Stand on Guard with David Krayden - September 17, 2025


Did Canadians Deserve This？ ｜ Stand on Guard


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45 minutes

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140.15213

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6,400

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413

Misogynist Sentences

10

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Transcript

00:00:00.000 I don't know that the government currently has fiscal anchors.
00:00:07.320 A new parliamentary budget officer talking about the Mark Carney government
00:00:10.680 being without any fiscal anchors. I'm David Creighton. Thank you for joining me
00:00:16.820 on this Wednesday morning, September 17th. We'll be back shortly with some,
00:00:24.600 I hope, matters of interest.
00:00:30.000 The Prime Minister lied and his minions continue to lie.
00:00:36.260 Your home is your castle. We're calling on the government to introduce and immediately pass
00:00:42.260 the Stand on Guard Law.
00:00:46.360 So we also need to resolve to resist.
00:00:49.160 First, please like the station. Like the channel. We really appreciate you doing that. And subscribe.
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00:01:17.640 Lots to discuss today.
00:01:19.420 And by the way, this is David Creighton broadcasting to you live.
00:01:23.940 I sometimes forget to mention that.
00:01:25.780 From Ottawa.
00:01:27.660 And of course, Parliament's back.
00:01:30.160 And so far, it's been a rocky ride for the Carney liberals.
00:01:36.080 Because we understand the new parliamentary budget officer
00:01:39.120 appeared before the Standing Committee
00:01:41.340 on government operations and estimates.
00:01:46.520 And that's where we had that opening quotation,
00:01:51.700 that opening comment about no, there's no anchor to this government.
00:01:56.020 And we're not going to get a budget now till November.
00:01:58.940 Let's watch the rest of that clip.
00:02:00.840 Before we get into, and I've got to preface this by saying,
00:02:03.820 this news about Chrystia Freeland being this special envoy to Ukraine for reconstruction
00:02:10.820 is not just wishful thinking, it's insanity.
00:02:14.120 And we'll get into that later.
00:02:15.160 I know a lot of you are thinking, oh, you know, we're free of Freeland.
00:02:19.900 But here she goes.
00:02:21.680 And some of you have already pointed out in your comments,
00:02:24.520 she's going to go to Ukraine and potentially cash in on the billions of dollars
00:02:31.640 that Canada, the United States, and other NATO allies have poured into Ukraine.
00:02:37.860 And they have been absolutely pilfered by President Volomar Zelensky
00:02:44.380 and his corrupt government, billions of dollars.
00:02:47.720 And we've got Doug McGregor, a Doug McGregor clip on later to say very succinctly,
00:02:54.020 how corrupt is Zelensky?
00:02:56.980 Well, I think, let's just say Chrystia Freeland,
00:03:00.840 whose grandfather was a Nazi propagandist in Poland during the Second World War,
00:03:06.040 should feel very much at home in Ukraine.
00:03:08.880 She's been working for Ukraine for the last 10 years, at least.
00:03:14.200 Not Canada.
00:03:15.240 She works for Ukraine.
00:03:16.320 It's Ukraine first for Chrystia Freeland.
00:03:20.500 And that's what it's going to be as soon as she lands in the country.
00:03:25.080 Let's say it's going to be heels down with Chrystia Freeland there.
00:03:29.060 The government currently has fiscal anchors.
00:03:34.020 I guess I want to get right to some of the questions that we have
00:03:37.780 based on the reports that have been released to date.
00:03:41.420 Would you agree that with a clear definition of what counts as operating spending,
00:03:47.800 it's impossible to evaluate whether the government is on track
00:03:52.380 to meet its fiscal anchors?
00:03:54.760 I would say, officially, within the office,
00:04:03.200 I don't know that the government currently has fiscal anchors,
00:04:06.720 which, of course, causes the people that I work with
00:04:10.780 a considerable degree of concern at this point.
00:04:13.820 As everyone knows, the government did have fiscal anchors.
00:04:17.620 The previous Minister of Finance had the fiscal anchor
00:04:19.860 of a ceiling of the annual deficit at 1% of GDP,
00:04:24.140 along with a declining debt-to-GDP ratio.
00:04:27.500 It's unclear where those stand.
00:04:29.800 They haven't been reiterated by the current government,
00:04:32.320 to the best of my knowledge.
00:04:34.140 With respect to your point regarding the capital and the operating side,
00:04:40.220 we haven't seen a clear definition of what would fall into capital
00:04:43.960 and what would fall into operating.
00:04:46.100 So at this point, it's impossible for us
00:04:48.520 and for you as parliamentarians to assess
00:04:51.680 the likelihood or probability of the government
00:04:54.900 to hitting any fiscal target.
00:04:58.080 Thank you very much.
00:04:59.880 So do you have any idea of when the government will give
00:05:04.840 a concrete definition of its spending criteria,
00:05:08.460 what its fiscal anchors may be,
00:05:10.420 so that you can do the very important work
00:05:13.200 of monitoring the government's spending plans?
00:05:18.060 The short answer is no.
00:05:19.720 There's a longer answer I can give to you if you have more time,
00:05:22.480 but the longer answer is
00:05:23.980 we're expecting, we're waiting for budget 2025
00:05:27.460 at this point.
00:05:29.060 So traditionally what happens is
00:05:30.740 all is revealed in a 400 to 500 page document.
00:05:33.740 And at that point, we will have a clear sense
00:05:36.580 of precisely what the fiscal anchors are.
00:05:39.560 And if the fiscal anchor continues to be balancing
00:05:42.660 an operating budget, hopefully at that point,
00:05:45.580 there will be a definition of what that operating budget
00:05:48.380 actually means.
00:05:50.700 So this seems to be the buzzword now
00:05:52.940 for the new session of parliament, fiscal anchors,
00:05:55.400 which of course is a completely foreign concept to Mark Carney
00:05:59.200 because he's got two books.
00:06:01.160 He's got the real budget and the operating budget.
00:06:03.140 This is called cooking the books
00:06:05.060 where you have two sets of books.
00:06:07.420 So you can pretend we're not really operating
00:06:09.960 at this kind of a deficit level.
00:06:12.100 The national debt's not rising incrementally
00:06:14.580 or in vast stages.
00:06:16.900 We're going to have two budgets
00:06:18.760 so nobody kind of notices, you know.
00:06:21.920 And that, of course, is unclear
00:06:26.140 if the federal government still has fiscal anchors,
00:06:28.540 says the parliamentary president.
00:06:33.140 Budgetary officer.
00:06:35.060 Who's Mr. Jacques, who was just on there explaining that.
00:06:39.360 Now, I want to show you how this has reverberated
00:06:41.580 in the financial community
00:06:45.240 because it's quite something.
00:06:47.880 Have a look at this letter from,
00:06:52.300 this is a, shall we say, a group of energy producers,
00:06:56.700 Canadian Natural, Build Canada Now.
00:06:59.200 An open letter to the prime minister of Canada.
00:07:02.260 That would be Mark Carney.
00:07:04.240 So six months have passed since the first
00:07:06.060 Build Canada Now letter was sent to you.
00:07:08.700 And the leaders of Canada's other political parties
00:07:10.480 outlining an action plan
00:07:12.160 to unlock Canada's world-class oil
00:07:14.760 and natural gas resources
00:07:16.540 to strengthen Canada's economic sovereignty,
00:07:19.380 resilience, and prosperity.
00:07:22.760 After the election, we followed up
00:07:24.300 with a second letter expressing our support
00:07:26.140 for our shared vision.
00:07:27.160 Canada becoming an energy superpower.
00:07:29.540 Dot, dot, dot.
00:07:30.220 Since then, we have seen progress,
00:07:31.560 but it is insufficient to stimulate
00:07:33.740 the investment and growth required
00:07:35.700 to make this vision a reality.
00:07:38.940 Third paragraph.
00:07:39.820 However, Canada still lacks the clear,
00:07:42.320 competitive, and durable fiscal
00:07:43.660 and regulatory policies
00:07:45.060 required to achieve the so-called grand bargain.
00:07:48.920 Our call to action is urgent.
00:07:51.700 Four paragraphs.
00:07:56.660 To reiterate, we believe,
00:07:59.380 next paragraph,
00:08:00.600 we believe that your government
00:08:01.620 must focus on the following.
00:08:03.100 Significantly simplify regulations,
00:08:05.720 shorten timelines for project approvals,
00:08:07.980 commit to growth production,
00:08:09.820 not limited.
00:08:10.940 Fiscal framework that attracts investment,
00:08:13.560 incent indigenous investment opportunities.
00:08:16.660 That sounds exactly
00:08:17.620 what the conservative platform is, actually.
00:08:20.080 Here's who signed this.
00:08:21.980 Brandon L. Anderson,
00:08:23.360 President and CEO,
00:08:24.200 North River Midstream Incorporated.
00:08:26.000 Terry Anderson,
00:08:27.860 President and Chief Executive Officer,
00:08:30.280 ARC Resources,
00:08:31.720 ARC Resources Limited.
00:08:33.280 Doug Bortol,
00:08:34.320 President and CEO,
00:08:35.140 InPlay Oil Corporation.
00:08:36.220 And the list goes on,
00:08:38.260 and you can say on and on and on.
00:08:40.540 So there's a sense,
00:08:42.320 I think here,
00:08:42.860 not only dissatisfaction
00:08:44.160 with Mark Carney's tardiness
00:08:45.760 and indolence at times,
00:08:48.960 but with what,
00:08:50.180 but a satisfaction
00:08:51.580 with what Pierre Polyev is proposing
00:08:53.580 on the conservative side.
00:08:55.060 So I find this
00:08:55.900 well worth noting,
00:09:00.240 which is the reason I did.
00:09:02.020 Now let's go through
00:09:03.000 some of
00:09:03.480 Chrystia Freeland's
00:09:05.060 shining hours here.
00:09:07.340 And,
00:09:07.620 you know,
00:09:08.660 Chrystia Freeland is somebody
00:09:09.700 we all love to dislike.
00:09:11.540 I'm not going to say hate,
00:09:12.320 because we shouldn't hate anybody,
00:09:13.580 especially after what happened
00:09:14.620 last week
00:09:15.540 in Utah.
00:09:16.900 We should not hate anybody,
00:09:18.340 but it's not easy
00:09:20.600 to like Chrystia Freeland.
00:09:22.400 Not just because of her policies,
00:09:23.720 but she's grating.
00:09:25.140 She has the most
00:09:25.620 annoying personality
00:09:27.200 with that
00:09:28.400 teacher voice,
00:09:31.160 that voice
00:09:32.100 that suggests
00:09:33.220 I'm the only one
00:09:34.440 in the room
00:09:34.940 who knows anything.
00:09:35.860 Why am I surrounded
00:09:36.700 by these simpletons?
00:09:38.820 Yes,
00:09:39.120 and there she is.
00:09:42.180 There she is,
00:09:43.060 surrounded by
00:09:43.820 Ukrainian supporters,
00:09:45.060 and that's what
00:09:45.900 Chrystia Freeland's
00:09:47.660 all about.
00:09:48.500 Bankrupting Canada
00:09:49.360 and supporting Ukraine.
00:09:51.400 She's been very clear
00:09:52.360 about that.
00:09:52.860 And by the way,
00:09:53.460 Francois-Philippe Champagne,
00:09:55.360 our finance minister,
00:09:56.700 says no budget
00:09:57.380 until November 4th now.
00:10:01.980 Do you suppose
00:10:03.080 they might actually
00:10:04.660 wait until December?
00:10:06.340 It's happened before.
00:10:07.480 That's what happened
00:10:07.980 to Joe Clark's
00:10:08.860 minority government
00:10:09.680 in 1979.
00:10:11.120 It fell
00:10:12.040 because they had
00:10:13.120 a pre-Christmas budget.
00:10:15.220 John Crosby,
00:10:16.120 I remember this very well,
00:10:17.060 the finance minister
00:10:17.960 of the day,
00:10:18.940 strode into the House
00:10:19.880 of Commons
00:10:20.260 wearing mucklucks
00:10:21.120 because, of course,
00:10:23.120 it was mid-December.
00:10:26.340 Joe Clark introduces
00:10:27.280 a budget
00:10:27.880 and it has a,
00:10:29.580 I think it was
00:10:30.320 a 17-cent surcharge
00:10:32.080 on gas,
00:10:32.800 of course,
00:10:33.160 when gas was still
00:10:33.940 sold by the gallon.
00:10:36.900 And 17 cents
00:10:38.660 a gallon surcharge.
00:10:40.580 And it was less
00:10:41.800 than a dollar
00:10:42.260 a gallon
00:10:42.660 at the time.
00:10:43.200 So,
00:10:44.460 Joe Clark government
00:10:45.560 was defeated
00:10:46.220 over that budget.
00:10:47.820 And what do you bet
00:10:48.580 they stall
00:10:49.280 until December here?
00:10:50.560 I just,
00:10:51.600 yes,
00:10:52.160 isn't that touching?
00:10:53.900 There's,
00:10:54.920 and of course,
00:10:55.760 of course we know
00:10:56.780 that Mark Carney's
00:10:58.300 the godfather
00:10:59.880 of Christy Freeland's
00:11:01.400 children.
00:11:02.160 And it's just touching
00:11:03.400 to see the two of them
00:11:04.180 together.
00:11:04.660 Such political cronies.
00:11:06.620 Oh,
00:11:07.320 it's just lovely.
00:11:08.280 And it's,
00:11:09.500 here's Mark Carney's
00:11:10.740 statement
00:11:11.320 saying that,
00:11:13.380 oh,
00:11:13.720 isn't,
00:11:14.060 isn't she lucky?
00:11:14.900 This is her dream job.
00:11:16.200 As she takes the decision
00:11:17.440 to step down
00:11:18.640 from the ministry,
00:11:19.460 I would like to thank
00:11:20.360 Christy Freeland
00:11:20.960 for her extraordinary
00:11:22.400 service in the cabinet
00:11:23.780 of Canada's federal government
00:11:24.940 over the past decade.
00:11:27.700 This is a little hard,
00:11:29.380 it's hard to read.
00:11:31.620 Christy's versatility,
00:11:34.100 raw intelligence,
00:11:35.460 intelligence and principled
00:11:37.800 leadership have served
00:11:39.020 Canadians with a distinction
00:11:40.900 through extraordinary
00:11:43.160 challenges and changes.
00:11:45.460 Her leadership has helped
00:11:46.540 to secure historic
00:11:48.360 trade negotiations
00:11:50.180 to guide,
00:11:51.560 oh my goodness,
00:11:53.160 I can't,
00:11:53.580 I can't,
00:11:54.040 to guide the response
00:11:55.340 to a global pandemic.
00:11:56.720 Yeah,
00:11:56.940 yeah,
00:11:57.380 what did she do
00:11:57.960 about that global pandemic?
00:12:00.040 Oh,
00:12:00.700 just a minute here,
00:12:01.680 folks.
00:12:03.580 Let,
00:12:03.980 I've got it here.
00:12:04.800 What did she do
00:12:05.740 about that global pandemic?
00:12:08.900 That accounts
00:12:09.980 have been frozen
00:12:10.820 both personal
00:12:11.620 and corporate
00:12:12.200 but you're not
00:12:12.840 releasing the information
00:12:13.860 and the actual
00:12:14.540 follow-up is
00:12:15.360 I'm just wondering
00:12:16.780 whether the bank accounts
00:12:17.860 will be targeted
00:12:18.460 of individuals
00:12:19.100 who donated
00:12:20.560 to the Give,
00:12:21.240 Send,
00:12:21.500 Go and the
00:12:22.320 GoFundMe campaigns.
00:12:23.420 Are they considered
00:12:24.060 designated people
00:12:25.000 under the Emergencies Act
00:12:26.120 meaning that their
00:12:27.000 credit cards could be cut
00:12:28.120 and financial services
00:12:29.520 are targeting them as well?
00:12:31.300 Okay,
00:12:31.820 so the names
00:12:34.380 of both individuals
00:12:35.420 and entities
00:12:36.780 as well as
00:12:38.800 crypto wallets
00:12:39.960 have been shared
00:12:42.020 by the RCMP
00:12:43.660 with financial institutions
00:12:46.140 and accounts
00:12:48.260 have been frozen
00:12:49.780 and more accounts
00:12:51.480 will be frozen.
00:12:53.800 Crowdfunding platforms
00:12:55.460 and payment service providers
00:12:58.080 have started the registration process
00:13:00.560 with FinTrack.
00:13:03.660 In terms of the specifics
00:13:05.840 on whose accounts
00:13:07.920 are being frozen
00:13:09.060 you now
00:13:11.320 have
00:13:12.560 the regulations
00:13:13.800 the financial service providers
00:13:16.300 have those regulations
00:13:17.900 as well
00:13:18.900 and they
00:13:20.040 working with law enforcement
00:13:21.460 will be making
00:13:22.640 the operational decisions.
00:13:25.680 Thank you True Norr
00:13:26.980 for that clip by the way
00:13:27.880 because I
00:13:28.240 I've used that several times
00:13:30.220 during the Freedom Convoy
00:13:31.340 of course
00:13:31.580 that's what she did
00:13:32.140 she froze the bank accounts
00:13:33.180 not only of protesters
00:13:34.620 but people who supported them
00:13:36.440 absolutely incredible
00:13:38.940 she froze the bank accounts
00:13:41.100 of protesters
00:13:42.020 and supporters
00:13:42.700 just because she felt like it
00:13:44.280 and I remember her appearing
00:13:46.140 at the
00:13:46.720 Emergencies Act Inquiry
00:13:48.520 which was about
00:13:49.800 two years ago now
00:13:51.000 in November
00:13:52.460 2023
00:13:53.460 and she took the stand
00:13:55.640 and she was
00:13:56.280 she was asked questions
00:13:57.300 about
00:13:57.660 well you know
00:13:58.260 why did she
00:13:58.980 invoke such
00:14:00.680 incredible powers
00:14:01.920 as part of the
00:14:02.660 Emergencies Act
00:14:03.400 why did she
00:14:03.940 why did she have
00:14:04.880 the gall
00:14:05.720 to freeze people's
00:14:07.360 personal bank accounts
00:14:08.480 and some business accounts
00:14:10.280 too by the way
00:14:10.800 she
00:14:11.560 she said
00:14:12.780 because
00:14:13.160 she
00:14:13.900 people in the United States
00:14:15.620 were describing Canada
00:14:16.880 like a third world
00:14:18.260 banana republic
00:14:19.200 hmm
00:14:20.260 maybe they meant
00:14:21.760 we were acting
00:14:23.140 like a third world
00:14:24.020 banana republic
00:14:24.780 because people like you
00:14:25.840 and Justin Trudeau
00:14:26.580 were in charge
00:14:27.160 taking basic human rights
00:14:28.740 away
00:14:29.060 absolutely suppressing
00:14:31.480 freedom of assembly
00:14:32.760 absolutely crushing
00:14:34.140 free speech
00:14:35.120 absolutely decimating
00:14:37.200 the constitution
00:14:38.560 maybe that's
00:14:40.280 why
00:14:40.960 people
00:14:41.780 in the United States
00:14:43.300 told you that Canada
00:14:44.320 looked like a banana republic
00:14:46.020 here's another
00:14:47.000 proud moment
00:14:48.940 and Chrystia Freeland's
00:14:50.680 story passed
00:14:51.840 but the
00:14:56.920 the system we have now
00:14:58.880 has actually
00:15:00.100 broken down
00:15:01.080 only we haven't
00:15:02.500 quite
00:15:03.460 recognized it
00:15:04.860 and so you need to
00:15:06.360 create a new one
00:15:07.980 and this is the time
00:15:09.460 to do it
00:15:11.140 in the United States
00:15:12.580 how worried are you
00:15:13.780 about the budget deficit
00:15:15.040 and maybe about
00:15:16.060 the possibility of inflation
00:15:17.300 well
00:15:18.000 certainly
00:15:21.300 a decline
00:15:24.320 in the value
00:15:25.000 of the dollar
00:15:25.740 is necessary
00:15:27.280 in order
00:15:28.400 to
00:15:29.400 compensate
00:15:30.900 for the fact
00:15:31.980 that
00:15:32.820 the U.S. economy
00:15:34.660 will remain
00:15:36.280 rather weak
00:15:37.320 will be a drag
00:15:38.560 on the global
00:15:39.780 economy
00:15:40.700 China
00:15:42.580 will emerge
00:15:43.780 as the motor
00:15:45.280 replacing
00:15:46.400 the U.S. consumer
00:15:47.900 and of course
00:15:49.640 it's a
00:15:50.160 smaller
00:15:51.000 all right
00:15:51.740 did you catch that
00:15:53.000 this is
00:15:54.040 Chrystia Freeland
00:15:54.940 2009
00:15:55.980 he's a journalist
00:15:57.380 interviewing
00:15:58.620 George Soros
00:15:59.700 of course
00:16:00.140 they have lots
00:16:00.860 in common
00:16:01.540 and George Soros
00:16:02.940 is predicting
00:16:03.540 China is going
00:16:04.460 to overtake
00:16:05.100 the United States
00:16:06.020 as the
00:16:07.560 chief economic
00:16:08.620 power
00:16:09.080 in the world
00:16:09.680 now
00:16:10.220 Chrystia Freeland
00:16:11.180 is now working
00:16:11.780 for a man
00:16:12.340 well
00:16:13.140 not much longer
00:16:13.980 but well
00:16:14.720 I guess
00:16:15.000 indirectly
00:16:15.440 she will be
00:16:16.000 Mark Carney
00:16:17.220 who has spent
00:16:18.100 a lot
00:16:18.700 of his
00:16:19.460 professional life
00:16:20.620 ensuring
00:16:21.480 that China
00:16:22.160 does
00:16:22.840 supersede
00:16:23.880 the United States
00:16:24.720 as the chief
00:16:25.320 economic engine
00:16:26.400 in the world
00:16:26.940 so
00:16:27.960 it seems
00:16:29.200 to be
00:16:29.760 serendipitous
00:16:30.660 here
00:16:31.100 here's
00:16:31.980 Chrystia Freeland
00:16:32.660 talking to
00:16:33.260 George Soros
00:16:33.800 I'm sure
00:16:34.220 one of her
00:16:34.820 heroes
00:16:35.200 who
00:16:36.100 of course
00:16:37.240 supplants
00:16:37.980 left-wing
00:16:38.460 organizations
00:16:39.160 all over
00:16:39.640 the world
00:16:40.000 and
00:16:40.580 is
00:16:41.100 vital
00:16:43.380 to
00:16:44.600 putting
00:16:45.020 leftists
00:16:45.580 in control
00:16:46.580 of
00:16:47.120 district
00:16:47.900 attorney
00:16:48.360 positions
00:16:48.860 throughout
00:16:49.080 the United
00:16:49.440 States
00:16:49.760 for instance
00:16:50.240 and here's
00:16:51.820 Chrystia Freeland
00:16:52.420 talking to
00:16:54.640 George Soros
00:16:55.300 as a journalist
00:16:55.900 and I've got
00:16:56.800 more to add
00:16:57.340 after this
00:16:58.260 because the
00:16:59.660 Chinese economy
00:17:00.420 is much
00:17:00.880 smaller
00:17:01.260 so the
00:17:02.380 world economy
00:17:03.100 will have
00:17:03.660 less of a
00:17:04.260 motor
00:17:04.560 so it
00:17:05.320 will move
00:17:05.900 forward
00:17:06.680 slower
00:17:07.620 than it
00:17:08.260 has in
00:17:08.740 the last
00:17:09.240 25
00:17:10.860 years
00:17:11.400 but
00:17:12.300 China
00:17:13.420 will be
00:17:14.020 the engine
00:17:15.480 driving it
00:17:17.140 forward
00:17:17.520 and the
00:17:18.420 U.S.
00:17:18.820 will be
00:17:19.840 actually
00:17:20.360 a drag
00:17:21.980 that's being
00:17:22.820 pulled along
00:17:23.900 through a
00:17:25.140 gradual decline
00:17:26.200 in the value
00:17:27.260 of the dollar
00:17:27.880 so there
00:17:29.140 would be
00:17:29.620 a slow
00:17:30.740 decline
00:17:32.960 in the value
00:17:33.560 of the dollar
00:17:34.180 a managed
00:17:35.440 decline
00:17:36.480 and that
00:17:37.240 would be
00:17:37.740 the adjustment
00:17:39.560 that it
00:17:40.160 needs to
00:17:40.700 be accomplished
00:17:41.440 interestingly
00:17:44.500 enough
00:17:45.040 here we
00:17:45.320 are in
00:17:45.540 2025
00:17:46.100 the U.S.
00:17:47.560 dollar
00:17:47.800 is being
00:17:48.780 devalued
00:17:49.560 and of course
00:17:50.880 we had a guest
00:17:51.480 on here
00:17:52.000 an
00:17:52.660 Alberta
00:17:53.820 banker
00:17:54.360 I've had him
00:17:55.500 on twice
00:17:56.040 to talk about
00:17:57.140 the fact
00:17:57.540 that Mark
00:17:57.880 Carney
00:17:58.080 wants to
00:17:58.580 devalue
00:17:59.100 the Canadian
00:17:59.720 and the U.S.
00:18:00.640 dollars
00:18:00.920 for the benefit
00:18:02.320 of his
00:18:02.880 European
00:18:03.320 friends
00:18:04.200 so George
00:18:05.660 Soros
00:18:06.060 here he
00:18:06.400 is
00:18:06.700 16
00:18:07.740 years
00:18:08.140 ago
00:18:08.460 predicting
00:18:09.620 the U.S.
00:18:10.200 dollar
00:18:10.420 would be
00:18:10.760 devalued
00:18:11.280 and China
00:18:11.700 would become
00:18:12.140 the chief
00:18:12.460 economic
00:18:12.900 engine
00:18:13.200 in the world
00:18:13.560 where are
00:18:13.980 we headed
00:18:14.380 right now
00:18:15.740 and
00:18:16.960 Christia
00:18:17.520 Freeland
00:18:17.940 after this
00:18:19.240 interview
00:18:19.480 she remarked
00:18:20.100 that she
00:18:20.300 was going
00:18:20.700 places
00:18:21.520 was she
00:18:23.460 talking about
00:18:24.080 going places
00:18:24.900 because it
00:18:25.700 wasn't far
00:18:26.240 off
00:18:26.480 she became
00:18:27.040 a member
00:18:28.240 of Trudeau's
00:18:28.780 cabinet
00:18:29.080 and then
00:18:29.800 became the
00:18:30.360 finance
00:18:30.780 minister
00:18:31.200 is that
00:18:31.920 what she
00:18:32.220 meant
00:18:32.460 she was
00:18:32.820 going
00:18:33.100 places
00:18:33.580 well
00:18:34.720 she's
00:18:35.020 going
00:18:35.220 places
00:18:35.700 again
00:18:36.300 yeah
00:18:38.940 Christia
00:18:39.480 Freeland
00:18:39.760 is going
00:18:40.080 places
00:18:40.520 again
00:18:40.940 and
00:18:41.420 you just
00:18:42.640 can't
00:18:42.980 keep a
00:18:43.320 woman
00:18:43.500 like this
00:18:43.920 down
00:18:44.160 can you
00:18:44.540 here she
00:18:46.100 is
00:18:46.300 Christia
00:18:46.680 Freeland
00:18:47.060 a special
00:18:48.260 international
00:18:49.020 envoy
00:18:49.680 for Ukraine
00:18:50.880 would be
00:18:51.420 problematic
00:18:52.040 to both
00:18:52.860 Trump
00:18:53.220 and Putin
00:18:53.880 this is
00:18:57.860 Ivan
00:18:58.460 Kachan
00:18:59.700 sorry
00:19:00.580 Kachan
00:19:01.200 Vosky
00:19:02.020 should have
00:19:03.540 practiced
00:19:03.840 that
00:19:04.060 before
00:19:04.320 I went
00:19:04.500 on the
00:19:04.740 air
00:19:04.880 and
00:19:05.560 she
00:19:06.140 he
00:19:07.060 sorry
00:19:07.360 he
00:19:07.620 is
00:19:07.840 talking
00:19:08.200 about
00:19:08.480 Christia
00:19:08.860 Freeland
00:19:09.320 being
00:19:10.560 a big
00:19:11.420 problem
00:19:12.180 when she
00:19:13.400 arrives
00:19:13.820 there
00:19:14.100 Christia
00:19:14.580 Freeland
00:19:14.820 has never
00:19:15.460 brought
00:19:16.000 shall we
00:19:17.420 say
00:19:17.740 peace
00:19:19.000 and security
00:19:20.160 wherever she
00:19:20.960 goes
00:19:21.220 she brings
00:19:21.680 the exact
00:19:22.180 opposite
00:19:22.660 she brings
00:19:23.820 strife
00:19:24.720 and unrest
00:19:25.480 and
00:19:27.120 as I
00:19:31.320 say
00:19:31.500 don't
00:19:31.960 don't
00:19:32.760 celebrate
00:19:33.220 too
00:19:33.580 much
00:19:33.860 don't
00:19:34.100 applaud
00:19:34.460 too
00:19:34.720 loudly
00:19:35.220 that
00:19:35.820 Christia
00:19:36.180 Freeland
00:19:36.500 is
00:19:36.840 going
00:19:37.400 to
00:19:37.660 Ukraine
00:19:38.080 as a
00:19:38.540 special
00:19:38.980 envoy
00:19:39.500 and
00:19:40.560 here's
00:19:41.180 what I
00:19:41.660 have to
00:19:41.960 say
00:19:42.160 about
00:19:42.480 her
00:19:43.860 being
00:19:44.240 responsible
00:19:45.200 for
00:19:45.520 reconstruction
00:19:48.340 how arrogant
00:19:50.580 is the
00:19:51.360 Kearney
00:19:51.740 regime
00:19:52.360 to think
00:19:53.480 that
00:19:54.000 Canada
00:19:55.900 is going
00:19:56.260 to play
00:19:56.580 any role
00:19:57.260 in the
00:19:57.620 reconstruction
00:19:58.080 of Ukraine
00:19:58.960 of course
00:19:59.400 that's the
00:19:59.880 plan
00:20:00.260 right
00:20:00.560 Kearney
00:20:01.380 wants to
00:20:01.900 profit
00:20:02.580 off of
00:20:03.060 this
00:20:03.260 because
00:20:03.620 we
00:20:04.620 know
00:20:05.700 that
00:20:06.680 huge
00:20:07.500 corporations
00:20:09.140 that Kearney
00:20:10.120 has ties
00:20:10.800 to
00:20:11.100 want to
00:20:12.400 benefit
00:20:12.820 from the
00:20:13.940 reconstruction
00:20:14.420 of Ukraine
00:20:15.280 just like
00:20:15.860 they want
00:20:16.220 to benefit
00:20:16.660 from the
00:20:17.080 reconstruction
00:20:17.800 in Gaza
00:20:18.580 this is
00:20:19.400 what wars
00:20:19.940 are all
00:20:20.300 about
00:20:20.580 and once
00:20:21.460 again
00:20:21.700 if you
00:20:21.920 don't
00:20:22.080 know my
00:20:22.420 background
00:20:22.820 I'm
00:20:23.540 an
00:20:23.640 ex
00:20:23.860 air
00:20:24.500 force
00:20:24.780 officer
00:20:25.280 I'm
00:20:25.820 not
00:20:25.980 a
00:20:26.100 pacifist
00:20:26.700 I
00:20:26.900 believe
00:20:27.180 we
00:20:27.380 need
00:20:27.540 a
00:20:27.660 strong
00:20:27.920 military
00:20:28.440 but
00:20:29.080 I
00:20:29.220 think
00:20:29.600 we
00:20:29.740 need
00:20:29.900 that
00:20:30.040 strong
00:20:30.280 military
00:20:30.640 to
00:20:30.880 defend
00:20:31.300 ourselves
00:20:31.800 from
00:20:32.140 foreign
00:20:32.580 adversaries
00:20:33.260 and
00:20:33.500 invasion
00:20:33.860 not
00:20:34.660 to
00:20:34.980 send
00:20:35.200 our
00:20:35.340 troops
00:20:35.540 overseas
00:20:35.940 to
00:20:36.240 foment
00:20:36.740 wars
00:20:37.120 and
00:20:37.360 start
00:20:37.640 conflicts
00:20:38.120 that
00:20:38.360 didn't
00:20:38.720 need
00:20:38.920 to
00:20:39.040 be
00:20:39.160 started
00:20:39.460 and
00:20:40.860 this
00:20:41.020 is
00:20:41.200 the
00:20:41.440 foreign
00:20:41.740 policy
00:20:42.260 now
00:20:42.680 of
00:20:44.240 Western
00:20:44.640 powers
00:20:45.060 United
00:20:45.300 States
00:20:45.660 Canada
00:20:46.000 and
00:20:46.180 Europe
00:20:46.360 included
00:20:46.800 Donald
00:20:47.240 Trump
00:20:52.080 take
00:20:52.320 a
00:20:52.440 strong
00:20:52.740 stand
00:20:53.080 no
00:20:53.440 more
00:20:53.640 foreign
00:20:53.960 wars
00:20:54.320 no
00:20:54.680 and
00:20:55.940 stop
00:20:56.460 destroying
00:20:57.080 countries
00:20:57.760 so
00:20:58.080 that
00:20:58.460 crony
00:20:59.900 capitalists
00:21:00.820 with
00:21:01.820 connections
00:21:02.320 to the
00:21:03.340 government
00:21:03.780 to the
00:21:04.440 elites
00:21:04.900 can step
00:21:05.740 in
00:21:06.020 and make
00:21:06.580 billions
00:21:07.160 potentially
00:21:08.000 trillions
00:21:08.620 of dollars
00:21:09.780 rebuilding
00:21:11.240 the country
00:21:12.060 and we
00:21:13.880 know
00:21:14.380 that
00:21:14.900 this is
00:21:15.680 exactly
00:21:16.140 what
00:21:17.040 Mark
00:21:17.440 Carney
00:21:17.760 has in
00:21:18.680 mind
00:21:19.040 for
00:21:19.620 Ukraine
00:21:20.120 there's
00:21:21.160 going
00:21:21.320 to be
00:21:21.580 big
00:21:22.160 money
00:21:22.580 to be
00:21:23.060 made
00:21:23.400 from
00:21:23.900 reconstruction
00:21:24.540 but
00:21:25.260 what
00:21:25.580 if
00:21:26.000 just a
00:21:27.140 minute
00:21:27.300 Mark
00:21:27.600 Carney
00:21:27.860 what
00:21:28.680 if
00:21:29.000 Canada
00:21:29.920 or
00:21:31.060 NATO
00:21:31.420 has
00:21:32.760 nothing
00:21:33.060 to say
00:21:33.500 about
00:21:33.780 that
00:21:34.000 reconstruction
00:21:34.640 because
00:21:35.800 Russia
00:21:36.220 has won
00:21:36.900 the war
00:21:37.300 and
00:21:38.760 that's
00:21:39.020 fast
00:21:39.220 we'll
00:21:39.380 get to
00:21:39.600 that
00:21:39.780 in a
00:21:39.960 minute
00:21:40.100 but
00:21:40.260 here's
00:21:40.480 another
00:21:40.800 shining
00:21:41.300 moment
00:21:41.760 from
00:21:42.280 Christia
00:21:42.700 Freeland's
00:21:43.740 illustrious
00:21:44.460 career in
00:21:44.940 the
00:21:45.020 House
00:21:45.160 of
00:21:45.320 Commons
00:21:45.640 and
00:21:46.660 of
00:21:46.800 course
00:21:46.940 nobody
00:21:47.300 applauded
00:21:47.800 louder
00:21:48.160 and
00:21:49.180 longer
00:21:49.480 than
00:21:49.880 Christia
00:21:50.140 Freeland
00:21:50.340 when a
00:21:50.860 former
00:21:51.280 Waffen
00:21:52.260 SS
00:21:52.600 member
00:21:53.400 was
00:21:55.760 hailed
00:21:56.340 not
00:21:57.600 once
00:21:57.900 but twice
00:21:58.280 but three
00:21:58.600 times
00:21:58.940 in the
00:21:59.640 in the
00:22:00.180 parliamentary
00:22:00.660 gallery
00:22:01.140 for being
00:22:02.340 a
00:22:02.560 staunch
00:22:03.540 fighter
00:22:04.460 against
00:22:04.920 Russia
00:22:05.360 problem
00:22:06.460 was
00:22:06.840 he was
00:22:07.080 fighting
00:22:07.360 Russia
00:22:07.780 when
00:22:08.200 Russia
00:22:08.460 was
00:22:08.680 an
00:22:08.860 ally
00:22:09.180 of
00:22:09.460 Canada
00:22:09.840 United
00:22:10.200 States
00:22:10.640 and
00:22:10.800 Great
00:22:11.000 Britain
00:22:11.280 during
00:22:11.760 his
00:22:11.920 second
00:22:12.120 world
00:22:12.300 war
00:22:12.560 so
00:22:13.080 and
00:22:13.500 he
00:22:13.640 was
00:22:13.800 fighting
00:22:14.060 for
00:22:14.320 the
00:22:14.540 Nazi
00:22:15.320 Germans
00:22:15.900 whoops
00:22:16.680 that
00:22:17.400 was
00:22:17.560 in a
00:22:17.780 really
00:22:18.040 embarrassing
00:22:18.500 moment
00:22:18.820 Christia
00:22:19.560 Freeland
00:22:19.940 never
00:22:22.200 wanted to
00:22:22.560 talk about
00:22:22.960 that one
00:22:23.360 did she
00:22:23.660 we have
00:22:24.020 here in
00:22:24.420 the chamber
00:22:24.820 today
00:22:25.260 Ukrainian
00:22:25.820 Canadians
00:22:26.640 Ukrainian
00:22:27.740 Canadian
00:22:28.140 world
00:22:28.480 veteran
00:22:28.860 from the
00:22:30.300 second
00:22:30.500 world
00:22:30.840 war
00:22:31.200 who
00:22:31.440 fought
00:22:31.900 the
00:22:32.560 Ukrainian
00:22:33.000 independence
00:22:33.580 against
00:22:34.000 the
00:22:34.240 Russians
00:22:34.560 and
00:22:36.780 continues
00:22:37.240 to support
00:22:37.840 the troops
00:22:38.280 today
00:22:38.660 even at
00:22:39.880 his age
00:22:40.280 of 98
00:22:40.900 their
00:22:42.160 and
00:22:42.520 then
00:22:42.640 they
00:22:43.900 ran
00:22:44.440 about
00:22:44.900 them
00:22:45.540 for
00:22:46.580 them
00:22:46.940 Thank you.
00:23:16.940 I was going to say he's in the gallery, but I think you beat me to that.
00:23:21.040 But I'm very proud to say that he is from North Bay and from my riding of Nipissing-Temiskaming.
00:23:32.780 He's a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero, and we thank him for all his service.
00:23:38.480 Thank you.
00:23:46.940 There they go again.
00:23:52.640 And, you know, I blame all the parliamentarians for that, because anybody with any sense of history would have known.
00:24:14.060 If you were fighting the Russians in the Second World War, you were not on our side.
00:24:20.300 You might say, well, Joe Stalin was a poor ally.
00:24:24.640 We shouldn't have been allied with Joe Stalin.
00:24:26.480 But the historical facts are true.
00:24:28.200 We were.
00:24:28.640 That's what the Second World War was all about.
00:24:32.140 And we were supporting Soviet Russia throughout 1941 to 1945, after Germany invaded Russia on June 22nd, 1941, with Operation Barbarossa.
00:24:45.020 We supported them with Lend-Lease.
00:24:47.580 We supported them in every way possible.
00:24:49.480 And we did not support the Waffen-SS troops who were fighting the Russian soldiers, who were fighting the Red Army.
00:24:56.700 They were considered the enemy.
00:24:59.900 But nobody in parliament, including the chief of defense staff, who was sitting in the gallery, had the sense, had the historical know-how, had the basic knowledge to understand that something's wrong here.
00:25:13.260 Why are we standing up and applauding a guy who fought against the Russians?
00:25:17.640 Maybe he was fighting for the Germans.
00:25:20.340 And in fact, he was.
00:25:21.260 And his Waffen-SS regiment, Galatia, was guilty of war crimes.
00:25:27.280 Now, we don't know if Yaroslav Honka was.
00:25:29.440 We'll never know that.
00:25:31.320 But, 98 years old then, he's 100 now, probably.
00:25:35.000 If he's still with us, we'll never know that.
00:25:38.120 And we'll never know about so many other Waffen-SS soldiers who came to Canada after the Second World War.
00:25:46.360 And the government covered that up.
00:25:47.680 And they still won't release those names.
00:25:49.100 But a little late now, isn't it?
00:25:51.700 Because I'm sure most of them are gone.
00:25:54.720 But I blame all parliamentarians for that.
00:25:58.020 But I blame Justin Trudeau, most of all, for inviting this man there and blaming the Speaker, Anthony Rota.
00:26:04.620 He wore it all.
00:26:06.360 He was the scapegoat.
00:26:07.940 He was the fall guy.
00:26:08.980 Of course, he was guilty as well.
00:26:11.120 But this is how liberals work.
00:26:13.380 We'll pin it all on the Speaker, right?
00:26:16.240 Anthony Rota.
00:26:17.420 It's his fault.
00:26:18.240 Well, Justin Trudeau, oh.
00:26:21.380 And when he responded to that initially, he said it was delish and disinformation.
00:26:28.940 Do you remember that?
00:26:30.680 Yeah.
00:26:31.800 That was Justin Trudeau's response.
00:26:34.000 Now, what's really happening in Ukraine?
00:26:37.000 Do you think Krista Freeland has a hope in hell of being part of any reconstruction team in Ukraine?
00:26:44.540 I can tell you emphatically no.
00:26:47.300 Because if you're watching CBC, you probably think Ukraine is winning this war.
00:26:53.160 And you probably think, well, they're losing fewer soldiers than the Russians.
00:26:57.040 Let's listen to Douglas MacGregor, Colonel retired Douglas MacGregor, who's been on my show several times, and I'm going to have him back on again to talk about Ukraine.
00:27:07.700 And he puts this all very, very eloquently and succinctly, how different the situation in Ukraine actually is compared to how the mainstream media, especially in Canada, reports it.
00:27:20.780 And how idiots in the House of Commons on all sides seem to think Ukraine is going to be triumphant in this war, even though it is essentially so short on manpower that it's using teenagers and old men to fight Russia.
00:27:38.680 Let's listen to Doug MacGregor, because I have a lot of time and respect for this man.
00:27:43.640 You know, the Russians have been taking losses in single and double digits now for several months.
00:27:50.200 The Ukrainians are losing thousands, thousands of people every week.
00:27:55.800 This is just a slaughter.
00:27:58.020 And I don't, you know, I don't know why President Trump doesn't recognize that and simply state the facts.
00:28:03.400 The facts are Ukrainians have lost this war.
00:28:07.440 Now, he can continue to rely on General Kellogg for fictional numbers, which is what he appears to be doing.
00:28:16.600 But even worse, he can conclude that Russia is losing, according to General Kellogg, because the Russians haven't marched into Kiev.
00:28:25.480 The Russians haven't crossed in the Upper River yet.
00:28:29.020 It's a rather bizarre logic.
00:28:32.460 There's never been any understanding in the West of certain things.
00:28:36.300 Number one, President Trump has never recognized Russia's legitimate security interests in eastern Ukraine.
00:28:43.460 He doesn't seem to understand that once we staged the coup in 2014, the war in Ukraine against Russians began almost immediately.
00:28:53.780 And that war continued to rage for years until finally the Russians said enough is enough and intervened in eastern Ukraine.
00:29:01.420 If you if you if you can't agree on the truth of of what is actually going on and what has happened, how can you reach an agreement?
00:29:11.940 In other words, if you come into this discussion with two separate sets of facts, what are you going to get?
00:29:18.240 And the answer is nowhere.
00:29:19.580 So I don't see President Trump coming out with anything.
00:29:23.320 The other thing is that we're not in a very strong position because, as you pointed out, Clayton and Natalie earlier, we have led this war against Russia.
00:29:32.500 All you have to do is go back to Biden.
00:29:34.540 And now President Trump sounds just like Biden.
00:29:37.740 Biden said in March, we've got to break Russia.
00:29:40.980 It's not enough to harm Russia.
00:29:43.180 We have to break it, destroy its economy.
00:29:45.960 You know, we've got to rubble the ruble.
00:29:47.880 Remember, and then we've got to get rid of Putin.
00:29:52.320 Good Lord.
00:29:53.500 What more do you want?
00:29:54.720 When is Trump going to step forward and say, listen, I disavow all that nonsense.
00:29:58.860 I'm not interested in doing any of that.
00:30:01.560 If he really wants an end of the war, he has to distance himself from all of that nonsense.
00:30:06.260 He hasn't done it.
00:30:07.600 That's a huge problem, Clayton.
00:30:09.540 Great question here coming up from Natalie Morris.
00:30:14.740 And thank you, Redacted, for doing the interview.
00:30:17.340 And thank you for using it this morning.
00:30:20.440 As you know, I appear on Redacted about every week to talk about Canadian news.
00:30:25.820 And it was because of Redacted I was able to get in touch with Doug McGregor.
00:30:29.880 And I'm very thankful for that because I really admire this man.
00:30:33.100 He's one of the few military analysts who understands history and the world and is prepared to tell the truth.
00:30:39.540 Not what the president or the prime minister wants to hear, the truth, the unvarnished truth, the unalloyed truth.
00:30:47.060 And somehow Doug McGregor can do this.
00:30:50.440 But we have four-star generals every day on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News who lie, lie about the situation in Ukraine because that's what their governments want to hear.
00:31:01.900 And I love Natalie Morris's question here because this is this allows Doug McGregor to absolutely put Zelensky in the clearest perspective possible.
00:31:16.140 I need to see what Zelensky does.
00:31:19.040 It reminds me of a formerly popular music artist that just tours county fairs because all he does is go on his Twitter and say, I met with this world leader.
00:31:30.020 They love us.
00:31:30.660 They support us.
00:31:31.600 I met with this world leader.
00:31:33.100 We exchange pleasantries.
00:31:34.320 They love us.
00:31:35.580 What the hell is he doing?
00:31:36.500 He's not operating in reality.
00:31:38.600 So the Ukrainians not only have no plan on the battlefield, they have no leadership.
00:31:43.160 So anyone who wants to say they support Ukraine should absolutely support an end to this clown regime.
00:31:50.520 Well, the clown that you're talking about has an estimated $1.1 billion in various bank accounts that he has stolen from all of the aid and assistance that we and our European allies have provided.
00:32:02.980 More and European allies and Canada included won over a billion dollars in his bank account and he's got homes waiting for him.
00:32:14.280 Where do you think he got that money?
00:32:15.580 You think the salary of being president of Ukraine has somehow allowed Zelensky to amass more than a billion dollars in his bank account or being a two bid actor?
00:32:27.080 Maybe did that do it for him?
00:32:28.460 No, he has deliberately taken funding that U.S., Canada and NATO has given him over the past three to four years.
00:32:38.420 And I know he's prepared to retire to either his $15 million estate somewhere south of Naples, Florida, or his massive chateau and vineyard in Italy.
00:32:52.000 And he's got a private plane that's fueled and ready to go at moment's notice.
00:32:55.960 I mean, the man is a criminal.
00:32:59.620 That's the only way to look at it.
00:33:01.560 He makes any organized crime boss look like an amateur.
00:33:05.600 And the man continues to run around high on cocaine or whatever else it is that he's using at any given point in time and make outrageous statements.
00:33:14.520 I don't know why President Trump puts up with it.
00:33:17.260 Doesn't make any sense.
00:33:18.340 He ought to just dismiss this man out of out of hand.
00:33:21.200 And again, one wonders who is in charge, who is the president of the United States.
00:33:26.840 It's not just look what's happening with regard to our unconditional support for anything the president Netanyahu wants.
00:33:34.980 At the same time, this is this is the president of the United States.
00:33:39.020 We're the principal player that has been pushing this terribly stupid and counterproductive war in Ukraine.
00:33:45.280 And he can't stop it by simply saying, my friend Zelensky, you're out of a job.
00:33:52.160 We no longer recognize you as legitimate.
00:33:54.820 We're cutting you off.
00:33:56.760 Get out.
00:33:57.880 Why bother turning it and saying, well, you've got to make a deal.
00:34:02.100 Couldn't put it better.
00:34:08.000 So he's got an estate south of Naples, Florida.
00:34:10.380 He's got a vineyard in Italy, yachts and a private jet that's waiting to take him away to one of these places as soon as the Ukrainians are fed up with him.
00:34:21.460 But more than that, the Ukrainians have been fed up with him for years.
00:34:24.580 It's the Ukrainian oligarchs and the elite who control that corrupt country.
00:34:28.000 When they decide Zelensky's gone, Zelensky will be running as fast as his legs can carry him to that jet because it's over.
00:34:36.580 And when it's over in a criminal regime, it's over.
00:34:39.980 This is organized crime.
00:34:41.320 This is the mob.
00:34:42.680 You don't have a lot of time.
00:34:44.300 You've got to get ready to run.
00:34:45.920 And he's going to be ready to run.
00:34:47.680 And he is ready to run because the time is running short.
00:34:50.700 There's no question about that.
00:34:51.860 Take a quick break to have a look at the story.
00:34:54.760 I'll be back with some highlights from question period yesterday.
00:34:58.320 Take a quick break to have a look at the story today.
00:35:28.320 Take a quick break to have a look at the story.
00:35:58.320 Yes.
00:36:07.580 And I wanted to mention this here.
00:36:09.960 Don't forget Saturday.
00:36:12.340 This coming Saturday, September 20th.
00:36:14.740 It's the third annual Million People March for Children across Canada.
00:36:18.820 If you're in Ottawa area, it's on Parliament Hill, 10 a.m.
00:36:22.700 If you're in a province, it's at the provincial legislature.
00:36:26.580 So be there.
00:36:28.180 We'll be talking about this more as Saturday approaches.
00:36:32.960 So I want to show you a bit of question period yesterday because I think it shows exactly where I think Pierre Paulyev is going with this.
00:36:41.020 And let's listen to some moment.
00:36:46.560 Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister promised that he would spend less, yet he's spending, his deficit spending is 100 percent more, more than even Justin Trudeau.
00:36:58.080 And what is the real human consequence of that?
00:37:02.080 Food price inflation is rising 70 percent faster than the Bank of Canada's target.
00:37:08.260 And today, the CEO of the major food bank network in Toronto says that there has been a 400 percent increase in food bank use there.
00:37:18.600 Does the Prime Minister understand that his empty promises lead to empty stomachs?
00:37:25.560 The Honourable Minister of Finance.
00:37:28.200 Mr. Speaker, it's reassuring to hear the Leader of the Opposition that listened to the Prime Minister during the summer.
00:37:34.440 I'm glad to see that he retained that we're going to spend less so we can invest more, Mr. Speaker, and investing more in Canadians.
00:37:42.100 Like, for example, reducing the taxes for 22 million Canadian, Mr. Speaker.
00:37:47.560 Like making sure that people who want a first time home buy a first time home will pay less in GST, Mr. Speaker.
00:37:54.540 Making sure that we eliminate the consumer carbon tax, Mr. Speaker.
00:37:59.020 So we went from one annoying finance minister with a grating voice to a second finance minister with perhaps an even more grating voice.
00:38:07.820 It's not easy to listen to Mr. Champagne at the best of times.
00:38:11.860 But here he is at his grating best.
00:38:14.640 Anytime you hear a government talk about investments or investing in the economy, read that to say we're stealing your tax dollars and we're spending them for our own benefit.
00:38:25.660 Because it always comes back to the government in the end.
00:38:30.440 And governments don't make investments.
00:38:32.440 They spend your money.
00:38:34.220 And they usually do it very unwisely.
00:38:36.820 So don't be fooled by the word investment.
00:38:39.600 All the years I spent in public affairs, in government, in the military, on Parliament Hill, I can tell you that's the weasel word we were always told to use.
00:38:49.540 Parliament investment.
00:38:50.540 Because people are dumb enough out there to think, oh, that sounds good.
00:38:55.040 We're going to make some money off this investment.
00:38:56.780 No, you're going to lose money.
00:38:58.440 And it's called you're going to pay higher taxes and you're never going to see dividends off this investment.
00:39:04.980 I think the leader should celebrate that this government is there for families across Canada to build a stronger and more role.
00:39:13.120 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:39:16.780 Mr. Speaker, he wants us to celebrate his failures, including failures that are leading to real human suffering.
00:39:22.940 Let me quote the CEO of Daily Bread Food Bank, Neil Hetherington.
00:39:26.460 So giving you some context, previously, before the pandemic, we were at 600,000 for the year visits to the food bank.
00:39:33.480 And so it took 38 years to get a million visits per year.
00:39:36.120 And then only one year to get two million visits.
00:39:39.060 Another year to get three million.
00:39:41.020 Now we are at four million visits.
00:39:43.720 Food bank lineups are growing and growing at an accelerating rate under this prime minister.
00:39:49.860 Does he realize the very real human consequences of his broken liberal promises?
00:39:55.800 Mr. Speaker, I'm here to announce some good news.
00:40:04.600 Last night, Canada and British Columbia approved the new SILISM LNG export terminal in northern British Columbia.
00:40:13.380 It's with the NISCA nation.
00:40:15.700 It will be the second largest private sector investment in the history of this country.
00:40:21.820 The second largest in the history of this country.
00:40:25.100 It will employ thousands of Canadians.
00:40:29.700 We would love the Conservatives to help us build Canada.
00:40:33.080 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:40:38.000 Mr. Speaker, the question was not about re-announcing a previously approved project.
00:40:42.180 It was about the cost of food.
00:40:44.240 And frankly, it is insulting.
00:40:46.640 We have asked ten questions about the cost of food in the last two days and not a single Liberal minister will get up and answer it.
00:40:53.000 Maybe that's because the inflation rate on food is 70% above the target.
00:40:57.920 Maybe it's because there are now four times as many visits to Toronto food banks as there were three and a half years ago.
00:41:05.540 Maybe it's because they broke their promise to stabilize food prices.
00:41:08.720 Maybe it's because the Prime Minister promised that he could be judged on the price of food.
00:41:13.900 Speaking of which, what's the verdict?
00:41:15.940 And notice now, this is the third cabinet minister to stand up and not answer the question about food and food banks.
00:41:26.760 And I think this guy who stands up next, Gregor Robertson, is the biggest loser in the past.
00:41:32.080 The Honourable Minister of Housing and Infrastructure.
00:41:36.140 Mr. Speaker, while I know we're all in this House concerned about the price of food, and we're also concerned about our farmers.
00:41:42.380 The number one cost of living in Canada is related to housing, Mr. Speaker.
00:41:47.160 And as I mentioned yesterday, people are concerned about housing prices.
00:41:51.320 This government is taking action to make housing more affordable.
00:41:54.160 With Build Canada Homes, with tax cuts, with the first-time homebuyers cut tax cuts.
00:42:00.160 We're making a difference for people in their pocketbooks.
00:42:04.460 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:42:07.100 Mr. Speaker, the question was about food prices.
00:42:10.380 And he stood up to announce that he's going to be feeding some of his friends
00:42:16.400 who are going to populate this latest $13 billion bureaucracy.
00:42:21.820 A bureaucracy that will build no homes and that will only reward liberal insiders
00:42:27.080 who, like him, have a record of actually doubling housing costs.
00:42:31.180 But back to food.
00:42:32.720 The stuff that needs to go on people's dinner table.
00:42:35.800 We have a record number of people at food banks
00:42:38.180 after the Prime Minister promised to make food more affordable.
00:42:41.900 Doesn't he realize that his promises have real costs for Canadians?
00:42:46.920 Okay, I'm going to end it there because you're not going to get an answer for this.
00:42:50.080 And I know this is why I don't do live question period anymore every day
00:42:53.200 because people watch this and they want to pull their hair out.
00:42:55.580 They just want to fall off their seats, either laughing or in pain and anxiety.
00:43:00.340 Because we never get any answers in question period.
00:43:02.740 This is all theater.
00:43:04.480 It's theatrics from both sides.
00:43:06.340 But at least the conservatives do ask some questions.
00:43:08.920 But the liberals will never answer those questions.
00:43:11.980 And Gregor Robertson, to stand up and talk about housing, it's amazing.
00:43:16.360 This is the guy who utterly failed as mayor of Vancouver,
00:43:19.100 who failed at any housing projects in his city,
00:43:23.080 where the price of a house doubled while he was mayor of Vancouver.
00:43:27.060 And yet this is the man Mark Carney chose to be his housing minister.
00:43:30.860 He chose so many incompetents to be ministers.
00:43:34.580 Look at the public safety minister.
00:43:36.360 Every week we learn about a potential security problem here.
00:43:41.740 And why would he put a guy like that in charge of public safety?
00:43:47.420 But why would he put Gregor Robertson in charge of housing
00:43:50.500 when he's utterly failed at that?
00:43:52.220 Because Mark Carney is his own cabinet.
00:43:56.760 You know, there's an old joke about R.B. Bennett,
00:43:59.100 the conservative prime minister from 1930 to 1935,
00:44:02.840 walking from the Chateau Laurier, where he lived.
00:44:06.720 He was a bachelor.
00:44:07.620 He lived at the Chateau Laurier in a hotel room while he was prime minister.
00:44:11.100 He was walking from the Chateau Laurier up Wellington Street to Parliament Hill.
00:44:15.620 And he was talking to himself along the way.
00:44:18.700 And the joke is, somebody asked,
00:44:21.340 why is the prime minister talking to himself?
00:44:23.340 And the answer was, he's having a cabinet meeting.
00:44:25.800 And that's exactly applicable to Mark.
00:44:28.740 Mark Carney is his own cabinet.
00:44:30.340 He will do whatever he wants.
00:44:32.000 And it's all about making sure Mark Carney gets something out of this deal.
00:44:37.140 And that's what kind of prime minister we have.
00:44:41.120 Now, we get back to Chrystia Freeland.
00:44:43.980 Nice to see she won't be occupying a seat in the House of Commons anymore.
00:44:48.660 I don't know if the liberals will retain that by-election seat.
00:44:53.240 Probably.
00:44:54.240 It's a safe seat.
00:44:54.960 But don't think we're any better off putting her in Ukraine
00:44:59.940 because she's heels on the ground in a country that's so corrupt,
00:45:04.800 so awash with cash that we have sent there,
00:45:08.920 along with the United States and Europe,
00:45:11.360 that anything can happen when Chrystia Freeland gets there.
00:45:15.020 And I can tell you this, it ain't going to be good.
00:45:18.960 Thank you for watching today, folks.
00:45:20.780 It's been a pleasure.
00:45:21.480 This has been David Creighton broadcasting to you live from our nation's capital.
00:45:27.640 We'll be back again tomorrow.
00:45:30.240 And heads up, look to the skies.
00:45:35.780 God bless and Godspeed to all of you.
00:45:38.780 Thank you for watching.