The Blueprint: Canada's Conservative Podcast - Andrew Scheer is strong and ready for Canada

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00:00:09.040 Is the Prime Minister actually saying that taxpayers should be on the hook when he breaks the law?

00:00:20.420 What is it going to take for the Prime Minister to have any respect for any laws in this country that may curb his out-of-control behaviour?

00:00:30.000 All these deficits leading to nothing but burying Canadians in taxes.

00:00:41.000 Peter, I know I speak for all Conservatives when I say thank you.

00:00:46.000 Thank you for your years of selfless service to our unified Conservative Party.

00:00:52.000 We all know that Peter is someone who set his personal interests aside for the good of our party,

00:01:03.000 who decided to build up and not to tear down, and our party is a living testament to his hard work.

00:01:10.000 And I want to say, Peter, a big congratulations to you and your wife Nazanim on the birth of their third child.

00:01:28.000 Fantastic. Congratulations.

00:01:29.000 Just two more to go.

00:01:30.000 Why the look? I don't know.

00:01:31.000 And I want to say thank you to the dozens of Conservative leaders from all over the country,

00:01:35.000 all elected officials who are here with us this weekend.

00:01:38.000 We certainly are one big, strong, united, National Conservative Party.

00:01:42.000 And I want to say thank you to the dozens of Conservative leaders from all over the country,

00:01:44.000 all elected officials who are here with us this weekend.

00:01:48.000 We certainly are one big, strong, united, National Conservative Party.

00:02:01.000 And in a little over a year, we will once again be a strong, stable, National Conservative Party.

00:02:17.000 We are one big, stable, national, majority, Conservative, government.

00:02:20.000 We are one big, strong, stable, national, majority, Conservative, government.

00:02:39.000 But first of all, thank you to all of you for being here at Halifax this weekend.

00:02:45.000 I've even heard of some folks driving all the way from British Columbia to be here. Driving.

00:03:04.000 Now, I have taken a lot of long drives in our minivan with our five kids.

00:03:09.000 I cannot imagine what that must have been like to get from BC to Halifax.

00:03:12.000 But thank you so much for being here.

00:03:14.000 I want you all to know how much that means to me and our entire team.

00:03:22.000 And I'm looking out at more than 3,000 committed Conservatives, nearly 70% of whom are attending their first ever political convention. Welcome.

00:03:34.000 And I've never been more honored, more proud or more happy to direct this big party.

00:03:48.000 I've been waiting for this weekend for a long time. And I know you too.

00:03:53.000 It's great to be among new friends, to forge new relationships, to connect with fellow Conservatives you might not have seen for a few years.

00:04:02.000 And especially in the middle of a gorgeous Atlantic summer in a city as beautiful and historic as Halifax.

00:04:09.000 And indeed, we have a lot to celebrate. We are out fundraising the governing Liberal Party by a margin of 2 to 1.

00:04:30.000 Thank you to all of you who contribute. We're nominating impressive candidates in every part of this country.

00:04:39.000 And we're standing up for Canadians every single day.

00:04:42.000 And we're winning on the issues that matter to Canadians.

00:04:47.000 And we're winning at the ballot box, ladies and gentlemen.

00:04:51.000 We are winning at the election. We have won the fight against the carbon tax.

00:05:02.000 We are fighting for free exchange. We support a legal and ordained immigration. 0.88

00:05:08.000 And we defend the budget balance.

00:05:13.000 Et grâce à tout ça, nous remportons des élections à des endroits où personne ne nous donnait une chance.

00:05:27.000 You know, in Chicoutimi-le-Fjord, we went from 16% of the vote just three years ago

00:05:35.000 to 53% of the vote in the by-election in June.

00:05:43.000 I know people from all over Canada might be looking at some safe Quebec seats to run in the next election for the Conservative Party.

00:05:51.000 Thank you, Richard. Merci, Richard.

00:05:55.000 But you know what? We didn't win by compromising.

00:05:59.000 We didn't win by trying to impress people who will never like us,

00:06:03.000 or by changing who we are or what we believe in.

00:06:07.000 We won the best way there is to win, the only way there is to win, as far as I'm concerned.

00:06:13.000 We earned it.

00:06:15.000 We worked harder, our ideas were better, and we stayed true to our Conservative principles.

00:06:21.000 And what I'm saying is this, if we can win on our principles by staying true to ourselves,

00:06:31.000 in ridings like Chicoutimi-le-Fjord, there is nowhere in this country that we can't win in 2019.

00:06:37.000 This road was opened on July 18th, in Chicoutimi-le-Fjord, a circumscription that we have lost 20 years ago.

00:06:56.000 This road was opened on July 18th, in Chicoutimi-le-Fjord, a circumscription that we have lost 20 years ago.

00:07:05.000 It's the work of our whole team that has contributed to this historic victory in Saguenay.

00:07:11.000 I am so proud to have in our family the new deputy of Chicoutimi-le-Fjord, Richard Martel.

00:07:17.000 And if we remain united, if we continue to work hard, if we remain faithful to our principles,

00:07:31.000 in a few months, the path of Conservative victories will cross all the country.

00:07:42.000 Now, ladies and gentlemen, this weekend is about a lot of things.

00:07:46.000 It's about celebrating how far we've come in the last year.

00:07:50.000 It's about affirming our principles and articulating our vision.

00:07:55.000 But most importantly, it's about all the people we fight for every single day.

00:08:01.000 Like a father and son I met in PEI.

00:08:05.000 They own a lobster boat.

00:08:07.000 They took us out on a trip there with my family and they taught us all about their way of life and how they earn a living.

00:08:13.000 They're up during the season every day at 3 a.m. no matter what the weather,

00:08:18.000 braving the ocean conditions to earn a living for their families.

00:08:22.000 They told me it's hard, grueling work and they absolutely love it.

00:08:27.000 They wouldn't want to do anything else.

00:08:29.000 Their number one input cost is fuel.

00:08:33.000 And they are absolutely terrified about what a carbon tax will do to their lives.

00:08:38.000 It's about the dozens of workers at a plastics plant I visited in Markham, Ontario,

00:08:50.000 who have already had to cut their work week down to five shifts a week, from five shifts a week down to four,

00:08:56.000 because it was getting too expensive to have the plant run every day.

00:09:00.000 And the owner told me that the plant in Markham does everything that could be done just south of the border.

00:09:07.000 He could move it across the border at less cost and greater profit.

00:09:12.000 Now, he doesn't want to do that.

00:09:14.000 He loves Canada.

00:09:15.000 He loves his workers.

00:09:16.000 But with rising costs, he doesn't know how much longer he can hold out.

00:09:21.000 You know, I was in New Brunswick a few weeks ago, visiting the Moncton Farmers Market.

00:09:26.000 I was making my way through the booths and I saw this woman who was selling soaps. 1.00

00:09:31.000 All natural, organic soaps.

00:09:35.000 And she extended her hand to me as I was walking by with a troubled look in her face.

00:09:39.000 And she came up to me and she put her hand out.

00:09:42.000 I shook her hand and she looked at me and she said,

00:09:44.000 I'm so sorry.

00:09:45.000 I'm so, so sorry.

00:09:47.000 I was a little bit taken aback.

00:09:50.000 I have had many conversations with Jill where I start off that way.

00:09:56.000 This was kind of odd to be on the receiving end.

00:10:01.000 She kept apologizing.

00:10:02.000 She kept looking at me saying, I'm just, I'm so sorry.

00:10:05.000 I'm so, so sorry.

00:10:06.000 And I thought, what on earth could this woman have possibly done? 0.99

00:10:10.000 So she looked at me straight in the eye and she just said,

00:10:13.000 I am so sorry.

00:10:15.000 I voted Liberal in the last election.

00:10:17.000 We did share a couple of laughs about that.

00:10:30.000 But the more I thought about that encounter since then, the more I realized that it's not all that funny.

00:10:34.000 This woman, a small business owner who worked hard, trusted Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party.

00:10:44.000 She believed when she said that he would protect the middle class.

00:10:49.000 She believed that he had his best interests at heart.

00:10:53.000 That he would reduce the income of the middle class

00:10:57.000 in the middle class.

00:10:58.000 She believed that he would do the same.

00:10:59.000 That he would do the same.

00:11:00.000 That he would do the same.

00:11:01.000 That he would do the same.

00:11:02.000 Now, Justin Trudeau has failed this woman by failing to deliver what he promised.

00:11:06.000 And those failures have consequences.

00:11:09.000 She told me she fears for the future.

00:11:12.000 That it's getting harder to stay afloat.

00:11:14.000 That she's worried about making ends meet with new taxes and rising costs.

00:11:19.000 But here's the real problem.

00:11:21.000 Justin Trudeau has no idea what she or any middle class Canadian family is going through

00:11:26.000 because of him.

00:11:31.000 He has no concept about how to stretch a dollar.

00:11:38.000 How to make it to the next payday.

00:11:40.000 How to stick it.

00:11:42.000 How to stick to a monthly budget.

00:11:44.000 I'm not even sure he's seen a monthly budget.

00:11:48.000 He just doesn't get it.

00:11:50.000 He doesn't understand the problems face.

00:11:52.000 And he can't be trusted to fix them.

00:11:55.000 But I can tell you, I do.

00:11:57.000 I live in the great province of Saskatchewan.

00:12:07.000 But in a lot of ways, my story begins on Cawthra Road.

00:12:11.000 A four lane road linking the Lake Ontario waterfront in Mississauga

00:12:16.000 to a web of major freeways in the GTA.

00:12:19.000 Someone here from Cawthra Road?

00:12:20.000 I heard a couple.

00:12:21.000 Oh my gosh.

00:12:22.000 Two.

00:12:23.000 Fantastic.

00:12:25.000 It's amazing.

00:12:28.000 Well, you'll know that now, all up and down Cawthra Road,

00:12:32.000 it's a very busy street.

00:12:33.000 There's apartments, there's banks, schools, warehouses, lots of businesses

00:12:37.000 lining both sides of the street.

00:12:39.000 But 70 years ago, 75 years ago, it was a dirt road where my grandparents,

00:12:45.000 William and Eileen Enright, built a home.

00:12:48.000 My grandfather was a factory worker at Massey Ferguson,

00:12:52.000 while my grandfather stayed home in just a tiny one-storey house.

00:12:56.000 My mother Mary, she was born first, and eight kids came after.

00:13:02.000 And I can tell you, it wasn't an easy life.

00:13:06.000 From a young age, my grandparents sacrificed, and my mom sacrificed with them.

00:13:12.000 She actually helped raise her brothers and sisters,

00:13:15.000 while my grandfather worked long shifts at the factory,

00:13:17.000 and while my grandmother grew vegetables in the backyard,

00:13:20.000 and patched together the hand-me-down clothes to be passed along to the next kid.

00:13:25.000 Right after high school, my mom became a nurse.

00:13:28.000 She actually got hired as one of the original nurses at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

00:13:33.000 Before she moved to Ottawa, she saved up enough money to pay for a second-floor addition to her parents' house.

00:13:48.000 And after that, it must have felt like a mansion.

00:13:51.000 And that's what it was like in our own family growing up.

00:13:54.000 My mom simply went from sacrificing for her siblings to sacrificing for children of her own. 1.00

00:14:01.000 My parents, my mom and dad, we lived in a small townhouse in Ottawa.

00:14:05.000 We didn't have a lot of money.

00:14:07.000 My dad would always tell us that we'd have more money

00:14:09.000 if the government didn't take so much on the front end, but we got by.

00:14:14.000 They had to make sacrifices, too.

00:14:16.000 We didn't own a car, so we had to take the bus everywhere we went.

00:14:21.000 And if you think it's easy to convince a girl to meet you at the bus stop in January in Ottawa,

00:14:28.000 I can tell you it's not.

00:14:31.000 You have to develop a pretty good pitch.

00:14:36.000 But they did that, and they made lots of choices going without for themselves

00:14:40.000 so that my sisters and I could have the things we want to dance for them, sports for me,

00:14:45.000 lots of the little things that all of us have had to do to make choices for our own kids.

00:14:50.000 My mom was my hero.

00:14:53.000 She passed away last year just before I was elected leader.

00:14:58.000 But I like to think she passed away knowing that she instilled in me a lasting obligation

00:15:04.000 to make life even just a little bit better for the people around me and the people I serve.

00:15:10.000 You.

00:15:11.000 I love her.

00:15:31.000 To raise my three daughters and two sons with the same strength and optimism that she showed

00:15:48.000 me.

00:15:49.000 To give of myself so the burdens of others might be lighter, just as she did her whole 0.53

00:15:54.000 life.

00:15:55.000 That is her legacy to our family.

00:15:57.000 I want it to be my legacy to this country.

00:16:01.000 Thank you very much.

00:16:14.500 Thank you so much.

00:16:29.500 This country has bestowed such fortune and opportunity on my family that I stand before you running to be the next Prime Minister one generation removed from having nine kids in a two-bedroom bungalow along a dirt road.

00:16:48.260 That right there is Canada, ladies and gentlemen, and it's worth fighting to protect.

00:16:59.500 Ladies and gentlemen, as the history of our party shows clearly, conservatives win when we apply our strongest and fundamental principles to the modern problem that Canadians and Canadians face.

00:17:28.500 And I am so proud to stand before you today knowing that we are the Party of Canada's first Prime Minister, the father of our Federation, and the visionary who made this land possible, the great Sir John A. Macdonald.

00:17:54.500 Sir John A. Macdonald.

00:17:56.500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

00:18:21.500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

00:18:51.500 You know, the Liberal Party of Canada's elite donor program is called the Laurier Club.

00:18:57.500 Now, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Liberal Prime Minister, signed an executive order,

00:19:03.500 signed an order in council in 1911 banning black immigrants to Canada,

00:19:08.500 but he was also the architect of the Canadian Navy and a pioneer of free trade with the United States.

00:19:14.500 Do we hear voices from the left saying that we better take his name off of everything and rename universities?

00:19:20.500 William Lyon Mackenzie King, another Liberal Prime Minister,

00:19:26.500 the man who navigated Canada through the Great Depression and led the country during World War II,

00:19:31.500 closed Canada's doors to Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany.

00:19:38.500 And his own government at the time said, none is too many.

00:19:43.500 Will the Liberals work to take his face off the $50 bill? No.

00:19:49.500 No.

00:19:50.500 But you can see how divisive this approach is, how destructive this is to our Canadian identity.

00:19:57.500 We can and we should celebrate the giants of our history, like Macdonald, Laurier and King,

00:20:03.500 for the great things they did for our country.

00:20:17.500 We can absolutely look to the past and learn from the mistakes that were made at the time,

00:20:23.500 while still celebrating the contributions that made Canada so great along the way.

00:20:29.500 But friends, if we look back on our history and our leaders and only see their blemishes,

00:20:38.500 we miss out on a beautiful story of a great country that has progressed into the safest,

00:20:45.500 freest and most prosperous in the world.

00:20:47.500 I have become the leader of this party for about 15 months.

00:20:57.500 I have become the leader of this party for about 15 months.

00:21:12.500 It was a difficult and vigorous campaign, and a big step ahead for our party.

00:21:20.500 We have chosen the only second chef that this party had received in 13 years.

00:21:26.500 When I won, we were at about 10 points behind the Liberals.

00:21:32.500 Justin Trudeau was always the coquelicouche of the international elite and celebrities.

00:21:38.500 But things have changed since.

00:21:41.500 You know, a year ago, when I was traveling around the country and people would stop me and say hello,

00:21:46.500 they'd shake my hand, they'd say,

00:21:48.500 hey, we're rooting for you, good luck.

00:21:50.500 Now, when people see me, they grab me by the hand, both hands on my arm,

00:21:56.500 they look at me and they say,

00:21:58.500 Andrew, you've got to beat these guys.

00:22:00.500 That sense of urgency is real. And why?

00:22:13.500 Because the Liberal Party is finally showing its true colors.

00:22:17.500 And I'm talking about the real Liberal Party.

00:22:20.500 The tax-hiking, rule-breaking, perk-loving, deficit-spending,

00:22:23.500 debt-mounting, virtue-signaling,

00:22:25.500 Liberals Canadians have come to know and despise.

00:22:30.500 Justin Trudeau tries to say that Canada's back.

00:22:47.500 I say the Liberals are back.

00:22:50.500 Back to ignoring the rules and abusing the privileges of power. 0.55

00:22:54.500 Just recently, we saw the government interfere in a process

00:22:58.500 to award a clam-fishing license to a fake company

00:23:02.500 with deep ties to the Liberal Party.

00:23:05.500 Todd Doherty knows it's the clam scam in Newfoundland.

00:23:10.500 Bill Morneau, the finance minister, introduced a law regulating pension companies,

00:23:18.500 while still holding millions of shares in his former family firm that regulated,

00:23:24.500 that managed, pensions.

00:23:30.500 In 2016, we all remember, Justin Trudeau accepted a private helicopter ride

00:23:35.500 to a luxury island vacation from someone who was registered to lobby his government.

00:23:41.500 The Prime Minister broke the law, as the Ethics Commissioner so clearly confirmed.

00:23:47.500 But hey, it was no big deal, because to Trudeau and the Liberals, the rules just don't apply to them.

00:23:53.500 Ladies and gentlemen, this is how Liberals have always governed the country.

00:23:58.500 Not for the people, but for their friends.

00:24:00.500 And if Justin Trudeau is engaged in this kind of corruption only three years into his term,

00:24:13.500 just imagine what he would get up to if he had a second term.

00:24:19.500 A shudder to think about.

00:24:22.500 Liberals are also back to raising taxes and squeezing the middle class.

00:24:26.500 From coast to coast, I hear the same thing.

00:24:30.500 People are getting by, but they aren't getting ahead.

00:24:33.500 There's only a little left at the end of the month, and everything keeps getting more expensive.

00:24:38.500 But Justin Trudeau doesn't get it.

00:24:41.500 The federal government should not make life more expensive.

00:24:45.500 As Prime Minister, I'm going to make sure the government takes less money off of every paycheck

00:24:50.500 so you can get ahead, not just get by.

00:24:56.500 The Canadians and Canadians from all over the country say that they really wonder if their future will be better.

00:25:11.500 In fact, more than half of Canadians every month are close to not being able to pay their taxes every month.

00:25:19.500 Since the Liberals have won in 2015, more than 80% of Canadians from the middle class pay more taxes for an increase of more than 800 dollars.

00:25:32.500 And the Liberals have annuled all fiscal payments for students and children's activities.

00:25:40.500 Gas prices have reached record levels across the country.

00:25:49.500 And what was Justin Trudeau's response?

00:25:51.500 When he was asked about how this was affecting the day-to-day life of Canadians, Justin Trudeau actually celebrated it.

00:25:59.500 He said, higher gas prices are, quote, exactly what we want.

00:26:08.500 Ladies and gentlemen, this kind of out-of-touch, elitist thinking is typical of Liberal arrogance.

00:26:14.500 Millionaire Liberals like Justin Trudeau may want to pay higher gas prices, but the hard-working Canadians that we're fighting for sure don't.

00:26:22.500 And yes, the Liberals are back.

00:26:43.500 Back to embarrassing Canada on the world stage and damaging relationships with important allies.

00:26:49.500 Under Justin Trudeau's, Canada's international trading prospects have never looked more grim.

00:26:56.500 And that is a huge problem when one in five Canadian jobs rely on free trade.

00:27:01.500 Now, it's true.

00:27:04.500 The President of the United States is anti-free trade.

00:27:08.500 And Donald Trump has been crystal clear all along that he's out to cause us pain and to steal our jobs.

00:27:16.500 But standing up to Donald Trump starts by making sure that Canada is strong.

00:27:22.500 We need to stop pumping cheap fuel into the American economy.

00:27:26.500 We need to get our resources to new markets.

00:27:28.500 We need to compete with other countries on taxation and regulation instead of rolling over.

00:27:34.500 We need to target government.

00:27:41.500 From Japan, to India, to Australia, Justin Trudeau has

00:27:54.500 From Japan, to India, to Australia, Justin Trudeau has embarrassed Canada and has failed

00:28:06.140 to open new markets, and those failures have consequences for Canadians, and Conservatives

00:28:12.480 are going to work very hard to repair that damage.

00:28:16.260 Earlier this year, I went to the United Kingdom, where I met with Prime Minister Theresa May,

00:28:21.940 laying the groundwork for future negotiations for when we form government in 2019.

00:28:33.980 And in October, I'm headed to India to do the same.

00:28:45.040 But don't worry, I don't dance and I'm not bringing a celebrity chef along with

00:28:50.100 me.

00:28:57.340 The point is, international trade and foreign affairs is a serious endeavour, requiring

00:29:02.580 serious leadership.

00:29:04.400 It's time for the grown-ups to be in charge again.

00:29:11.640 The President of the United Kingdom has always been part of the federalists, paternalists and

00:29:18.880 centralisateurs.

00:29:20.880 The President of the United Kingdom has always been part of the federalists, paternalists and

00:29:33.120 centralisateurs.

00:29:34.120 The President of the United Kingdom has always been part of the federalists, paternalists and

00:29:39.360 countries.

00:29:40.360 The President of the United Kingdom has always worked for the autonomy of the provinces, and

00:29:41.360 we want to collaborate.

00:29:42.360 The President of the United Kingdom has always been part of the support of the European Union.

00:29:49.600 The President of the United Kingdom has always been part of the support of the country.

00:29:51.600 double-rapport d'impôts. Justin Trudeau does not listen to those who have enough

00:30:02.480 each year to fill two-rapport d'impôts. He does not listen and understand the everyday

00:30:10.360 world of ordinary people. Do you know why, my friends? Because Justin Trudeau lives in

00:30:15.600 this world, the callineurs, the licornes and the little dolphins.

00:30:23.840 Well, we have heard you. We are going to act. The return to the reason is close. When I

00:30:32.720 will be Prime Minister, the Quebec contributions will only fill a single-rapport d'impôts

00:30:39.480 comme l'ensemble des Canadiens. Sérieusement, je prends cet engagement populaire dès maintenant

00:30:52.600 car je veux faciliter la vie des Québécois.

00:31:01.800 The Liberals are also back to bankrupting this country. Remember when Justin Trudeau talked

00:31:07.420 about his temporary tiny deficits? Well, turns out, not so tiny and definitely not so temporary.

00:31:19.340 This government has racked up $73 billion in new debt. But what do we have to show for

00:31:29.980 it? What do you have? Your wages haven't gone up, but I know your taxes have. This failure

00:31:36.700 has real consequences. Canadians don't have more money left over at the end of the month

00:31:42.160 and they have less money to spend as they see fit.

00:31:46.480 And why are Conservatives so passionate about this issue? Because every year that we're in

00:31:51.760 a deficit, we're borrowing money from my kids and from yours. Deficits today mean higher taxes

00:31:59.280 tomorrow. It really is that simple. And not one of us, not a single one of us in this room

00:32:06.240 would leave a credit card bill to those who come after us.

00:32:14.060 What Justin Trudeau is doing is robbing from our children and it's just wrong. Under my leadership,

00:32:23.840 the deficits will come to an end. We will balance the budget once again and put Canada's fiscal

00:32:28.680 house back in order.

00:32:35.680 They have environmental plans that may seem to be good, but they do nothing to reduce emissions

00:32:43.680 and reduce our industry. In terms of environment, the Conservatives will maintain low emissions

00:32:50.680 and continue to improve our environmental performance. But we will not destroy the economic

00:32:56.680 engine of our country.

00:33:00.680 The best way to reduce global emissions is not to shut down the Canadian industry, it's

00:33:23.680 to grow it.

00:33:24.680 You know, here's just one example. Canada leads the world in tough environmental standards.

00:33:35.140 We do so much so well at the best levels of responsible development. Here's a great example.

00:33:41.740 In China, manufacturing a ton of aluminum produces 17 tons of CO2. In Canada, it produces just two.

00:33:52.880 That means we would actually grow our economy and reduce global emissions if more of that

00:33:59.400 aluminum was made right here in Canada.

00:34:10.480 Not punishing people for heating their homes or driving their cars, but luring investment

00:34:15.320 away from countries with lower environmental standards and bringing it home to Canada.

00:34:20.200 Canada.

00:34:27.200 Now, speaking of pointless gestures that will cost Canadians a lot of money and do nothing for

00:34:35.380 the world's climate, let me talk about the carbon tax. There is no idea in Canada that has

00:34:44.200 had a worse year than the carbon tax. And I remember not so long ago when pundits and experts were

00:34:54.200 writing obituaries for Conservative parties for not supporting a carbon tax. Now they're writing obituaries

00:35:03.200 for parties that do support the carbon tax.

00:35:10.200 Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals in Ontario? Gone. Thank you, Ford Nation.

00:35:18.200 Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party are about to take care of the NDP in Alberta.

00:35:37.200 Even Liberals are running away from it. In PEI, the Liberal government will submit a plan this fall that won't include a carbon tax.

00:35:56.200 You know, I remember I was watching the Ontario election. And I gotta tell you, one of the most frustrating days was when

00:36:03.200 a poll came out that said that the people in Ontario opposed the carbon tax at a rate of seven out of ten.

00:36:12.200 Seven out of ten people in Ontario were opposed to the carbon tax. And I saw an article with one of these experts who was

00:36:18.200 writing a very intellectual article in one of the major newspapers. And the gist of the article was along the lines of,

00:36:25.200 and I think one of the actual quotes was, the people of Ontario don't support the carbon tax because they just don't understand it.

00:36:33.200 Now, I've traveled all over this country. There is a carbon tax revolt brewing. And I can tell you, the reason more and more

00:36:45.200 Canadians don't support the carbon tax is precisely because we do understand it.

00:37:02.200 And even Justin Strudeau is starting to cave, but he can't even get walking away from his own policy right.

00:37:07.200 Instead of just getting rid of the carbon tax altogether, he's decided to give big businesses and big polluters

00:37:14.200 a huge break. This summer, he very quietly exempted 90% of their emissions from his tax.

00:37:25.200 Now, that means the single mother will still pay the tax on 100% of the gas she buys to drive to work, 1.00

00:37:34.200 the groceries she buys to feed her kids. But industrial polluters and big businesses with their powerful lobbyists 0.99

00:37:42.200 will enjoy a massive loophole. Now, Conservatives know the carbon tax just isn't bad for big business.

00:37:52.200 It's bad for absolutely everyone.

00:37:55.200 And that's why, come 2019, my first act as Prime Minister will be to get rid of the carbon tax once and for all.

00:38:10.200 More and more Canadians are seeing through all of these Liberal deceptions.

00:38:33.200 You know, Liberals always like to try and wrap themselves up in good intentions.

00:38:38.200 But their policies invariably hurt the very people they claim they want to help.

00:38:43.200 They try and convince people that they're motivated by compassion.

00:38:48.200 But we all know that there is nothing compassionate about their policies.

00:38:53.200 There is nothing compassionate about a deficit.

00:38:56.200 There is nothing fair about leaving the next generation of Canadians a mountain of new debt, 0.50

00:39:01.200 with more and more of their tax dollars going to pay bankers and creditors.

00:39:06.200 There is nothing complementary,

00:39:13.200 to taxa...

00:39:15.200 to hedge investments,

00:39:16.200 to Soft-and-out loans

00:39:17.200 to call work workers.

00:39:18.200 There is nothingöllnint to endanger millions of businesses

00:39:21.200 with 不 increasing��cis抵 blazing

00:39:27.200 petites entreprises, ou à étouffer les familles qui tentent de joindre les deux

00:39:32.400 bouts avec plus d'impôts. And there is absolutely nothing compassionate about

00:39:39.380 allowing thousands to cross the border illegally from a safe place like upstate

00:39:44.360 New York, jumping ahead of those in refugee camps, fleeing violence and 0.99

00:39:48.080 tyranny, waiting for Canada's help.

00:39:57.200 This failure again has real consequences for both taxpayers and those who are

00:40:12.860 seeking to come to Canada the right way. Those waiting to be reunited with a loved

00:40:18.140 one or those in dangerous places around the world waiting their turn following

00:40:22.580 the rules. Those are the consequences of the Liberal failure on this file. And I

00:40:27.980 won't let Liberals claim a monopoly on compassion, ladies and gentlemen,

00:40:31.700 especially when it's conservative principles that actually help people

00:40:35.660 who need it the most.

00:40:38.860 Now, there's been a lot of talk about diversity in the last couple of weeks and

00:40:52.240 I am so proud to be the leader of a party that has so much to celebrate, so many

00:40:58.120 firsts when it comes to diversity in this country. Justin Trudeau says that

00:41:03.400 diversity is our strength but I think he's missing the big picture. The reasons why

00:41:08.320 waves and waves of immigrants from all over the world, all corners of the globe, have

00:41:13.180 chosen Canada generation after generation. It's because we are free. Free to worship

00:41:21.040 and free to speak and free to believe. It's because we are open. Open to the

00:41:29.020 persecuted and the oppressed. It's because we are equal. Equal as individuals. Equal in

00:41:36.040 opportunity. Equal before the law and equal in value.

00:41:43.040 It is because of all these things that we are diverse. Diversity is a product of our

00:41:53.860 our strength. Our strength is and always has been our freedom.

00:42:00.860 And I don't think I can put it any better than the last Prime Minister to come from Saskatchewan. As John Diefenbaker said,

00:42:07.860 I am a Canadian. Free to speak without fear. Free to worship in my own way. Free to stand for what I think

00:42:14.860 right. Free to oppose what I believe wrong. Free to oppose what I believe wrong. Free to choose those who shall govern my country.

00:42:21.860 This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.

00:42:28.860 This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.

00:42:35.860 This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.

00:42:43.860 Those are principles that create unity, ladies and gentlemen. And there is a

00:43:13.840 unity in our diversity when we rally around those principles.

00:43:20.840 Now some will have you believe that our rights come from the identity groups the government puts us in.

00:43:28.840 But Conservatives know our rights come from the fact that we are individual Canadians.

00:43:36.840 And in our politics today the forces of political correctness are converging on contrary ideas and even on legitimate criticism.

00:43:49.840 On deeply held personal convictions and complex matters of individual choice.

00:43:55.840 Justin Trudeau wants this. He wants to impose his personal views on the country and demonize those who don't accept them.

00:44:05.840 But Conservatives won't let Trudeau avoid accountability for his decisions by smearing and name-calling those who dare to criticise him.

00:44:20.840 And we already know that the political context in Quebec would be very different in 2019.

00:44:42.840 Le Bloc et le NPD foncent dans un mur. Merci beaucoup Martine.

00:44:48.840 Il n'y a qu'une seule alternative sérieuse à Justin Trudeau et c'est nous.

00:44:57.840 En effet, il reste sur le champ de bataille deux adversaires historiques, les conservateurs et les libéraux.

00:45:06.840 Vous savez, deux parties, c'est assez. Un bon et une mauvaise.

00:45:12.840 Et le contraste entre conservateurs et libéraux n'a jamais été aussi clair.

00:45:20.840 Le choix se dessine déjà. Une partie à l'écoute, compétent, qui ressemble aux Québécois, le Parti conservateur.

00:45:29.840 Ou une partie qui accume les échecs, qui démontre son et compétence et qui pousse les idées de maintenant masser le Parti libéral.

00:45:42.840 Mes amis, je suis très confiant en vue des prochaines élections.

00:45:52.840 Je suis sur le terrain partout et à l'écoute des Québécois.

00:45:56.840 Les gens viennent vers nous. Ils veulent discuter avec nous. Ils sont intéressés par nos idées.

00:46:04.840 Ils constatent que derrière l'image, le bilingue de Justin Trudeau se résume en trois mots.

00:46:14.840 Échec, échec et échec.

00:46:23.840 Nous sommes à l'écoute de la population et la plateforme conservatrice sera la vôtre.

00:46:28.840 En 2019, les idées, l'écoute et la compétence auront le dessus sur l'image, l'errogance et les discours vides.

00:46:38.840 Il nous reste encore plus ou moins un an à endurer les chèques des libéraux avant que le ciel redevienne bleu.

00:46:48.840 Et ne laissez jamais personne vous dire que les valeurs conservatrices ne sont pas des valeurs québécoises.

00:47:01.840 Mes amis, les conservateurs du Québec peuvent se présenter dans n'importe quelle région la tête haute.

00:47:09.840 Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada

00:47:12.840 Since the last federal election, our greatest results and achievements have actually been in the province of Québec.

00:47:19.840 And in 2019, with the same determination and pride, and with a renewed platform,

00:47:26.840 and a solid organisation and great candidates, we will lead our team to the best results yet.

00:47:35.840 I personally encourage myself to pursue the efforts to continue to connect more with the Francophones around the country.

00:47:52.840 Ma détermination est grande et je souhaite qu'on utilise toutes les tribunes pour passer notre message conservateur.

00:48:01.840 Et c'est dans cet esprit que je n'ai pas hésité un second à aller sur le plateau de l'émission « Tout le monde en parle ».

00:48:10.840 Et je suis toujours en vie.

00:48:18.840 Mais j'ai besoin de vous.

00:48:20.840 Notre caucus a besoin de vous.

00:48:22.840 Ensemble, nous redonnerons au Canada ce qu'il mérite.

00:48:26.840 Un gouvernement conservateur, solide et efficace, avec une équipe québécoise forte et déterminée.

00:48:32.840 Un gouvernement conservateur, solide et déminée.

00:48:50.840 Ladies and gentlemen, Conservatives are united, we're strong, we're ready, and we're winning.

00:48:59.840 Across provincial borders, Conservatives are coming together and winning.

00:49:04.840 Look at what Jason Kenney has done in Alberta.

00:49:07.840 What Doug Ford achieved in Ontario.

00:49:09.840 What Scott Moe is continuing doing in Saskatchewan.

00:49:12.840 They're winning, and we're winning too.

00:49:22.840 Nous sommes unis dans nos principes et notre but.

00:49:26.840 Nous défendons vigoureusement les attaques envers nos libertaires, économiques et individuelles,

00:49:31.840 et offrons une vision du Canada où tout le monde pour réussir.

00:49:36.840 Conservatives know that people, all people, no matter where they live or what they do,

00:49:41.840 are best served when governments stand down and allow individuals, families and communities

00:49:46.840 to determine their own destiny.

00:49:56.840 And you watch how Canadians will respond if we allow that fundamental belief to continue to guide us.

00:50:02.840 But I need all of you.

00:50:03.840 I'm going to say right now, it's going to be a lot of hard work.

00:50:08.840 The Liberals and all their friends are going to throw everything they've got at us.

00:50:13.840 It's going to get harder and harder.

00:50:17.840 But I want you all to take it with a smile.

00:50:30.840 Because all that means is that we're winning.

00:50:33.840 Andrew! Andrew! Andrew! Andrew! Andrew! Andrew! Andrew! Andrew! Andrew! Andrew! Andrew! Andrew!

00:50:51.840 But as you're out there knocking on doors and talking to your neighbours, I want you

00:51:03.220 to allow yourselves to dream a little bit.

00:51:05.520 While you're out talking to Canadians about what we're going to do, about the failures

00:51:10.300 of the Liberal government and the consequences they've had on making life harder for Canadians,

00:51:15.900 I want you to dream about the country that we'll be building.

00:51:20.500 And think about, what if we had a government that understood that a free people making

00:51:25.980 free decisions was the best way to improve the quality of life and create prosperity for

00:51:30.140 all Canadians?

00:51:34.140 What if, what if we had a government that believed that there was enough space in our public debate

00:51:40.000 for values and viewpoints it didn't agree with?

00:51:48.280 What if we had a government that didn't always just look back into our history looking for

00:51:53.960 reasons to be ashamed, but instead for reasons to be proud?

00:51:59.280 What if we had a government that knew that the best way to fight against protection is to

00:52:20.400 make Canada the most attractive place in the world to invest and to create jobs?

00:52:32.940 And what if we had a government that was led by a Prime Minister that actually understood

00:52:37.920 the everyday problems Canadians face and govern with a clear plan to help them?

00:52:44.920 This, this is what the Conservative Party will offer.

00:52:54.920 A country where people aren't just there to pay taxes to a big government, they're there

00:53:11.000 to be served by a good government.

00:53:21.380 A country where we work with First Nations as partners in our shared prosperity instead 1.00

00:53:26.560 of talking down to them with empty gestures and symbolism.

00:53:45.240 A country where wealth isn't taxed and regulated and controlled, but created, unleashed and multiplied.

00:53:54.120 Where hard work is rewarded, not punished.

00:53:57.260 Where the government realizes the best way to ensure that more Canadians get ahead is by 0.98

00:54:01.920 by lifting people up, not tearing people down.

00:54:21.100 Where we can build big nation-building projects, the kinds of things that bring us closer together

00:54:28.780 as a people, and make it easier for one part of the country to benefit from the prosperity

00:54:34.660 of another.

00:54:35.820 And that is why a Conservative government will repeal the Liberal regulatory changes and get

00:54:41.560 Energy East back to the table.

00:54:58.780 Ladies and gentlemen, this is my positive Conservative vision.

00:55:14.940 Where taxes are low, government is limited, but opportunity is unlimited.

00:55:20.760 Where freedom is celebrated and people are put before government.

00:55:25.000 Ladies and gentlemen, that's what we're going to build together.

00:55:28.400 Thank you so much for all your support.

00:55:29.400 Merci beaucoup.

00:55:30.400 Thank you for listening to The Blueprint, Canada's Conservative Podcast.

00:55:44.680 To find more episodes, interviews, and in-depth discussions of politics in Canada, search for

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The Blueprint: Canada's Conservative Podcast - August 31, 2018

Andrew Scheer is strong and ready for Canada

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