, TMX, to be able to get Albertan oil to new markets.
00:05:11.040 That was an investment that all Canadians made that the Alberta government is making billions of dollars off of because in what was a very difficult decision, the federal government, we made the decision to purchase and build and complete that pipeline.
00:05:30.200 That's an example of all Canadians standing up for Alberta and getting it done.
00:05:35.240 So yes, premiers should be advocating for their own industries, their own country, their own communities, but they should also put their country first as every single premier except Danielle Smith did.
00:05:53.820 I could point to any number of those premiers and point out lots of moments in which they have points of disagreement with me.
00:06:00.080 From Doug Ford, to Scott Moe, to Tim Houston, to even David Eby and Wob Canoe and others.
00:06:08.280 There's all sorts of disagreements we're going to have.
00:06:10.980 But when push comes to shove, every single one of them are Canadians first.
00:06:16.460 And yes, they're going to look out for their communities, but they also know that looking out for all of us...
00:06:21.080 You know, Trudeau really isn't good at dealing with strong women who disagree with him, is he?
00:06:26.160 I mean, holy moly, he just doesn't know what to do with Danielle Smith other than to attack her.
00:06:31.720 Funny thing is, in Alberta, that probably just makes her stronger.
00:06:34.540 My first observation is that things might get a lot hotter on Monday.
00:06:38.320 My second observation is, Trump must have seen something in that moment at Mar-a-Lago when Justin Trudeau came down, when he met with Trudeau.
00:06:46.140 He must have seen how sensitive Trudeau was, how insecure.
00:06:48.840 And perhaps, through him, how sensitive and insecure some parts of Canada are.
00:06:55.520 And here's what I mean by that.
00:06:57.060 With a couple of weeks worth of roiling and boiling, nearly half of all young Canadians would join the U.S.
00:07:05.580 That's all it took.
00:07:07.280 I mean, there's been no campaign, no political party, no referendum, no advertising.
00:07:12.920 Just pretty much talking about it on Twitter.
00:07:14.980 Twitter, that's our starting point, is 40-plus percent of young people.
00:07:21.000 And that's on Trudeau, by the way.
00:07:24.580 And what makes a country?
00:07:25.560 Why would people love Canada?
00:07:26.720 What is a country in general?
00:07:28.700 Well, it's borders.
00:07:30.260 It's a passport that's valuable.
00:07:32.000 It's money that's valuable.
00:07:33.900 It's a history that's valuable.
00:07:35.860 You're proud of the history.
00:07:37.120 It's a purpose.
00:07:38.420 It's a common culture.
00:07:39.900 A feeling of solidarity.
00:07:41.020 A connection to the land.
00:07:43.120 Some common symbols.
00:07:44.840 These are a few of the things that make up a country and citizenship.
00:07:48.360 And Trudeau has tried to destroy all of that.
00:07:51.540 I mean, my favorite, worst example is that Trudeau took Sir John A. MacDonald off the $10 bill.
00:07:57.400 He changed the lyrics to, oh, Canada, in a small way.
00:08:00.320 But what is he doing messing around with our anthem?
00:08:02.320 He has given away millions of our passports, really, to anyone in the world who wants them,
00:08:07.440 including scammers and schemers.
00:08:09.240 He's called Canadian history detestable and genocidal.
00:08:13.300 He's printed hundreds of billions of dollars to devalue our currency.
00:08:17.340 He's denounced anyone who disagrees with him, really, as being racist or sexist or what's
00:08:22.420 the new one, transphobic.
00:08:24.200 He's made us a weak laughingstock around the world, where his only shtick is showing his
00:08:30.160 fancy socks to world leaders who are bored with him now.
00:08:33.220 He's at the kids' table in these foreign meetings.
00:08:35.400 Trudeau has declared war on the land and those who work the land, from farmers to oil men.
00:08:43.140 He's announced to the New York Times, no less, that we are post-national.
00:08:47.360 Now, what's interesting, and I'll show you this in a moment, is that young people most want to
00:08:53.280 join the United States.
00:08:54.240 So it's people who didn't have a proud patriotic education about Canada.
00:08:58.720 It's people who have grown up under Generation Trudeau.
00:09:03.400 Trudeau has been in office for nine years, nine years of Trudeau, nine years of Woke.
00:09:08.380 Young people apparently don't feel the connection to Canada, but obviously they want to connect
00:09:12.120 to something.
00:09:12.960 They want to hang out with someone who thinks about greatness and history, someone and something
00:09:17.680 proud and hopeful and prosperous.
00:09:19.760 Half of young Canadians see that in America now more than they see it in Canada.
00:09:24.040 Isn't that sad?
00:09:24.840 I mean, it was pitiful the other day on CNN.
00:09:27.420 Did you see it when Trudeau, who's been avoiding Canadian journalists, Trudeau was asked to
00:09:32.540 define Canada?
00:09:33.620 You would think that the prime minister of the country for nine years would have a pretty
00:09:37.320 good answer to that question by now.
00:09:40.120 His answer was, we're not America.
00:09:42.680 Did you see that?
00:09:43.280 Here, take a look.
00:09:43.820 That's not going to happen.
00:09:45.600 Canadians are incredibly proud of being Canadian.
00:09:48.540 One of the ways we define ourselves most easily is, well, we're not American.
00:09:52.540 There is such a depth of pride that that's not actually an issue.
00:09:58.300 What I think is happening in this is President Trump, who's a very skillful negotiator, is
00:10:04.640 getting people to be somewhat distracted by that conversation.
00:10:10.700 To take away from the conversation around 25% tariffs on oil and gas and electricity and
00:10:17.180 steel and aluminum and lumber and concrete and everything the American consumers buy from
00:10:21.700 Canada is suddenly going to get a lot more expensive if he moves forward on these tariffs.
00:10:25.580 And that's something that I think we need to be focusing on a little bit more.
00:10:29.700 Can you imagine if any other world leader had said that as their answer?
00:10:33.680 It's impossible.
00:10:34.900 Imagine summing up your entire country, your entire people, history, culture as well.
00:10:40.440 We're not American.
00:10:42.780 In fact, maybe we're a bit anti-American.
00:10:44.600 Is that the best he has?
00:10:46.160 Is that the best he can say about all of us?
00:10:49.040 What an insult he has made to us.
00:10:51.180 No wonder young people find that uninspiring.
00:10:53.640 Hey, guys, vote for Canada.
00:10:55.840 Stay in Canada.
00:10:57.060 Love Canada.
00:10:58.120 Build your future in Canada.
00:10:59.440 Invest in Canada.
00:11:00.460 Why?
00:11:02.000 Because we're not America.
00:11:04.780 Imagine if Pepsi's ad campaign was, we're not Coke.
00:11:09.000 Imagine if Ford was, we're not GM.
00:11:12.000 You have no identity of your own.
00:11:13.640 You're just not something else.
00:11:15.060 So when Trump says, hey, join America, we're going to make America great again, a country where their poorest state, Mississippi, Alabama, are wealthier than Canadians on average.
00:11:26.160 And though they certainly have the problems, too, I think they feel like they're about to have another golden age.
00:11:30.680 They're going to get stronger, richer, healthier, better.
00:11:33.880 And you can show you this.
00:11:36.040 Here's just an example.
00:11:36.860 I showed this the other day.
00:11:38.180 Could you imagine a businessman anywhere in the world announcing a $100 billion private sector investment in Canada?
00:11:49.000 Well, that's what happened a couple of weeks ago in Mar-a-Lago.
00:11:51.760 Do you remember this?
00:11:52.300 My confidence level to the economy of the United States has tremendously increased with his victory.
00:12:03.520 So because of that, I'm now excited to commit this $100 billion and $100,000 jobs into the United States.
00:12:14.180 This is double of last time, as President Trump said, because I say, oh, President Trump is a double down president.
00:12:26.200 I'm going to have to double down, you know, $100 billion and $100,000 jobs.
00:12:31.700 This is, you know, my confidence level because that has doubled down.
00:12:37.660 So I am truly excited to make this happen.
00:12:42.560 Here's another guy with $20 billion of his own money that he's going to put in America.
00:12:49.640 Remember this?
00:12:50.040 Take a look.
00:12:50.780 It's been amazing news for me and my family when he was elected in November.
00:12:57.500 We've been waiting four years to increase our investments in U.S. to a very large amount of money.
00:13:04.740 We are a company operating in more than 20 countries around the world.
00:13:08.140 We have delivered more than 45,000 luxury units and another 45,000 in the pipeline.
00:13:15.600 In data center, we are in 10 countries around the world, in Asia, Europe, and Middle East.
00:13:21.320 And we're very, very excited now with his leadership and his open strategy and policy to encourage businesses to come to U.S.
00:13:31.200 For the last four years, we've been waiting for this moment.
00:13:34.280 And we're planning to invest $20 billion and even more than that if the opportunity in the market allow us.
00:13:40.940 But at the moment, we're planning $20 billion in data center, catering for the AI and cloud business for the hyperscaler.
00:13:48.960 Trump doesn't have to say, we're the best place in the world to do business.
00:13:52.960 It's just evident.
00:13:54.200 We can all see that that's true.
00:13:56.240 People don't invest $100 billion of their own money in failing jurisdictions.
00:14:01.780 The only big investments in Canada these days are governments shoveling tax dollars into schemes and scams.
00:14:08.320 I mean, America is a country that's sending rockets into space, that's making driverless cars and building robots.
00:14:15.660 And I'm just talking about the three things Elon Musk is doing.
00:14:18.300 In Canada, what are we doing?
00:14:20.200 We're jacking up the carbon tax again in 10 weeks.
00:14:22.640 That's not particularly inspirational compared to Rocketman, is it?
00:14:26.540 And Trudeau hasn't ruined the country fully, obviously.
00:14:30.380 It's still salvageable, I hope, maybe.
00:14:33.780 I mean, I think we need to deport about 5 million people.
00:14:35.820 And that's not a joke number.
00:14:37.500 It is the number of people who do not have permission to remain in this country after December.
00:14:43.260 But it's not just about immigration and prosperity.
00:14:46.000 It's culture, too.
00:14:46.820 In America, free speech is making a comeback.
00:14:49.860 First, Twitter, but now Facebook.
00:14:52.400 Did you catch this?
00:14:53.760 I want to talk about something important today,
00:14:55.820 because it's time to get back to our roots around free expression on Facebook and Instagram.
00:15:00.660 I started building social media to give people a voice.
00:15:03.520 I gave a speech at Georgetown five years ago about the importance of protecting free expression.
00:15:08.780 And I still believe this today.
00:15:10.620 But a lot has happened over the last several years.
00:15:13.360 There's been widespread debate about potential harms from online content.
00:15:17.700 Governments and legacy media have pushed to censor more and more.
00:15:21.660 A lot of this is clearly political.
00:15:23.160 But there's also a lot of legitimately bad stuff out there.
00:15:26.700 Drugs, terrorism, child exploitation.
00:15:29.460 These are things that we take very seriously.
00:15:31.700 And I want to make sure that we handle responsibly.
00:15:33.740 So we built a lot of complex systems to moderate content.
00:15:37.380 But the problem with complex systems is they make mistakes.
00:15:40.980 Even if they accidentally censor just 1% of posts, that's millions of people.
00:15:45.560 And we've reached a point where it's just too many mistakes and too much censorship.
00:15:50.860 The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech.
00:15:56.560 So we're going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes,
00:16:00.780 simplifying our policies, and restoring free expression on our platforms.
00:16:04.980 So you're a young person.
00:16:06.200 That could be inspiring as opposed to Trudeau's censorship plans.
00:16:09.980 Who does that inspire?
00:16:11.040 Trump is exciting, not just because of his personality, but because of his plans.
00:16:16.460 And they're simple.
00:16:17.220 Peace through strength.
00:16:18.560 Smaller government.
00:16:19.720 Close the borders and make citizenship meaningful and valuable.
00:16:23.040 Crack down on crime.
00:16:24.320 We are none of those things in Canada.
00:16:26.620 What young person wouldn't prefer the promise of America,
00:16:29.740 especially if they haven't yet been able to put down deep roots in Canada?
00:16:33.900 You're a young person in Canada, but you haven't been able to build your life,
00:16:37.160 partly because you can't afford to put down deep roots.
00:16:40.060 If you ever want to feel sad, go to Realtor.com.
00:16:45.240 That's the American real estate website.
00:16:47.920 And search for the price of houses in places like Texas or South Carolina.
00:16:53.360 Or if you really want your dollar to go far, go to Arkansas.
00:16:57.340 See what you can get for $200,000 in Arkansas.
00:17:01.200 Here, let me show you the page.
00:17:02.680 I did it for you.
00:17:03.220 I selected Realtor.com to show houses for sale in Arkansas between $200,000 and $300,000.
00:17:11.080 Just beautiful.
00:17:12.260 I mean, $200,000 is a down payment for a home in Toronto or Vancouver.
00:17:17.920 And yeah, sure, those are in U.S. dollars, but that makes the point even more, doesn't it?
00:17:21.720 Because they are earning U.S. dollars.
00:17:23.840 You can buy a house if you're a young person there.
00:17:27.860 Even with the currency conversion, those are houses you can never afford in Canada.
00:17:32.320 So you're a young Canadian.
00:17:34.000 Your country is overrun by foreigners either crowding you out of a university or crowding down wages through competition
00:17:41.140 or just getting in front of you in line at the hospital or shouting pro-Hamas threats in the street
00:17:47.560 and you can't afford a house and your prime minister calls you names if you complain.
00:17:52.460 Why wouldn't you make a new life in the land of opportunity?
00:17:55.400 There's a reason why the phrase, the American dream is famous.
00:17:59.580 You don't really hear the Canadian dream that often.
00:18:02.280 Certainly not under Trudeau, do you?
00:18:03.700 So when Trump says, hey, Canadians, join us, a real young person just might.
00:18:11.600 So let's look at this poll.
00:18:12.740 I just want to focus on one of the various questions.
00:18:16.500 And you can see it here.
00:18:17.840 They ask a lot of questions, but my favorite is, do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
00:18:23.040 If the United States offered all Canadians a full U.S. citizenship
00:18:26.900 and a full conversion of the Canadian dollar and all personal assets into U.S. dollars,
00:18:31.760 I would vote for Canada to become part of the United States, agree or disagree.
00:18:38.380 So this particular table shows the answers by different demographic groups,
00:18:43.360 and they combine strongly agree and agree, and they combine strongly disagree and disagree.
00:18:49.100 So 30% of Canadians say yes to that proposition,
00:18:53.700 that they would take up Trump on his offer of becoming an American citizen
00:18:57.660 and converting their dollars at par.
00:18:59.780 So 30% say yes, 70% say no.
00:19:04.320 But that's of the whole population.
00:19:06.880 And again, that's a very high number, by the way.
00:19:10.160 And again, this is without any campaign, just after a couple weeks of banter.
00:19:13.960 But let's drill down for a moment.
00:19:15.480 In British Columbia, you can see here broken down by location,
00:19:19.600 33% say yes.
00:19:21.240 That's combining strong agree and agree.
00:19:23.940 In Alberta, surprisingly, it's a little bit lower, 29%.
00:19:26.520 In Quebec, it's 26%, which is interesting.
00:19:29.060 I wonder how many Quebecers who want independence would be satisfied with joining America
00:19:33.540 instead of being fully independent.
00:19:35.320 And incredibly, the biggest number, is this a surprise?
00:19:38.760 The biggest number who say yes is Ontario, 34%.
00:19:42.060 That's more than Alberta or Quebec.
00:19:44.220 And there's a margin of error here.
00:19:45.400 But still, that's very interesting, isn't it?
00:19:47.460 In what was supposed to be the economic powerhouse of Canada,
00:19:49.800 that's where the most people want to join the states.
00:19:52.080 If you look, the answer is pretty steady, no matter the income level.
00:19:57.200 So rich or poor, everyone thinks that's a good deal.
00:20:00.960 Here's that same question now broken down by sex, age, and education.
00:20:05.200 Again, the national average is 30%.
00:20:07.240 Now, that rises to 38% for men.
00:20:11.840 I think that's because, in many cases, men are the breadwinners.
00:20:14.420 I think men are the ones who are thinking about prosperity and a future.
00:20:19.080 Imagine if someone said to you that they would give you one U.S. dollar
00:20:22.500 for every one Canadian dollar you have in the bank,
00:20:25.180 and you don't have to listen to that clown Trudeau
00:20:29.500 or his successor, Carbon, Dax Carney, anymore.
00:20:33.720 That's a huge number of young people that would say yes to that deal.
00:20:37.640 Like if someone walked into your room right now and said,
00:20:40.380 I'll give you all your Canadian dollars,
00:20:43.240 I'll give you American dollars one for one,
00:20:45.100 and I'll give you citizenship in America.
00:20:48.400 Huge numbers of young people would say yes.
00:20:50.320 You can see 43% of 18 to 34-year-olds.
00:20:55.000 Well, what are 18 to 34-year-olds?
00:20:56.680 They've done high school, maybe they're going to college,
00:20:58.720 but they're starting their life.
00:21:00.600 They're looking to get married.
00:21:02.340 They're looking to get a job.
00:21:03.540 They're looking to buy a house.
00:21:04.340 That's how you start life.
00:21:05.300 You're starting families.
00:21:06.380 You're paying the bills.
00:21:08.140 They're the people Trudeau has hit the hardest.
00:21:09.780 They're the people who want this American deal the most.
00:21:12.540 You can see seniors, by contrast.
00:21:15.380 Only 17% want to join the U.S.
00:21:17.740 Fair enough.
00:21:18.400 They've put the most into Canada,
00:21:20.200 and Canada has put the most into them.
00:21:22.560 They've probably paid off their mortgages.
00:21:24.780 They probably don't have to work for a living anymore,
00:21:26.620 so they don't have those same stresses.
00:21:29.040 And by the way, they're patriotic
00:21:30.740 because they grew up in a time when patriotism was still a thing.
00:21:34.220 Look at by education.
00:21:35.300 Not a lot of difference,
00:21:36.140 but people without high school,
00:21:38.480 which could be trades people,
00:21:40.400 they're the most eager to have a crack at being American,
00:21:42.940 maybe because it's the easiest to get ahead there
00:21:45.260 if you're working class.
00:21:47.300 And look at that last category,
00:21:49.600 generation.
00:21:51.080 Gen Z,
00:21:53.280 48% want to join the U.S.
00:21:56.280 48%.
00:21:56.760 Now, if this were broken down by sex and age,
00:22:01.120 if we knew the number for Gen Z males,
00:22:03.160 I think it would be a majority.
00:22:04.680 In fact, what I did is,
00:22:06.580 in my own math,
00:22:07.300 I transposed the difference between men and women
00:22:10.020 onto that Gen Z number.
00:22:12.000 And by my calculations,
00:22:13.620 a Generation Z male,
00:22:16.720 61% likely to say yes to the deal.
00:22:20.520 And all I did there was,
00:22:21.440 I took the Gen Z number for both genders,
00:22:23.780 and then I unpacked it using the earlier stat
00:22:26.660 of the difference between men and women.
00:22:29.340 61% of Generation Z males
00:22:32.420 would join the States.
00:22:35.740 That's the Joe Rogan generation.
00:22:37.440 That's the Jordan Peterson generation.
00:22:39.500 Those are people who are impatient with wokeness
00:22:42.040 and want to have a prosperous life.
00:22:44.040 Imagine how broken Canada has to be
00:22:46.440 when just a few tweets by Trump
00:22:48.700 is enough to make more than half of young men say,
00:22:52.080 sure, we're ready to join.
00:22:53.380 That sounds like a good deal.
00:22:55.760 And imagine how tone-deaf Trudeau
00:22:57.180 and the rest of the regime have to be to say,
00:22:59.340 in response to Trump,
00:23:01.080 we're going to punish Canadians
00:23:02.440 by attacking the oil patch,
00:23:03.780 aka young men working for a living,
00:23:06.000 and generally escalating the trade war.
00:23:09.560 Instead of just doing what Trump asked,
00:23:11.360 to seal our border against illegal migrants
00:23:13.280 and illegal drugs.
00:23:15.140 Oh, by the way, remember this.
00:23:17.260 In the United States, it's illegal
00:23:19.040 for states to break away.
00:23:21.340 You might remember they had a whole
00:23:22.700 terrible civil war about that.
00:23:25.720 In Canada, it's completely legal.
00:23:28.640 There's a law called the Clarity Act.
00:23:30.240 It was already ruled on by the Supreme Court.
00:23:32.500 It's legal.
00:23:34.240 They have step-by-step how you do it.
00:23:36.500 The Supreme Court says,
00:23:37.780 as long as there is a clear question
00:23:39.640 in a referendum,
00:23:41.460 the province can separate.
00:23:42.860 You might recall that Quebec came
00:23:45.520 within 0.5% of separating,
00:23:48.780 and that was a generation ago.
00:23:51.480 I predict that within one year,
00:23:54.200 the Panama Canal will return
00:23:56.400 to the sovereignty of the United States.
00:23:58.560 That's not that hard to imagine.
00:24:00.580 Jimmy Carter should never have sold it
00:24:02.120 to Panama for a dollar a generation ago,
00:24:04.560 but that wasn't even that long ago.
00:24:05.860 I think that's going to happen pretty quickly.
00:24:07.380 I think that Greenland will not join the U.S.
00:24:12.000 as a state.
00:24:12.760 It's too small.
00:24:14.480 I don't think it'll join even like a territory
00:24:16.240 like Puerto Rico or Guam.
00:24:18.780 But I think it'll do something like maybe sign
00:24:20.660 a 100-year trade and military agreement
00:24:23.900 with the United States
00:24:24.980 that makes it a de facto American turf.
00:24:27.980 It'll still call itself Greenland
00:24:29.320 and have some local independence,
00:24:31.340 but I think it's basically going to hook up
00:24:32.880 with America,
00:24:33.860 and they're going to get rich off it,
00:24:36.300 and they're going to feel more important
00:24:37.780 than Denmark seems to be treating them.
00:24:39.200 And, well, what's left?
00:24:40.720 Well, there's Canada.
00:24:42.660 Where will we be in a few years?
00:24:44.580 Well, the jury is out.
00:24:46.320 I think if someone who loved Canada
00:24:48.360 and wanted to restore it
00:24:49.700 to a status of pride and strength and prosperity
00:24:52.800 were to become prime minister
00:24:54.320 and made a compelling case for Canada,
00:24:57.840 I think such a person could win back
00:24:59.960 the 48% of Generation Z that wants to quit.
00:25:03.360 I think so.
00:25:05.340 But if Trudeau is replaced
00:25:07.460 by a droning World Economic Forum oligarch
00:25:11.380 like Mark Carney or Christy Freeland,
00:25:14.420 more of the same,
00:25:15.860 with an added war on Alberta oil
00:25:18.540 and the jobs that come with it,
00:25:19.680 don't be surprised
00:25:20.840 if one day there actually is
00:25:23.800 a separation referendum in Alberta.
00:25:26.100 And don't be shocked
00:25:27.360 if it passes.
00:25:29.180 I'm going to be meeting up
00:25:31.180 with the premier of Alberta
00:25:32.160 on Sunday in Washington, D.C.
00:25:33.960 I'll let you know what she has to say.
00:25:36.560 Stay with us for more.
00:25:37.600 Well, my friends,
00:25:49.660 you know the old saying,
00:25:50.580 the power to tax
00:25:51.900 is the power to destroy.
00:25:54.880 It's a shocking statement,
00:25:56.440 but it's always true.
00:25:58.540 And if you look at how
00:25:59.780 the prosperity of our country
00:26:01.040 has slowly fallen behind the Americans,
00:26:03.080 I think a lot of it
00:26:04.400 has to do with taxation,
00:26:05.640 including the hidden tax of inflation.
00:26:08.460 That is, the government printing
00:26:10.300 so much money
00:26:11.160 that effectively your money
00:26:12.640 is devalued.
00:26:13.920 I remind you that
00:26:14.780 when Stephen Harper left office,
00:26:17.460 Canadians were actually ahead
00:26:19.440 of Americans
00:26:20.180 in terms of per capita earning.
00:26:22.660 If you can believe
00:26:23.260 that we were richer
00:26:24.160 than the Americans.
00:26:25.640 Now we're poorer
00:26:26.400 than even the poorest state.
00:26:28.380 These are heavy matters,
00:26:29.560 but it's important
00:26:30.400 we keep talking about them.
00:26:31.520 And the guys who never stopped
00:26:33.860 fighting on this battle,
00:26:35.200 you know who I'm talking about.
00:26:36.540 One of our favorite guests
00:26:37.640 and certainly a fan favorite
00:26:38.640 is our friend Franco Territzano.
00:26:40.240 He's the boss
00:26:40.900 of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
00:26:43.240 And unfortunately,
00:26:44.360 he's very busy these days.
00:26:46.020 Franco, it's a target rich environment,
00:26:48.100 but I think it means Canadians
00:26:49.140 are sort of waking up to taxes
00:26:50.980 and they're like Atlas shrugged.
00:26:52.540 They're going to sort of shake off
00:26:53.980 all these little taxes,
00:26:55.880 God willing.
00:26:56.420 Give me your thoughts
00:26:57.680 on the recent days in this country.
00:27:00.020 What's going on?
00:27:01.520 Well, look, I agree with you
00:27:03.040 in the sense that Canadians
00:27:04.240 are just so sick and tired
00:27:05.880 of this big, bloated, bossy government
00:27:08.720 looking for ever new ways
00:27:10.460 to take more money from us
00:27:12.120 so that they can waste
00:27:13.180 our tax dollars largely on themselves,
00:27:16.480 on fancy trips abroad,
00:27:18.120 on giving corporate welfare
00:27:19.560 to multinational corporations,
00:27:21.540 or on hiring tens of thousands
00:27:23.580 of extra bureaucrats, right?
00:27:25.120 So Canadians are sick and tired.
00:27:26.380 And one of the massive tax hikes
00:27:28.800 that we have seen
00:27:29.700 from the Trudeau Liberal government
00:27:32.080 is this capital gains tax increase.
00:27:34.300 Now, number one,
00:27:35.460 it will wreak economic carnage
00:27:39.100 on Canada.
00:27:40.420 There's really no way
00:27:41.400 else to look at it, right?
00:27:43.120 There's this recent report
00:27:44.120 from the C.D. Howe Institute,
00:27:45.780 University of Calgary economist
00:27:47.240 Jack Minch,
00:27:47.880 who crunched the numbers,
00:27:49.380 and the capital gains tax hike
00:27:51.120 will result in 400,000 fewer Canadian jobs
00:27:56.200 and blow a $90 billion hole
00:27:59.600 in our economy.
00:28:01.540 So this is a massive tax hike.
00:28:04.000 It's going to make Canada
00:28:05.200 way less competitive.
00:28:07.380 And you know, Trudeau,
00:28:08.660 he likes to claim that,
00:28:10.400 oh, don't worry, folks,
00:28:11.520 it's just going to hit the billionaires.
00:28:13.540 No, no, no.
00:28:14.320 This is a sucker punch
00:28:16.500 to many ordinary Canadians.
00:28:19.280 It'll hurt small businesses.
00:28:21.120 It'll hurt doctors.
00:28:22.540 It'll hurt people
00:28:23.700 saving for the retirement.
00:28:25.600 Minch notes that this could impact
00:28:27.280 like a million Canadians,
00:28:29.480 half of whom earn
00:28:30.820 under $117,000 annually.
00:28:35.040 Now, help me out,
00:28:36.260 because is this the tax?
00:28:38.140 I mean, there's so many taxes.
00:28:39.760 We're being soaked in so many ways.
00:28:41.160 But is this the tax
00:28:42.220 that the CRA,
00:28:43.460 the Canadian Revenue Agency,
00:28:44.780 is going ahead and collecting
00:28:45.800 at a new rate
00:28:46.500 before it's actually
00:28:47.680 been authorized by Parliament?
00:28:48.860 Or am I confusing that
00:28:49.880 with another tax?
00:28:51.760 No, that's correct.
00:28:53.040 This is the undemocratic.
00:28:54.980 It's not even passed by Parliament.
00:28:56.640 It's just happening.
00:28:57.840 And even though
00:28:58.280 it hasn't been approved?
00:29:00.320 That's correct.
00:29:01.060 The legislation
00:29:01.540 hasn't even been brought
00:29:02.920 into Parliament,
00:29:03.860 let alone passed.
00:29:05.500 Right?
00:29:05.820 This is about as undemocratic
00:29:07.280 of a tax hike
00:29:08.260 as you can imagine,
00:29:09.800 where you have
00:29:10.540 unelected CRA bureaucrats
00:29:12.340 that are going to be
00:29:13.220 putting their grubby paws
00:29:14.580 on Canadians' pockets.
00:29:16.140 and to make matters
00:29:17.760 even worse,
00:29:18.360 like set aside
00:29:19.060 just the economic damage
00:29:20.360 of a capital gains tax hike.
00:29:22.260 But this is an undemocratic
00:29:23.480 tax hike, right?
00:29:24.820 It has never been passed
00:29:26.040 by Parliament,
00:29:27.320 not to mention the fact
00:29:28.380 that Parliament
00:29:28.900 is now shut down
00:29:30.120 until March the 24th.
00:29:32.060 There's every indication
00:29:33.300 that when Parliament
00:29:34.180 resumes,
00:29:34.680 there's going to be
00:29:35.720 a non-confidence vote
00:29:36.940 relatively quickly
00:29:37.900 and the government
00:29:38.480 will fall
00:29:38.980 and head into an election.
00:29:40.520 So this legislation
00:29:41.460 has never been passed.
00:29:42.920 It will likely
00:29:43.420 never be passed.
00:29:45.100 And also,
00:29:46.400 the party that's leaving
00:29:47.420 in the polls,
00:29:48.820 the Conservative Party
00:29:49.640 under Pierre Polyev,
00:29:51.240 well, they have just
00:29:52.220 come out and said
00:29:52.980 that they would reverse
00:29:53.920 the capital gains tax hike.
00:29:55.640 So this legislation
00:29:56.540 never passed,
00:29:57.660 likely will never pass,
00:29:59.000 and the party likely
00:30:00.060 to form the next government
00:30:01.220 says they're against it.
00:30:02.340 So there's no other way
00:30:03.600 to spin it, right?
00:30:04.960 This is an undemocratic
00:30:06.520 tax hike
00:30:07.200 where unelected bureaucrats
00:30:08.660 are taking more money
00:30:09.760 from Canadians.
00:30:11.120 Yeah, that's just,
00:30:12.380 I mean, I don't know
00:30:12.940 if that's even legal.
00:30:14.220 And, you know,
00:30:15.280 we all know that phrase,
00:30:16.540 no taxation
00:30:17.480 without representation.
00:30:18.920 And that's a centuries-old concept.
00:30:21.240 In fact,
00:30:21.780 that was even part of the,
00:30:23.540 you know,
00:30:24.000 the Boston Tea Party
00:30:25.580 and the rebellion
00:30:26.180 against the king.
00:30:27.700 And, in fact,
00:30:28.980 if you've ever been
00:30:29.500 to Washington, D.C.,
00:30:30.680 their license plate motto,
00:30:32.800 I don't know if you know this,
00:30:33.540 Franco,
00:30:33.780 is no taxation
00:30:34.840 without representation
00:30:36.060 because they're saying
00:30:37.380 we're paying taxes in D.C.,
00:30:39.120 but we don't have
00:30:40.080 a congressman or anything.
00:30:41.640 It's an ancient
00:30:43.260 kind of fairness.
00:30:44.440 And, you know,
00:30:46.160 who allows a tax collector
00:30:48.760 to collect more taxes
00:30:49.880 if it has not been
00:30:51.020 authorized by Parliament?
00:30:51.960 I find that very unjust.
00:30:53.640 Like, you can argue
00:30:54.940 against the HST,
00:30:56.820 you can argue
00:30:57.560 against any particular policy,
00:30:59.860 the carbon tax,
00:31:01.560 but I suppose
00:31:03.180 the final line of defense
00:31:05.380 for those advocates
00:31:06.420 would be,
00:31:07.040 well, Parliament passed it,
00:31:08.640 that's the will of the people
00:31:09.860 in our system.
00:31:11.080 If you don't like it,
00:31:12.000 run against it.
00:31:12.880 And there's some
00:31:13.780 basic truth there.
00:31:15.100 But if Parliament itself
00:31:16.680 didn't even pass it,
00:31:18.180 it just feels
00:31:19.620 so achingly undemocratic.
00:31:21.700 Like, boy,
00:31:22.660 do you know anything
00:31:23.440 about the legality of that?
00:31:24.820 Like, is that,
00:31:25.960 like, how did that even happen?
00:31:27.420 Just some exec,
00:31:28.100 is there even
00:31:28.580 an executive order?
00:31:29.880 Like, how does a tax collector
00:31:31.640 collect taxes
00:31:32.360 without Parliament's approval?
00:31:33.700 I'm just lost here.
00:31:35.920 Well, stay tuned
00:31:37.240 on whether or not
00:31:38.300 this is legal.
00:31:39.020 You know,
00:31:39.200 I don't want to be cute,
00:31:39.940 but I just can't release anything
00:31:41.720 until it's final.
00:31:42.780 But let me just say
00:31:43.820 that the Canadian
00:31:44.340 Taxpayers Federation,
00:31:45.280 we are going to use
00:31:46.420 every tool in our toolbox
00:31:47.720 to fight
00:31:49.320 what the CRA is doing
00:31:51.280 and what the government
00:31:52.020 is doing.
00:31:52.660 But, you know,
00:31:53.420 just to really add a point
00:31:55.140 on how undemocratic this is,
00:31:57.520 in 2021,
00:31:58.640 the last federal election,
00:32:00.400 the Liberals
00:32:01.140 did not even run
00:32:02.760 on a capital gains tax hike.
00:32:04.780 Right?
00:32:05.460 So not only
00:32:06.320 has Parliament
00:32:07.420 not passed
00:32:08.420 legislation
00:32:09.440 for this capital gains tax hike,
00:32:11.620 but the Liberals
00:32:12.680 in the last election,
00:32:13.720 they ran on
00:32:14.340 a lot of tax increases.
00:32:15.440 They never ran
00:32:17.000 on a capital gains tax increase.
00:32:19.080 So no way
00:32:20.520 could you say
00:32:21.080 that this is
00:32:21.620 the will of the people.
00:32:22.700 It absolutely is not.
00:32:24.200 So now there's two reasons
00:32:25.280 that this is going forward.
00:32:26.460 Number one,
00:32:27.300 pure bureaucratic overreach,
00:32:29.800 to say the least.
00:32:31.000 Right?
00:32:31.440 Bureaucracy run amok,
00:32:32.860 to say the least.
00:32:33.800 But number two,
00:32:35.040 this should be
00:32:35.660 on our elected representatives.
00:32:37.320 Right?
00:32:37.660 This is on
00:32:38.320 the Liberal government,
00:32:39.920 Liberal cabinet ministers,
00:32:41.160 and Liberal MPs
00:32:42.200 for not speaking out
00:32:43.360 against this.
00:32:43.900 In fact,
00:32:44.460 all MPs
00:32:45.220 should be speaking out
00:32:45.960 against this
00:32:46.420 because what is going on
00:32:47.620 is the government
00:32:48.180 is essentially
00:32:49.420 rubber stamping
00:32:50.160 a tax hike.
00:32:51.600 And when this happens,
00:32:52.760 you've got to
00:32:53.120 throw up your hands
00:32:53.700 and say,
00:32:53.980 well,
00:32:54.060 what's even the point
00:32:55.160 of having members
00:32:56.280 of Parliament
00:32:56.780 if the government
00:32:57.640 can just increase taxes
00:32:58.960 without parliamentarians
00:33:00.280 even having a vote?
00:33:01.860 Like,
00:33:02.260 this is a total
00:33:03.280 crushing blow
00:33:05.160 to our democracy
00:33:06.920 and the fundamental idea
00:33:08.340 of no taxation
00:33:09.660 without representation.
00:33:10.980 But folks,
00:33:12.040 two other things here.
00:33:13.080 Number one,
00:33:14.440 why isn't the Liberal government
00:33:15.700 stepping in on this?
00:33:16.800 Well,
00:33:17.320 besides the political aspect,
00:33:19.040 the government is broke.
00:33:20.240 It's more than
00:33:20.740 a trillion dollars in debt.
00:33:22.240 They ran a 60 billion
00:33:23.720 plus dollar deficit
00:33:25.240 last year.
00:33:26.220 Like,
00:33:26.440 just to put a point
00:33:27.920 on that,
00:33:28.740 like,
00:33:29.040 this capital gains tax hike
00:33:30.480 will take about
00:33:31.240 seven billion dollars
00:33:32.520 from Canadians this year.
00:33:34.260 Well,
00:33:34.800 the Trudeau government,
00:33:35.780 the way it's spending,
00:33:36.900 will blow through that cash
00:33:39.000 in less than a week.
00:33:41.180 Right?
00:33:41.780 This government spending
00:33:42.800 is still out of control.
00:33:44.320 But number two,
00:33:45.300 the reason why
00:33:46.000 all Canadians
00:33:46.680 have to come off
00:33:47.560 the bench on this
00:33:48.500 is because we can't
00:33:50.240 let politicians
00:33:51.320 or the government
00:33:52.220 get away with this precedent.
00:33:53.940 Right?
00:33:54.340 They try to take
00:33:55.380 as much money
00:33:55.960 from Canadians
00:33:56.540 as they can
00:33:57.200 and we cannot
00:33:58.040 let them get away with it.
00:34:00.060 Yeah.
00:34:00.440 Wow.
00:34:01.260 Well,
00:34:01.560 I was just looking
00:34:02.360 at a poll by Ipsos
00:34:03.680 that showed
00:34:04.640 43%
00:34:06.020 of
00:34:06.860 18 to 34s
00:34:08.480 would consider
00:34:09.980 joining America
00:34:10.740 if they could
00:34:11.980 get their Canadian dollars
00:34:13.460 at par with American
00:34:14.740 and
00:34:15.640 I did some calculations
00:34:17.600 looking at the crosstabs.
00:34:19.300 61% of Gen Z
00:34:21.760 males
00:34:22.780 would do that
00:34:24.020 and I'm thinking
00:34:24.320 why is that?
00:34:25.380 I think it's in large part
00:34:26.580 because how do you start
00:34:27.540 a family
00:34:28.020 if you can't buy a house?
00:34:29.740 How do you get ahead
00:34:30.800 when taxes are so high
00:34:32.400 that
00:34:32.620 and inflation is so bad?
00:34:34.620 And I think
00:34:35.360 that's a very sad thing.
00:34:37.720 It's one thing
00:34:38.320 for people
00:34:39.720 well into the thick
00:34:40.600 of life
00:34:41.000 in their 40s,
00:34:41.640 50s,
00:34:42.000 60s
00:34:42.460 to pay these taxes
00:34:43.840 but I truly believe
00:34:45.540 that a big reason
00:34:46.380 why young people
00:34:47.320 would take Donald Trump
00:34:50.000 up on its invitation
00:34:50.880 to join America
00:34:51.600 is because it's too tough
00:34:53.020 for a young person
00:34:53.680 to pay the bills
00:34:54.260 in this country.
00:34:55.180 It's a sad thing to say.
00:34:57.280 I got one more question
00:34:58.100 for you though.
00:34:59.040 In 10 weeks from now
00:35:00.740 we have another tax hike
00:35:02.780 don't we?
00:35:03.180 On April Fool's Day
00:35:04.360 we've got another tax hike
00:35:06.120 coming don't we?
00:35:07.540 Sure do.
00:35:08.260 Carbon tax
00:35:08.880 it's going up again
00:35:10.100 right?
00:35:11.000 Probably the most
00:35:12.120 unpopular tax
00:35:13.400 in Canada
00:35:14.380 Canadians
00:35:15.000 clearly oppose
00:35:16.320 the carbon tax
00:35:16.940 why?
00:35:17.300 Because it makes
00:35:17.740 the necessities
00:35:18.340 of life more expensive
00:35:19.360 right?
00:35:20.580 Canadians can't afford it
00:35:21.680 and it doesn't work
00:35:23.000 to help the environment
00:35:23.980 like come on
00:35:24.620 Canada makes up
00:35:25.300 1.4%
00:35:26.500 of global emissions
00:35:27.260 you're just talking
00:35:28.260 about the United States
00:35:29.280 the largest economy
00:35:30.780 in the world
00:35:31.340 our biggest trading partner
00:35:32.760 in many respects
00:35:34.100 our biggest ally
00:35:35.020 but also
00:35:35.740 our biggest competitor
00:35:37.060 they don't have
00:35:38.120 a carbon tax
00:35:38.860 even the Biden
00:35:40.280 administration
00:35:41.260 didn't impose
00:35:42.380 a carbon tax
00:35:43.240 right?
00:35:43.980 Trump's not going to
00:35:44.740 impose a carbon tax
00:35:45.960 so like what are we
00:35:47.120 what are we doing here?
00:35:48.200 The carbon tax
00:35:48.940 is all economic pain
00:35:50.980 without environmental gain
00:35:52.220 and what's happening
00:35:53.100 April 1?
00:35:53.960 A carbon tax increase
00:35:55.240 but Ezra
00:35:55.880 let me just point out
00:35:56.700 a timeline here
00:35:57.540 right?
00:35:58.140 Parliament shut down
00:35:59.660 until March 24th
00:36:01.260 we'll presumably
00:36:02.580 have a new prime minister
00:36:03.800 the next liberal leader
00:36:04.920 presumably right?
00:36:06.360 Well in a couple days
00:36:07.520 or a couple weeks
00:36:08.600 after parliament
00:36:09.460 gets back
00:36:10.140 there's going to be
00:36:11.480 non-confidence votes
00:36:12.580 and then April 1
00:36:13.860 carbon tax increase
00:36:15.200 so you know
00:36:15.900 a little pro tip
00:36:16.740 to all the liberal
00:36:17.960 leadership hopefuls
00:36:19.020 out there
00:36:19.440 do you really want
00:36:20.640 to head to the polls
00:36:21.780 immediately after
00:36:24.080 hiking the carbon tax?
00:36:26.120 like I'm not this
00:36:27.560 political pundit
00:36:28.820 I don't pretend to be
00:36:29.880 but that doesn't sound
00:36:30.960 like smart politics
00:36:31.760 to me
00:36:32.260 Well I got one last question
00:36:33.520 I'm grateful for your time
00:36:34.520 thank you for
00:36:35.200 carving out some time
00:36:36.460 from your schedule
00:36:36.960 of course
00:36:38.640 Mark Carney
00:36:39.480 the former Bank of Canada
00:36:41.360 governor
00:36:41.700 then Bank of England
00:36:42.560 governor
00:36:42.980 I call him an oligarch
00:36:44.720 he's the boss
00:36:46.580 of Brookfield
00:36:47.340 which is a huge
00:36:48.300 asset management firm
00:36:50.180 and it does other things
00:36:51.380 and Bloomberg
00:36:52.300 like these are
00:36:52.900 very big companies
00:36:53.940 he was a governor
00:36:55.300 on the World Economic Forum
00:36:57.000 like he really is
00:36:57.680 a master of the universe
00:36:59.140 and he's come back
00:37:00.160 to Canada
00:37:00.640 to do us the favor
00:37:01.900 of leading us
00:37:03.180 and I've been following
00:37:05.600 Mark Carney
00:37:06.060 for some time
00:37:07.300 and I really think
00:37:09.140 that his central
00:37:10.160 idea
00:37:12.180 even when he was
00:37:13.860 at the Bank of Canada
00:37:14.560 and the Bank of England
00:37:15.380 has been carbon
00:37:17.100 carbon budgets
00:37:18.720 carbon taxes
00:37:19.800 carbon markets
00:37:20.660 like it's all
00:37:21.420 he talks about
00:37:22.160 he says he's part of
00:37:23.840 Greta Thunberg's movement
00:37:25.400 which is crazy to say
00:37:26.600 I would say
00:37:27.320 I see myself
00:37:28.160 as part of the social movement
00:37:29.560 I think those
00:37:30.160 at the vanguard
00:37:30.800 of the social movement
00:37:31.820 might see me
00:37:32.640 as being farther behind
00:37:35.020 and I've
00:37:36.840 you know
00:37:37.140 full
00:37:37.460 absolutely full credit
00:37:39.000 and I do
00:37:39.480 in the book
00:37:40.380 to Greta Thunberg
00:37:41.900 who I've had the
00:37:42.740 pleasure of meeting
00:37:43.640 several times
00:37:44.660 and who absolutely
00:37:46.380 has
00:37:47.240 catalyzed
00:37:49.440 that movement
00:37:50.400 the youth movement
00:37:51.340 and also
00:37:52.640 done something
00:37:53.400 incredibly valuable
00:37:54.280 and this is embarrassing
00:37:55.400 to admit
00:37:56.000 but I think we should
00:37:56.780 admit it
00:37:57.300 and this is often true
00:37:58.700 by the way
00:37:59.100 in finance
00:37:59.540 very obvious
00:38:00.340 truths
00:38:01.080 are not fully understood
00:38:02.960 in the system
00:38:04.780 so what she
00:38:05.620 hammered home
00:38:07.020 was the carbon budget
00:38:08.020 how small it was
00:38:09.280 how rapidly
00:38:09.840 it was being depleted
00:38:10.840 and we've moved
00:38:12.800 in a few short years
00:38:14.700 in part because of her
00:38:16.640 from a world
00:38:17.680 of ESG
00:38:19.100 sustainability
00:38:19.980 broader
00:38:21.500 conversations
00:38:22.960 around
00:38:23.540 as I say
00:38:24.860 sustainability
00:38:25.380 to a relentless
00:38:27.040 focus on net zero
00:38:28.080 it's called the Glasgow
00:38:28.740 Financial Alliance
00:38:29.460 for net zero
00:38:29.960 for a reason
00:38:30.560 because we've moved
00:38:32.280 to the
00:38:32.980 relentless logic
00:38:34.520 of
00:38:35.180 having to get
00:38:36.940 emissions down
00:38:37.960 consistent with
00:38:38.860 the carbon budget
00:38:39.620 so in that regard
00:38:41.920 I'm
00:38:42.380 part of that
00:38:43.980 and part of mapping
00:38:45.480 what people want
00:38:46.720 to
00:38:47.100 the mechanisms
00:38:48.180 particularly in finance
00:38:49.540 in order to deliver it
00:38:50.760 yesterday
00:38:52.300 when he announced
00:38:53.800 his run
00:38:55.020 in
00:38:55.840 I think it was
00:38:57.400 in Calgary
00:38:57.940 he
00:38:58.760 he was asked
00:39:00.760 about the carbon tax
00:39:01.400 can I play a clip
00:39:02.120 of that for you
00:39:02.580 I'd like your reaction
00:39:03.380 I'm trying to understand
00:39:04.640 here's a guy
00:39:05.220 who for
00:39:05.680 20 years
00:39:07.160 has been talking
00:39:07.980 about carbon taxes
00:39:09.080 I'm trying to figure
00:39:11.360 out what he meant
00:39:11.980 yesterday
00:39:12.460 take a look
00:39:13.080 that if you were going
00:39:14.160 to take out
00:39:14.840 the carbon tax
00:39:16.560 you should replace it
00:39:18.320 with something that
00:39:19.000 is at least
00:39:19.820 if not more effective
00:39:20.800 and by effective
00:39:22.860 it's not just
00:39:23.740 having the same impact
00:39:25.320 in reducing
00:39:26.580 greenhouse gas emissions
00:39:28.160 but it's making
00:39:29.200 our companies
00:39:29.760 more competitive
00:39:30.500 it's creating jobs
00:39:31.800 it's ensuring
00:39:32.980 that Canadian households
00:39:34.580 are made whole
00:39:36.040 in terms of their finances
00:39:37.960 because perception
00:39:39.660 may be
00:39:40.360 that it takes
00:39:42.480 out more
00:39:43.060 than the rebate
00:39:44.340 provides
00:39:45.160 but reality
00:39:46.100 is different
00:39:46.700 and Canadians
00:39:48.280 will miss that money
00:39:49.100 so you need
00:39:49.560 a comprehensive
00:39:50.500 approach
00:39:51.420 you need a
00:39:52.340 comprehensive plan
00:39:53.380 not just a sound
00:39:54.360 bite
00:39:54.560 that fits on
00:39:55.840 a lectern
00:39:57.180 and that again
00:39:58.280 is a difference
00:39:58.880 between me
00:39:59.700 and some others
00:40:00.320 I don't do a little leak
00:40:02.260 I don't do a sound
00:40:03.060 bite
00:40:03.300 I do a comprehensive
00:40:04.440 plan that addresses
00:40:05.300 all the aspects
00:40:05.920 and you'll see that
00:40:06.580 in the coming weeks
00:40:07.220 I don't understand
00:40:08.320 what that means
00:40:08.780 that sounds exactly
00:40:09.680 what we have now
00:40:10.640 Trudeau giving this
00:40:11.700 little carbon rebate
00:40:13.060 this is
00:40:13.500 you know
00:40:13.960 Stefan Dion in 2008
00:40:15.260 was talking about
00:40:15.720 the green shift
00:40:16.420 I
00:40:17.180 I don't understand
00:40:18.960 what he's saying
00:40:19.420 but if I
00:40:19.860 if I was forced
00:40:20.920 to say
00:40:21.260 Ezra what do you
00:40:21.760 think that means
00:40:22.400 I would say
00:40:23.460 he's just going to
00:40:24.020 rename the carbon tax
00:40:25.220 well I have no idea
00:40:27.300 what it was
00:40:28.500 he was talking about
00:40:29.220 there to be honest
00:40:29.780 like that was
00:40:30.320 about as clear as mud
00:40:31.320 like a total word salad
00:40:33.000 but you know
00:40:33.960 what's so crazy
00:40:34.820 about all of this
00:40:35.380 right
00:40:35.560 because for Carney
00:40:36.680 to win the liberal
00:40:37.660 leadership
00:40:38.040 he has to be
00:40:39.220 the smart guy
00:40:40.060 in the room
00:40:40.580 right
00:40:40.880 the guy with all
00:40:41.680 the plans
00:40:42.180 to save the economy
00:40:43.120 that's going to be
00:40:43.760 his pitch
00:40:44.400 to the liberal
00:40:45.400 membership
00:40:45.880 well
00:40:46.820 if you're the smart
00:40:48.120 guy
00:40:48.560 then shouldn't
00:40:49.360 you have the answer
00:40:50.380 to the most obvious
00:40:51.580 question that he was
00:40:52.700 going to face
00:40:53.400 are you going to
00:40:54.620 keep
00:40:55.020 the carbon tax
00:40:56.540 or are you going
00:40:57.000 to scrap it
00:40:57.720 it's a yes
00:40:58.560 or no answer
00:40:59.340 and it's an answer
00:41:00.240 that he should have
00:41:00.920 and as you just
00:41:02.140 heard by his response
00:41:03.180 he had no idea
00:41:04.500 or at least
00:41:05.120 that's what he
00:41:05.840 said to the
00:41:07.120 Canadian public
00:41:07.860 right
00:41:08.380 but here's the thing
00:41:09.240 Canadians
00:41:09.900 are against
00:41:10.980 the carbon tax
00:41:12.040 Canadians
00:41:12.560 are against
00:41:13.660 all carbon taxes
00:41:14.960 so now you're
00:41:15.940 starting to hear
00:41:16.880 even liberal
00:41:18.200 politicians
00:41:18.780 start to speak
00:41:19.800 out against
00:41:20.260 carbon taxes
00:41:21.020 okay
00:41:21.780 well two things
00:41:22.960 number one
00:41:23.600 prove that you're
00:41:24.680 against the carbon
00:41:25.400 tax because
00:41:26.040 taxpayers
00:41:26.620 have trust issues
00:41:28.040 and immediately
00:41:28.900 call for the
00:41:29.560 government to
00:41:30.060 scrap the carbon
00:41:30.820 tax
00:41:31.100 don't wait
00:41:31.760 after the
00:41:32.200 net
00:41:32.300 don't let it
00:41:32.620 go up
00:41:32.880 on April 1
00:41:33.680 exactly
00:41:34.440 but number
00:41:35.780 two Ezra
00:41:36.580 and I know
00:41:36.980 we're running
00:41:37.260 out of time
00:41:37.620 but I just
00:41:38.000 have to say
00:41:38.460 this
00:41:38.760 Canadians
00:41:39.360 are against
00:41:40.320 carbon taxes
00:41:41.140 Canadians
00:41:41.560 want carbon
00:41:42.280 taxes gone
00:41:43.180 they don't
00:41:44.360 want the
00:41:45.000 carbon tax
00:41:45.740 relabeled
00:41:46.760 and I mean
00:41:49.000 Canadians don't
00:41:49.780 know Mark Carney
00:41:50.440 well and if
00:41:51.260 this is their
00:41:51.820 introduction to him
00:41:52.660 and if every
00:41:53.060 time he's asked
00:41:53.780 will you scrap
00:41:54.780 the carbon tax
00:41:55.440 yes or no
00:41:55.940 if he gives
00:41:56.680 that answer
00:41:57.340 you know that's
00:41:58.160 like if my wife
00:41:58.800 says Ezra will
00:41:59.420 you take the
00:41:59.900 garbage out
00:42:00.420 well you see
00:42:02.020 I have this
00:42:02.620 comprehensive plan
00:42:03.940 and this
00:42:04.540 will you take
00:42:05.640 the garbage out
00:42:06.240 or not
00:42:06.520 well hey
00:42:07.140 you know
00:42:07.820 we're having
00:42:08.480 a focus group
00:42:09.180 and like if
00:42:09.960 like it's that
00:42:10.820 BS on a yes
00:42:12.160 no answer
00:42:12.660 we all know
00:42:13.380 what the answer
00:42:14.000 is this man
00:42:14.880 has spent his
00:42:15.360 entire public
00:42:16.080 life and it
00:42:16.620 by the way
00:42:16.940 his wife
00:42:17.480 is even more
00:42:18.260 extreme than
00:42:18.960 he is
00:42:19.560 like this is
00:42:20.280 a green
00:42:21.000 extreme family
00:42:22.680 and he just
00:42:23.540 wow
00:42:24.540 but listen
00:42:25.540 I know you're
00:42:26.020 going to fight
00:42:26.460 hard on this
00:42:27.260 I also
00:42:28.020 if I heard
00:42:28.880 you right
00:42:29.260 you were very
00:42:30.100 careful about
00:42:31.300 how you phrased
00:42:31.920 it but if I
00:42:32.640 was a betting
00:42:33.320 man I want
00:42:34.460 to keep my
00:42:34.780 eyes peeled
00:42:35.120 maybe the
00:42:35.460 taxpayers federation
00:42:36.240 might even
00:42:36.660 wind up going
00:42:37.420 to court
00:42:37.800 to fight
00:42:38.420 this capital
00:42:40.240 gains tax
00:42:40.820 I can if
00:42:41.220 you do
00:42:41.520 please come
00:42:42.080 back on the
00:42:42.620 show
00:42:42.800 we'd love
00:42:43.380 to hear it
00:42:43.820 or send
00:42:44.460 the lawyer
00:42:44.840 and again
00:42:45.160 I'm making
00:42:45.880 a leap
00:42:46.340 here
00:42:46.780 I'm filling
00:42:47.480 in a blank
00:42:48.080 because someone's
00:42:49.220 got it
00:42:49.460 if this capital
00:42:50.400 gains tax
00:42:51.060 as we discussed
00:42:51.960 five minutes ago
00:42:52.500 is illegal
00:42:53.080 someone's got
00:42:54.360 to do something
00:42:54.860 about it
00:42:55.280 and Rebel News
00:42:56.180 likes to litigate
00:42:56.920 these things
00:42:57.480 but this is
00:42:58.240 such a good
00:42:58.640 fit for the
00:42:59.060 taxpayers
00:42:59.340 we'll help
00:43:00.220 you crowd
00:43:00.620 fund it
00:43:01.080 if you need
00:43:01.460 it
00:43:01.560 we'll help
00:43:01.960 you
00:43:02.120 like that
00:43:02.760 it would
00:43:03.080 be such
00:43:03.560 a victory
00:43:04.100 if the
00:43:04.560 taxpayers
00:43:04.940 federation
00:43:05.560 would undo
00:43:07.240 this tax
00:43:07.860 that would be
00:43:08.260 the greatest
00:43:08.860 gift
00:43:09.500 you could give
00:43:10.380 to millions
00:43:11.020 of entrepreneurs
00:43:11.840 and you're
00:43:13.380 the perfect
00:43:13.860 people to do
00:43:14.440 so let me
00:43:14.920 lobby you
00:43:15.500 please do
00:43:16.340 what I think
00:43:17.000 you're going
00:43:17.300 to do
00:43:17.680 and if we
00:43:18.460 can help
00:43:18.800 come back
00:43:19.240 on the show
00:43:19.680 okay
00:43:20.040 well Ezra
00:43:21.440 you know
00:43:21.780 can't give
00:43:22.220 away too
00:43:22.640 many details
00:43:23.140 all I can
00:43:23.820 say for
00:43:24.260 sure is
00:43:24.820 that we
00:43:25.180 are going
00:43:25.440 to fight
00:43:25.820 every way
00:43:26.380 we can
00:43:26.860 against the
00:43:27.600 undemocratic
00:43:28.300 capital gains
00:43:29.000 tax hike
00:43:29.540 and the
00:43:30.040 carbon tax
00:43:30.680 well I'm
00:43:31.680 delighted
00:43:32.220 and thanks
00:43:32.740 for taking
00:43:33.120 the time
00:43:33.500 and you're
00:43:33.920 in for a
00:43:34.680 busy season
00:43:35.400 my friend
00:43:36.000 sure
00:43:36.820 and I'm
00:43:37.880 glad you
00:43:38.280 are because
00:43:38.800 we rely
00:43:39.280 on you
00:43:39.620 and I
00:43:39.800 had the
00:43:40.020 pleasure
00:43:40.280 of meeting
00:43:41.140 up with
00:43:41.500 Chris Sims
00:43:42.040 your Alberta
00:43:42.580 boss
00:43:43.020 the other
00:43:43.640 day
00:43:43.880 and she's
00:43:44.300 doing great
00:43:44.780 and I know
00:43:45.220 you've got
00:43:45.420 a whole team
00:43:45.940 across the
00:43:46.400 country so keep
00:43:46.980 it up my
00:43:47.300 friend
00:43:47.600 hey thanks
00:43:49.160 Ezra
00:43:49.460 all right
00:43:49.920 there you
00:43:50.120 have it
00:43:50.320 Franco
00:43:50.540 Teresano
00:43:51.080 he's the
00:43:52.300 boss of the
00:43:52.680 Taxpayers
00:43:53.020 Federation
00:43:53.440 he's got a
00:43:53.840 big fight
00:43:54.240 ahead and
00:43:54.600 we're going
00:43:55.300 to stand
00:43:55.580 with him
00:43:55.820 the whole
00:43:56.040 way
00:43:56.200 stay with
00:43:56.560 us
00:43:56.720 more ahead
00:43:57.200 hey welcome
00:44:09.620 back your
00:44:10.220 letters to
00:44:10.880 me
00:44:11.200 Jess says
00:44:13.180 Trudeau is
00:44:13.680 hanging something
00:44:14.400 over Ford
00:44:15.100 thank you
00:44:15.880 Danielle for
00:44:16.400 standing up
00:44:16.940 for all
00:44:17.220 Canadians
00:44:17.680 yeah I
00:44:19.620 think that
00:44:20.360 Doug Ford
00:44:20.940 is going to
00:44:21.420 copy the
00:44:21.960 Justin Trudeau
00:44:22.720 or Mark Carney
00:44:23.540 strategy which
00:44:24.400 is to
00:44:25.280 embrace the
00:44:25.960 trade war
00:44:26.600 and use it
00:44:27.620 as the
00:44:28.380 issue of
00:44:28.900 choice in
00:44:29.660 the upcoming
00:44:30.000 campaign I
00:44:30.600 say again my
00:44:31.240 own house I
00:44:32.160 had a couple
00:44:32.600 of door
00:44:32.900 knockers from
00:44:34.040 the Ford
00:44:34.440 Conservatives
00:44:35.040 last weekend
00:44:36.220 so I think
00:44:38.740 it's a
00:44:39.280 certainty
00:44:39.740 I think it's
00:44:42.220 sort of gross
00:44:42.780 that Doug Ford
00:44:43.540 wants Alberta
00:44:44.200 to be the
00:44:44.680 sacrifice zone
00:44:45.640 how would
00:44:46.380 Doug Ford
00:44:46.780 react if
00:44:47.540 Danielle Smith
00:44:48.120 said well
00:44:48.680 let's punish
00:44:49.920 the Americans
00:44:50.540 by shutting
00:44:51.120 down the
00:44:51.980 auto sector
00:44:52.900 I mean no
00:44:54.200 one else would
00:44:54.720 talk that way
00:44:55.460 about any
00:44:56.200 other province
00:44:56.960 except that
00:44:58.060 seems to be
00:44:58.540 accepted to
00:44:59.080 talk that way
00:44:59.580 about Alberta
00:45:00.220 by the way I
00:45:01.000 don't think it'll
00:45:01.460 work
00:45:01.700 James C
00:45:03.120 says honestly
00:45:04.000 it wouldn't
00:45:04.900 hurt my
00:45:05.220 feelings if
00:45:05.760 Trump targeted
00:45:06.480 Ontario and
00:45:07.760 Quebec industry
00:45:08.760 well look
00:45:09.920 we do love
00:45:10.860 our fellow
00:45:11.220 Canadians
00:45:11.680 and just
00:45:13.180 because Doug
00:45:13.740 Ford or
00:45:14.420 Francois
00:45:15.560 Legault say
00:45:16.300 things we
00:45:17.000 disagree with
00:45:17.500 we don't
00:45:17.740 want to
00:45:18.000 punish
00:45:18.320 ordinary
00:45:19.300 working people
00:45:20.280 in those
00:45:21.160 provinces
00:45:22.040 and we
00:45:22.500 don't
00:45:23.160 which is
00:45:24.560 why it's
00:45:24.940 so nutty
00:45:25.680 that instead
00:45:26.440 of focusing
00:45:27.000 on what
00:45:27.500 Trump wanted
00:45:28.380 us to do
00:45:28.980 which is
00:45:29.480 fix the
00:45:30.640 border
00:45:31.000 we're letting
00:45:32.740 that remain
00:45:33.420 an issue
00:45:33.900 so we have
00:45:34.840 the battle
00:45:35.280 over well
00:45:35.760 what's he
00:45:36.100 going to do
00:45:36.540 if we ignore
00:45:37.420 his reasonable
00:45:38.220 demand
00:45:38.600 it is a
00:45:39.160 reasonable
00:45:39.660 demand
00:45:40.260 between
00:45:41.300 neighbors
00:45:41.760 to fix
00:45:42.240 a fence
00:45:42.820 between
00:45:43.700 the two
00:45:44.080 neighbors
00:45:44.700 now maybe
00:45:45.420 you talk
00:45:45.820 about well
00:45:46.140 who pays
00:45:46.560 for that
00:45:46.980 and here's
00:45:48.000 my beef
00:45:48.500 with your
00:45:48.900 fence
00:45:49.280 and vice
00:45:49.600 you have
00:45:50.020 an argue
00:45:50.840 bargue
00:45:51.240 about it
00:45:51.660 but when
00:45:51.940 a neighbor
00:45:52.280 says
00:45:52.720 your wild
00:45:53.640 dog
00:45:53.960 is running
00:45:54.380 into my
00:45:55.000 side of
00:45:55.640 things
00:45:55.880 if you
00:45:56.220 don't
00:45:56.480 deal
00:45:56.660 with your
00:45:56.960 wild
00:45:57.140 dog
00:45:57.380 I'm
00:45:57.580 putting
00:45:57.740 up
00:45:57.920 a
00:45:58.040 fence
00:45:58.300 Donald
00:45:59.600 Trump
00:45:59.860 just
00:46:00.060 said
00:46:00.220 stop
00:46:00.540 the
00:46:00.700 illegal
00:46:00.960 immigrants
00:46:01.320 and
00:46:01.520 stop
00:46:01.720 the
00:46:01.880 illegal
00:46:02.120 drugs
00:46:02.420 and
00:46:02.580 instead
00:46:02.880 of doing
00:46:06.540 various
00:46:06.760 politicians
00:46:07.180 are
00:46:07.420 welcoming
00:46:08.040 a
00:46:08.480 battle
00:46:08.840 Joe
00:46:09.360 Bush
00:46:09.600 says
00:46:10.020 all
00:46:10.720 Canadian
00:46:11.160 provinces
00:46:11.640 are equal
00:46:12.240 except
00:46:12.500 when it
00:46:12.800 comes to
00:46:13.140 liberal
00:46:13.400 economic
00:46:13.880 policies
00:46:14.880 and
00:46:15.440 Alberta
00:46:15.680 is always
00:46:16.100 the
00:46:16.280 province
00:46:16.540 that is
00:46:16.780 thrown
00:46:17.020 under
00:46:17.240 the
00:46:17.380 economic
00:46:17.740 bus
00:46:18.120 well
00:46:19.020 as I
00:46:19.420 said
00:46:19.660 in my
00:46:19.960 monologue
00:46:20.500 the idea
00:46:23.900 that Canada
00:46:24.900 would join
00:46:25.480 the United
00:46:25.920 States
00:46:26.440 is more
00:46:28.100 palatable
00:46:28.700 to more
00:46:29.080 people
00:46:29.520 than you
00:46:30.080 might
00:46:30.260 think
00:46:30.580 especially
00:46:31.160 the younger
00:46:31.720 the person
00:46:32.320 the more
00:46:32.740 likely
00:46:33.020 they are
00:46:33.340 that's
00:46:33.560 supported
00:46:33.940 by
00:46:35.100 my math
00:46:35.680 generation
00:46:36.760 Z
00:46:37.340 males
00:46:38.080 are 61%
00:46:39.500 in favor
00:46:40.100 of the idea
00:46:40.580 of joining
00:46:40.920 the US
00:46:41.420 young males
00:46:43.400 are not yet
00:46:43.960 the decider
00:46:44.600 in this
00:46:44.940 country
00:46:45.180 there's more
00:46:45.780 Gen X
00:46:47.760 and middle
00:46:48.500 age
00:46:48.800 and boomers
00:46:49.480 out there
00:46:49.960 but
00:46:50.200 if things
00:46:51.440 actually go
00:46:52.120 as bad
00:46:52.660 as Trudeau
00:46:53.640 is threatening
00:46:54.180 you might
00:46:54.780 see a
00:46:55.400 full-blown
00:46:55.880 unity crisis
00:46:56.620 and you
00:46:56.940 know
00:46:57.120 it's one
00:46:59.100 thing for
00:46:59.720 Alberta
00:47:00.220 to separate
00:47:01.220 and become
00:47:01.740 independent
00:47:02.200 there's a
00:47:02.560 lot of
00:47:02.860 unanswered
00:47:03.440 questions
00:47:03.880 for Albertans
00:47:04.620 if that
00:47:04.900 were to
00:47:05.120 happen
00:47:05.400 what currency
00:47:06.540 do we
00:47:07.000 have
00:47:07.380 what army
00:47:08.020 do we
00:47:08.480 have
00:47:08.880 how do
00:47:09.640 we get
00:47:09.920 access
00:47:10.280 to
00:47:10.820 you know
00:47:12.040 the shore
00:47:13.120 like to
00:47:13.560 seize
00:47:14.160 through a
00:47:14.600 pipeline
00:47:14.920 there's a lot
00:47:15.380 of questions
00:47:15.920 but a lot
00:47:16.960 of those
00:47:17.180 are answered
00:47:17.540 very quickly
00:47:18.160 if it's
00:47:18.740 not
00:47:19.000 well
00:47:19.360 Alberta
00:47:19.780 independence
00:47:20.240 it's
00:47:20.600 join the
00:47:21.600 United States
00:47:22.200 either as
00:47:22.700 a 51st
00:47:23.400 state
00:47:23.680 or with
00:47:24.700 some sort
00:47:25.100 of
00:47:25.740 special
00:47:26.620 agreement
00:47:27.100 there
00:47:27.480 and
00:47:28.400 I say
00:47:30.100 again
00:47:30.380 that Trudeau
00:47:30.960 has weakened
00:47:31.900 the ties
00:47:32.900 between all
00:47:33.600 citizens
00:47:33.980 in this
00:47:34.300 country
00:47:34.580 for nine
00:47:35.360 years
00:47:35.700 he's
00:47:36.300 destroyed
00:47:36.800 and tried
00:47:37.700 to destroy
00:47:38.340 the things
00:47:39.200 that make
00:47:39.480 people proud
00:47:40.080 of a nation
00:47:40.680 culture
00:47:41.580 history
00:47:42.220 you know
00:47:44.660 a strong
00:47:45.320 economy
00:47:45.800 meaningful
00:47:46.320 passports
00:47:47.380 meaningful cultural
00:47:48.600 symbols
00:47:49.000 Trudeau has declared
00:47:49.740 war against
00:47:50.240 all of that
00:47:50.920 so he's
00:47:51.720 weakened
00:47:52.320 the attachments
00:47:53.740 he's kind of
00:47:55.100 pushing Alberta
00:47:56.200 away
00:47:56.600 this time though
00:47:57.820 Trump is pulling
00:47:58.880 Alberta
00:47:59.580 I'd say
00:48:00.900 the chances
00:48:01.520 of Alberta
00:48:02.280 separating
00:48:02.920 Canada
00:48:03.400 have not
00:48:04.320 been this
00:48:04.860 high since
00:48:05.440 the first
00:48:05.880 national energy
00:48:06.560 program
00:48:07.060 done by
00:48:07.900 another
00:48:08.220 Trudeau
00:48:08.780 hey
00:48:10.500 I think
00:48:12.000 that's our
00:48:12.340 show for
00:48:12.700 today
00:48:12.940 but I'm
00:48:13.260 excited
00:48:13.600 about what's
00:48:14.020 coming up
00:48:14.420 on this
00:48:14.700 weekend
00:48:14.960 I've got
00:48:15.380 a special
00:48:15.760 mission
00:48:16.020 in Ottawa
00:48:16.660 tomorrow
00:48:18.000 you'll see
00:48:18.620 the results
00:48:19.280 of that
00:48:19.620 soon
00:48:20.000 and then
00:48:20.700 on Sunday
00:48:21.400 I'm meeting
00:48:21.880 Premier
00:48:22.200 Danielle
00:48:22.520 Smith
00:48:22.760 in
00:48:23.060 Washington
00:48:23.500 DC
00:48:24.260 to talk
00:48:24.820 to her
00:48:25.080 about
00:48:25.360 things
00:48:25.620 we'll see
00:48:26.040 what she
00:48:26.980 has to say
00:48:27.600 because things
00:48:27.960 are getting
00:48:28.260 hotter
00:48:28.620 I'll be
00:48:29.640 in Washington
00:48:30.260 on Monday
00:48:30.900 for the
00:48:32.280 inaugural
00:48:32.980 for the
00:48:33.760 we're going
00:48:35.880 to cover
00:48:36.220 a lot of
00:48:36.520 things on
00:48:36.840 the ground
00:48:37.200 then I'm
00:48:38.000 going to
00:48:38.380 Davos
00:48:39.060 for the
00:48:39.840 annual
00:48:40.200 World Economic
00:48:41.080 Form
00:48:41.360 as you know
00:48:41.720 we go
00:48:42.040 every year
00:48:42.800 and it's
00:48:43.880 sort of
00:48:44.140 crazy
00:48:44.520 that both
00:48:45.400 leading
00:48:46.280 liberals
00:48:47.020 in the
00:48:47.740 candidate
00:48:48.220 in the
00:48:48.960 leadership
00:48:49.340 contest
00:48:49.900 Chrystia Freeland
00:48:52.160 and Mark
00:48:52.860 Carney
00:48:53.120 both of
00:48:53.860 them
00:48:54.060 are or
00:48:56.040 were
00:48:56.240 directors
00:48:56.700 of the
00:48:57.020 World Economic
00:48:57.520 Forum
00:48:57.820 what are
00:48:58.180 the odds
00:48:58.600 of that
00:48:59.000 so I
00:49:00.100 think our
00:49:00.660 dedication
00:49:01.040 to the
00:49:01.640 annual
00:49:02.040 visit
00:49:02.460 to the
00:49:03.080 World Economic
00:49:03.600 Forum
00:49:03.880 is showing
00:49:04.360 its value
00:49:05.000 if you
00:49:05.980 want to
00:49:06.280 understand
00:49:06.840 both
00:49:07.180 Chrystia Freeland
00:49:07.860 and Mark
00:49:08.420 Carney
00:49:08.660 you've got
00:49:09.080 to go
00:49:09.260 to Davos
00:49:09.700 and we'll
00:49:09.980 be doing
00:49:10.380 that
00:49:10.780 I'll be
00:49:11.760 there with
00:49:12.000 Sheila
00:49:12.200 Gunn-Reed
00:49:12.560 and Avi
00:49:12.940 Emini
00:49:13.220 and of
00:49:13.440 course
00:49:13.620 we'll be
00:49:14.420 back in
00:49:14.920 Canada
00:49:15.280 as soon
00:49:15.660 as possible
00:49:16.140 and by
00:49:16.760 the way
00:49:16.920 we have
00:49:17.280 a team
00:49:17.660 remaining
00:49:18.020 in Canada
00:49:18.580 from David
00:49:19.460 Menzies
00:49:19.860 to Drea
00:49:20.200 Humphrey
00:49:20.600 to Alexa
00:49:21.040 Lavois
00:49:21.340 covering
00:49:21.660 everything
00:49:21.960 that moves
00:49:22.420 from here
00:49:23.320 so that's
00:49:28.600 World Headquarters
00:49:29.360 to you
00:49:29.640 at home
00:49:29.880 good night
00:49:30.340 and keep
00:49:31.620 fighting for
00:49:32.060 freedom