The Blueprint: Canada's Conservative Podcast - April 25, 2017


Liberals forget about average folks

Topics
taxes on beer and alcohol
Hosted by
Jamie Schmal
Mentioned
Speaker John Broussard Barry Innisfil Ronna Ambrose Niagara Falls Tony Clement Josephine
Full Episode： May 9, 2017

Episode Stats


Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

165.44

Word count

886

Sentence count

60

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

sentences flagged

Hate speech

2

sentences flagged


Summary

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In the inaugural episode of The Blueprint, Canada's Conservative Podcast, host Tony Clement is joined by John Broussard and Ronna Ambrose to discuss the impact of the Liberal Budget on the middle class, including a new tax on beer and wine.

Transcript

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00:00:00.480 You're listening to The Blueprint, Canada's Conservative Podcast.
00:00:07.960 Well, they thought they were going to have an easy day over there today, but not so fast, Mr. Speaker.
00:00:15.600 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 behavior?
00:00:27.100 And now, here's your host, Tony Clement.
00:00:30.000 And welcome to The Blueprint, Canada's Conservative Podcast, the inaugural edition here for not only
00:00:36.540 Conservatives, but all the people of Canada as we talk about the issues, not only on Parliament
00:00:41.940 Hill, but throughout this great land.
00:00:44.120 Of course, we are emerging from the rubble of the last Liberal budget, Budget 2017.
00:00:49.940 That'll be our first topic today as we find out, as we found out, all of the new taxes,
00:00:56.260 all of the abandonment of the middle class.
00:00:58.700 Middle class? 0.92
00:00:59.340 What middle class?
00:01:00.560 After this budget, everybody's being taxed more.
00:01:03.400 And of course, we had a lot to say about that as the official opposition and representing Canada's
00:01:09.540 Conservatives.
00:01:09.960 We're going to first hear from John Broussard, our amazing MP from Barry Innisfil.
00:01:15.360 He's going to talk a little bit about why this budget is bad for the middle class.
00:01:20.580 We're going to hear his question in the House, and then we're going to hear from Ronna Ambrose,
00:01:24.240 our Conservative Party leader in the House of Commons.
00:01:27.420 She has a lot to say about how this impacts on the average Joe.
00:01:31.320 We are here for the average Joe and the average Josephine, I might add, and we are going to 0.98
00:01:36.480 be fighting for your rights and interests, of course.
00:01:39.340 But let's hear from our talented caucus on this issue, and we'll get back to you right
00:01:43.680 after that.
00:01:44.160 This weekend, I'll be in Niagara Falls for a year in hockey tournament with my Barry
00:01:49.140 Tuesday night hockey team.
00:01:50.620 And unlike the Prime Minister and his champagne and caviar-loving highbrow friends, my Beer
00:01:56.140 League buddies don't have taxpayers paying for their booze. 0.99
00:01:59.940 After this week's budget, not only did the tax on beer and alcohol go up, but future annual
00:02:05.140 increases are now tied to inflation.
00:02:07.060 This means that the tax on beer will increase every single year.
00:02:11.080 Mr. Speaker, why are Liberals taxing my Beer League buddies and our 117 Marine team to
00:02:17.040 pay for the Prime Minister's jet-set lifestyle and private island vacations?
00:02:24.300 Mr. Speaker, let's talk about what this budget means for a hard-working taxpayer.
00:02:28.640 Let's call him Joe.
00:02:30.160 Joe takes the bus to work every day, and at the end of the day, he likes to go to the pub
00:02:33.880 with his buddies for a beer.
00:02:35.720 And he's a responsible guy, so he always takes an Uber home.
00:02:39.060 So what does this budget do for Joe?
00:02:40.760 Well, first of all, it taxes his bus pass.
00:02:43.600 It takes away his tax credit for his bus pass.
00:02:46.000 It taxes the beer he has at the pub.
00:02:48.300 And, Mr. Speaker, it even slaps a tax on his Uber.
00:02:51.400 But, Mr. Speaker, what exactly does the Prime Minister have against people like Joe?
00:02:55.980 Whether it's for beer, wine, or spirits.
00:02:58.340 But that's really ironic, because that same budget contains the tab for $1,700 worth of drinks
00:03:04.600 and snacks during the Prime Minister's three-hour flight to a private island getaway over the holidays.
00:03:10.980 What message does the Prime Minister think he's sending to a taxpayer like Joe
00:03:14.720 when he raises their taxes while helping himself to free drinks on the House?
00:03:18.960 Well, that tells a story right there, folks.
00:03:24.220 Here's a government that is concentrating on taxing people more, spending more on goodness knows what.
00:03:31.340 Obviously, the Prime Minister has some ethical issues that are being investigated by the Ethics Commissioner,
00:03:37.500 amongst others, on his billionaire island getaway.
00:03:41.600 That seems to be his focus when everybody needs an economy that is working,
00:03:47.680 when we need to make sure that there are jobs being created.
00:03:50.300 These are quality, meaningful jobs.
00:03:52.500 That's our focus as the official opposition, the Conservative Party of Canada.
00:03:56.700 And you saw that in spades with Ronna Ambrose's question and John Broussard's question.
00:04:00.720 You know, it really strikes me that we have a government that is really not focused on
00:04:06.520 why they were elected in the first place and on the issues that people really care about.
00:04:10.440 And we're going to see that time and time again.
00:04:12.540 It is going to be a theme of this podcast,
00:04:14.260 but we're also going to hear about positive, forward-looking solutions as they come forward.
00:04:19.320 And we've got an incredible caucus that is working incredibly hard on behalf of the taxpayer,
00:04:24.940 on behalf of the average Canadian, and that's going to continue on with this podcast.
00:04:29.760 So stay tuned.
00:04:31.160 We're going to have a lot more to say about these issues in the days and weeks and months ahead.
00:04:35.900 But you can be sure that when it comes to representing the values and the interests of Canadians,
00:04:42.380 the Conservative Caucus is very focused on that.
00:04:45.380 And we're going to see evidence of that in the weeks and months ahead.
00:04:49.320 Thank you for listening to The Blueprint, Canada's Conservative podcast.
00:05:00.800 To find more episodes, interviews, and in-depth discussions of politics in Canada,
00:05:05.060 search for The Blueprint on iTunes or visit podcast.conservative.ca.
00:05:09.420 Thank you.
00:05:19.320 Thank you.
00:05:20.320 Thank you.