The NDP and Bloc Quebecois have sold out their principles and their integrity to keep the Prime Minister and his party in power.
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On today's show, we are talking about the fact that there will not be a fall election. That's bad news for Canadians, but the Bloc Quebecois and NDP will be supporting the Liberals in the Conservative non-confidence vote. But to talk about that and much, much more, we have Dan Elsani, the one and only Member of Parliament for Central Okanagan, Similkimi Nicolai.
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Hello and welcome once again to The Blueprints. This is Canada's Conservative Podcast. I'm your
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host, Jamie Schmael, Member of Parliament for Halliburton Corps at the Lakes Brock with new
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content for you every single Tuesday, 1.30 p.m. Eastern Time. Don't forget to like, comment,
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subscribe and share this program. On today's show, we are talking about the fact that there
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will not be a fall election. That's bad news for Canadians, but the Bloc Quebecois and NDP
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will be supporting the Liberals in the Conservative, non-confidence vote. But to talk about that and
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much, much more, we have Dan Elvis, the one and only Member of Parliament for Central Okanagan,
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Similkimi Nicolai. Thanks for coming on. Hey, Jamie. Thanks for having me. All right. That's bad news
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for Canadians. No election. It looks like Yves Blanchet is going to try to get what he can out
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of the Liberal government, who is really for sale at this point in time. This is going to be really
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disappointing for my constituents. A few weeks ago, Jagmeet Singh basically said, I'm done with the
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Liberals. He's ripping it up. He's ripping up their confidence and supply agreement and they
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were going to look to throw him out at the first opportunity. Well, the first opportunity came
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and this minority government is being backed by both the Bloc and the NDP. What a sad state of
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affairs. It still doesn't make any sense to me on the strategy for the NDP. There was that tough talk
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and I think he said it about eight times during every interview. I ripped up the agreement,
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Jagmeet Singh said. I ripped up the, ripped up the tough talk. But now he is, he waited first of all
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for the Bloc Québécois to make their decision on whether or not they support the non-confidence vote
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and trigger an election. Then he came out with the NDP's position, but now he's lost his bargaining
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power. Like what does he get in return? Well, again, if I were an NDP MP over the summer, I, you know,
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I would be asking, you know, which barbecues I want to appear at and will I be on the barbecue?
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Yeah. Because a lot of voters are upset at this government and guess who has been enabling this
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government for the past two or so years? Essentially, it's Jagmeet Singh. He's backed
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them at every opportunity. And when, when the reset button was hit here, when Singh said that he,
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you know, was done with the prime minister and all that bluster, you know, we were back in a minority
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situation where really an election can happen at any time. And we're hoping that there would be some
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more accountability. But, you know, Pierre Paulyev has been very strong on, on, on the need for
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accountability. And so that's why this non-confidence vote was really a measure of Jagmeet Singh and
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whether or not he was a man of his word. Now we find out he's eating crow instead. So, you know,
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my constituents want an election. I have actually sent out a weekly MP report and overwhelmingly people
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said that they wanted election, even though there is a provincial election happening in British
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Columbia. So I thought there would be at least a few people who say, no, let's not have that.
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People are sick of what Justin Trudeau has done to this country. They're sick of the people that
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have enabled him to do this to this country, essentially doubling their rents, doubling their
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down payments, doubling our national debt. And so people wanted to have that carbon tax election.
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And, you know, Jagmeet Singh actually said that it's time for the people, right? It's their time.
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And so, okay, Jagmeet, I take you at least on that. Then let's have a carbon tax election. Let's
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vote non-confidence and then let the people decide who they want to, to run this country.
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It even resonated in your province where now the provincial NDP, as the election kicked off
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provincially this past weekend, now they're backpedaling on the carbon tax, which they said
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Yes. This is because if you look at Justin Trudeau and you look at David Eby, the two are two sides
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of the same coin. And essentially now, because he's looking at the polls and is realizing that
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Justin Trudeau is not the popular person that he thought he was, that, you know, who would have
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thought that having crime disorder, drugs being done out in our neighborhoods would do that.
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Well, every person that loves their community hates what this NDP, liberal government, provincially
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and federally has done to this country. And so that's where when Pierre says we want to
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restore the Canada we know, we knew and still love, that's where a lot of people are at because
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they're through with these. And so if you look at what, you know, Trudeau has been offering
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people, he's suffered a number of by-election losses. And now people are saying, well, if
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you're with him, and so if the NDP is with him through thick and thin, making this country
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a worse place to be, I want nothing to do with you.
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Yeah. And really, it was like nine years ago, things were more affordable. Housing was at a
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reasonable rate. So more and more people could afford it. Crime was coming down. Like Canada
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was on a very good path. And all it took was nine years of Justin Trudeau and his buddies
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like David Eby and others to start this downward spiral that we seem to find ourselves in.
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Yeah. Well, and as much as we can heap a lot of blame on Justin Trudeau himself and Jagmeet
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Singh for supporting him through these past few years, we should also now give Blanchet, the leader
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of the Bloc Québécois, his due. Because he's voted numerous times to support the Prime Minister.
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And he tries to play it two different ways where he says, oh, I'm not supporting the
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Liberals. But yet, what has he done? He supported things like C-11, which have expanded the CRTC's
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government control over the internet. You know, it's centralized more power in Ottawa away from
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Quebec and its National Assembly. The cost that the average Québécois is paying to pay down
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our national debt has doubled in the past year. So, you know, he can try and say that
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he's not, he has not supported Justin Trudeau and is continuing not to. But essentially, by
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choosing to vote against Pierre Polyev's motion of non-confidence in the government, he's just
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showing that he's part and parcel with it. Again, it's that costly coalition backed by the NDP
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and by the Bloc Québécois. The only party right now that is thinking about Canadians
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is the Common Sense Conservative Party. So, but this is where, again, you know, no one's forcing
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them to vote in favour of Justin Trudeau. They could easily just listen to their constituents
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It'll be interesting what happens in Quebec, because let's cue up cut one. Over the weekend,
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the Quebec Premier, Legault, came out and basically, well, he didn't, basically, he flat
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out called out the Bloc Québécois for propping up the Liberals. And it looks like the French,
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the Quebec Premier wants an election. Let's have people decide. Let's play cut one.
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What are you getting from the government in exchange for propping them up?
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Et en français aussi, là , soutenir les libéraux.
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Je ne soutiens pas les libéraux. Je vote contre les conservateurs. Et je ne soutiens
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toujours et exclusivement que les intérêts des Québécois.
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I never support liberals. Help me, God. I go against the conservatives on a vote that
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is only about Pierre Poilievre and his huge ambition for himself.
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Now, the motion we're talking about, the motion we'll be voting on, is very straightforward.
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Yes. Essentially, it says that the House does not have confidence in this prime minister and government.
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Which they've all said. Well, Jagmeet Singh and Yves Blanchet.
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But, you know, so help me God, he says. He's going to need a lot of help to, you know,
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to make sense of what he's been doing. Again, between the NDP and the bloc,
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they voted to support raising the carbon tax and maintaining the carbon tax, what, 20 plus times?
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They've given more money to Ottawa and they've taken away from Quebecers.
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As I said, whether it be their online activities, what they can and cannot see through their streaming services,
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When you look at some of their agenda to take more money away from Quebec to put towards the federal government,
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what it decides, you know, this is, again, against what most Quebecers would say the bloc is there to do.
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So I think it's perfectly fair for Premier Legault to be calling the bloc out,
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that essentially they are supporting a government that's way past its due date.
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I agree. Let's go cut two because this is the NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh,
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after his decision not to support the non-confidence vote. Play cut two.
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Why didn't you say this yesterday? Why didn't you say this yesterday?
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Why didn't you say this yesterday? You've had more than 24 hours.
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Why did you wait for the bloc to say this first? Other than to maybe give yourself some political cover,
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But how can you say this when you've said Trudeau must go repeatedly? How do you square that?
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In the next election, people have a choice. I stand by my words.
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This is the thing. We had the tough talk that you said, tearing up the agreement
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and making the case for why Trudeau shouldn't be there.
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That's where they are today. Let's just call a spade a spade.
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The NDP is weak, weak, weak. And as I said earlier, a summer of being at the barbecues
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where people are grilling them for why they're supporting such an unpopular government.
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I can see why they don't want to have an election because their numbers are so low.
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So, you know, let's just call a spade a spade and say the NDP, you know,
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And all their tough talk of their leader is just that, tough talk.
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So costs are up, crimes up, and the economy is on shaky ground.
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And this Liberal government continues to waste more and more money.
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Let's see what Canadians have to say about that.
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At the same time, this government continues, I think, is basically in free-for-all mode.
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They're trying to do whatever they can to hang on to power.
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And sadly, taxpayers will be at the brunt of this, the latest being a multi-billion dollar deal
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for a Quebec company to provide internet for Canadians.
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Now, I think we can all agree we all have rural communities that do need internet.
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The issue that seems to be over and over with this government is their benchmark,
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is how much money can they spend or what new programs can they create,
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whether or not the outcomes are being achieved or not.
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So while we talk about this, I just want to put up the graphic from our friend and colleague from Ontario,
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Michael Baradis, the ethics critic, basically talking about this investment,
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and Elon Musk, who has Starlink, lots of people in my area have Starlink,
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he says we can connect all Canadians for about half that amount.
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That's a pretty stark savings for Canadians, but also achieving the outcome, which is connectivity.
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Well, and that's the interesting part, Jamie, is what exactly is the government trying to do here?
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Because when this announcement came out that they were given such a large amount
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and a high interest loan to a company to basically compete head-to-head
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with other low-Earth orbit internet providers like Starlink,
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essentially they said it's all about connectivity.
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And right now, I think the very common sense point that Michael is making
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is that if you look at it, there's about five or six programs run by the federal government.
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So instead of taking a hold of ready-to-go technology like Starlink,
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instead, they're giving high-interest loans to connected companies.
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And let's be mindful that this company, Telesat,
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is actually owned by its parent company, which is based in the United States.
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And I know the Public Sector Investment Board also has invested heavily in Telesat.
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And so if it's not for connecting people today, then okay, what's on the agenda?
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Now, the moment there started to be some discussion about these things,
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And so it's curious that it's not the Department of National Defense that is funding this.
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It is, again, still what was formerly known as industry that it's doing these loans,
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which, by the way, has a history of not being transparent on loans.
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And it neglected to say whether or not this is going to be a forgivable loan.
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Which would be an amazing advantage in the marketplace.
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So again, if it's not for national security, where the Department of National Defense isn't
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heralding this, which, by the way, would have gone towards our NATO spend, which could have
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Instead, what it does look like is people with connections are seeking out taxpayer money
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to basically get things that they wouldn't be able to get at the market interest rates.
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It doesn't belie the two facts that, number one, they're going to the government of Canada
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for it instead of the market, which should send signals.
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And second of all, that particular department has a history of not telling taxpayers how much
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And you probably saw the articles in the National Post, I believe it was, that had Carbon Tax
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Carney with the head of that Quebec company getting that amazing contract.
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It's just very coincidental how Carbon Tax Carney comes on the scene as the savior of all.
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And all of a sudden, you know, all these contracts start getting awarded to companies that are,
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you know, affiliated or indirectly or directly with Carbon Tax Carney.
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Well, you see a lot of connecting the dots here where it's people that are on the inside
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that have those connections are able to take taxpayer money for things that probably should
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But again, I go back to what is this here to do?
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Because this is something the liberals specialize in.
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When Michael Barrett raised the issue of Starlink, something that exists today, works today,
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and said, you know, could we roll this out in a way that, you know, Canadians be connected
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It's because they like to demonize Elon Musk as much as they can.
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I believe that we should have technology compete with one another.
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And we should be looking and saying, how does the consumer benefit from having those technologies
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Like we've seen over the past 15 years, we've gone from, you know, fiber optics to wireless
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internet to try to connect that last, those last communities, like for example, Logan Lake
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and my riding, they don't have high speed internet access like many other communities, even though
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the Highland Valley copper mine has access to the internet and puts in more to BC's GDP
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than probably a large chunk of the lower mainland.
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And so I think what's going to be disappointing to my constituents in Logan Lake is rather than
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saying, well, why don't we work with current providers and with this technology that Starlink
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has in the mix to deal with the problem of connecting Canadians?
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Instead, they see a very high interest loan, which usually says that there's more risk.
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And you see that the liberals, because they can't defend it vis-a-vis on a commercial basis,
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It doesn't help people in remote and rural communities, especially up north.
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And I think that that's really where we should be having the discussion right now.
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Now, is this so-called investment, I put my fingers up on it, because really it does look
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And if this doesn't work, the government will do what it always does, ask for more time,
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more patience, more money, and just trust them.
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Yeah, and by the way, again, this particular department has been known just to write things
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And that's really where, again, the only party that is committed to seeing real connectivity
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and having that clash of competition, that's what reduces prices for the taxpayer or for
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consumers, is having those viable technologies square off and having it where consumers can
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And that's obviously something the Liberals aren't content to do.
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I just say, again, my constituents want a carbon tax election.
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They know that this government is well past its due date.
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So I think what we need to do is exactly what Mr. Singh said, let the people decide.
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So that's one area that I will actually agree with Jagmeet Singh on.
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The rest, well, I'm a conservative, so I'll stand with Pierre.
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Member of Parliament for Central Okanagan, Similkimi Nikola.
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Don't forget, we want to, as a party, as supporters of the conservative movements,
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continue to lay out the agenda as to why we need that carbon tax election.
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