Conservatives unitedïŒ Andrew Scheerâs victory speech in Toronto
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Summary
In this episode, Prime Minister-elect Andrew Scheer delivers his victory speech at his victory party in the Conservative primary election victory in the riding of Simcoe North-Grits, a victory that makes a 78-day campaign look like a walk in the park.
Transcript
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You're listening to The Blueprint, Canada's Conservative Podcast.
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Merci beaucoup. Merci beaucoup. Thank you so much.
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This makes a 78-day campaign look like a walk in the park.
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I mean, there aren't enough words to describe the support that she has given me,
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and the fact that she's stood by my side this entire time
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is the greatest honor I've ever had in my life.
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And my kids, Thomas, Grace, Maddie, Henry, and Mary.
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To my amazing campaign, my supporters and volunteers, thank you.
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You have all worked so tirelessly, and this win is because of your work,
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I want to pay a special and ask for a big round of applause.
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A great campaign, a campaign of ideas that he believes in very fervently
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and has helped grow in this movement, and to all my fellow candidates.
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You know, these past many months have seen us crisscross the entire country,
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It has meant time away from your families and your everyday lives.
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I thank you for what you've done for the party.
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You have each brought your passion and what you believe in to the center stage.
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and I plan to ensure that the very best of those ideas are carried on
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might have been just content to merely just try to keep the party together
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But your stewardship of our party has been incredible these past 18 months.
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holding Justin Trudeau's Liberals to account every single day,
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Thank you for your leadership and for your service to our party and to Canada.
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I know that I have very big shoes to fill, Ronna.
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Well, not physically very big, but very stylish.
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and a man who will always stand tall in the conservative movement.
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His principal position allowed Canada to stand tall on the world stage with our allies.
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And he set an example of what it is to fight for conservative values,
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Unfortunately, I lost my mom through the campaign,
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and I want to thank each and every one of you who sent your best wishes to me.
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I want to thank my aunts and uncles, my cousins all across the GTA are here with me tonight.
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And I thank you for all the support you've given me as well.
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We know that conservative solutions are the best answer to the issues of which our party is confronted.
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To all Canadians from coast to coast, the next Conservative government will always be
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looking for new ways to make life more affordable by cutting your taxes, making it easier for
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And we will end the liberal policies that make it harder to start new businesses, make
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life more expensive for families, and that punish hard work and success.
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During the campaign, I had the chance to visit several regions from Canada and here in Quebec,
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whether it be at Warwick, in Baie-Saint-Paul, in Saint-Hyacinthe, in Montreal, or in Quebec.
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J'ai pu constater que mon ami Dany Labelle avait raison, les Québécois sont plus conservateurs
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Nos excellents résultats au Québec en 2015 sont un signe que nous pouvons faire encore
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Pour moi, il est essentiel que nous ayons des députés conservateurs partout au Québec,
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Je tiens Ă remercier Dany pour son excellent travail.
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Grùce à lui, nous pouvons compter sur une équipe québécoise extraordinaire.
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Et, contrairement à Justin Trudeau et les 39 autres députés libéraux, nous allons
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Nous sommes le parti qui a reconnu la nation québécoise, et nous allons toujours travailler
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On va défendre sans relùche nos travailleurs forestiers et nos producteurs agricoles.
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Conservatives have, and always will be, the party of prosperity, not envy.
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The party that always represents taxpayers, not connected Ottawa insiders.
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And we are the party that believes that there is more to society than just government.
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Trudeau's Liberals are so focused on photo ops and selfies that they don't care if their
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And given what's gone on in Ottawa, I think that forecast for sunny ways was like so many
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But I guess it's always sunny in the Caribbean.
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And to my fellow Canadians, there is a better way.
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A system that rewards hard work and success which benefits all Canadians.
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As Prime Minister, I will focus on results with conservative policies that create prosperity
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and provide opportunities for every single Canadian.
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I believe in fiscal responsibility when it comes to taxpayers' money.
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Which is why I will bring us back to balance budgets and end corporate welfare.
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We have to get a grip on this out of control spending.
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It's not fair to future generations of Canadians.
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And one of the things that has motivated me so much in this campaign is the very strong
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belief that I cannot allow Justin Trudeau to do the same thing to my five children that
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The liberal carbon tax is nothing more than a cash grab.
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And I'll go further by scrapping the GST or HST from home heating electricity.
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Because only a liberal would think that in Canada, heating your home in the winter is
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And I will always defend the right of any province which does not want to impose Justin Trudeau's
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And I will always defend the right of any province which does not want to impose Justin Trudeau's
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And I will always defend the right of any province which does not want to impose Justin Trudeau's
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I believe that the foundation of our democracy is the ability to have a debate about any
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That is why I am so committed to defending free speech.
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I will withhold federal grants from universities that shut down debate and can't stand different
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And there are threats here at home but there are so many around the world.
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And I believe that radical Islamic terrorism is a threat to every single Canadian.
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Which is why I will recommit our air force to the fight against ISIS.
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I believe that Islamic terrorism is a threat to all Canadians, and that's why I'm going
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to do so that we will fight against the Islamic State again.
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Now, to all Conservatives, those who have been members for decades, and those who have
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just recently joined our movement, every single kind of Conservative is welcome in this party,
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We all know what it looks like when Conservatives are divided.
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Throughout this campaign, all the leadership candidates, and I have so much respect for
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each and every one of them, all the leadership candidates working independently, grew this
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party to the biggest it's ever been in history.
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Now imagine what we will do when we are all working together.
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We can't afford four other years with Justin Trudeau.
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Canadians cannot afford four more years of Justin Trudeau.
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But I'm here to tell you that there is renewed hope for Canada starting today.
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I'm here to tell you that the pain and hardship that the Trudeau Liberals are causing Canadians
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There is hope because Conservatives are united.
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Because we are positive, because we are strong, and because we have principled Conservative values,
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