In this episode of the Tuesday Rant with Krusty canuck, we discuss Argentina's new president, some of the backlash against outsourced jobs in Windsor, Ontario, and the Fall Fiscal Report brought to us by our pint sized you-know-what from Ottawa.
00:03:57.240You know, as a jig up, are more left-leaning nations going to start smartening up and smelling the coffee?
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00:05:39.460And his rise to power has triggered all the usual lefties who haven't been this disturbed since Georgia Maloney was elected as Israel's leader.
00:05:48.560I'll bring you some of that meltdown later, but first let's hear from the president-elect.
00:05:54.480Kosher, Argentina has elected Javier Millet after the left and such has wreaked havoc in that country.
00:06:42.640I think Argentina is one of the biggest cautionary tales of our time of how rapidly that decline happened from prosperity to those numbers that you cite right now.
00:06:50.460He's an unconventional candidate in many ways.
00:08:25.620You know, since they can beat us with arguments, since they can't beat us with arguments, they use the repressive apparatus of the state to destroy us.
00:08:32.340So, you know, using big words like racism and homophobia and xenophobia and tophobia and pick-your-nose phobia.
00:08:40.180Self-explanatory, ladies and gentlemen.
00:08:41.500The repressive apparatus of the state to destroy us.
00:08:45.020As I said, the country is an almighty mess.
00:08:47.220He's been dubbed the Argentinian Trump.
00:09:14.460Will he be allowed to govern or will the civil service and other people kind of obstruct what his agenda is?
00:09:20.080But he is putting the kinds of dramatic things out there, at least rhetorically, such as shutting down entire ministries, shutting down entire departments of government.
00:09:27.280And that is the kind of thing it's going to take to turn the ship around.
00:09:29.580But we'll see if he has the steely spine that it's going to require.
00:09:32.480Well, you mentioned the bureaucracy there and if they're going to frustrate him like they did Trump.
00:09:37.960Let's have a look at what he plans for that fat bureaucracy in Argentina.
00:11:34.740And, finally, on Argentinian politics, despite Javier Millet, like Trump before him, being called far-right and a fascist and likened to Hitler, he is, like Trump, very much pro-Israel.
00:11:49.740Here he is just a few days before the election waving the Israeli flag.
00:11:55.640And that is a bold move in these times before an election.
00:12:00.100So, yeah, we know where he stands on these issues.
00:12:04.740Well, that kind of speaks for itself, ladies and gentlemen.
00:12:08.840Regardless if he was waving the Israeli flag or not, he's standing up for his people in Argentina.
00:12:13.140So, how many politicians can you say in this country that are in charge, calling the shots for you, me, and everybody else, are really standing up for Canadians?
00:12:24.060I think that man's going to inspire a lot.
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00:13:56.780Now, there's an article here from the CBC, of all places, that give fine detail of what is about to happen with this plant they're building in Windsor.
00:14:56.780A spokesperson for Canada's Minister of Employment says they have not seen reasonable justification from Nextstar for the use of temporary workers from South Korea.
00:15:04.720As the news sparks backlash among politicians who want to see jobs go to Canadians because of the massive subsidies the EV battery plant received.
00:15:14.140What do you mean you haven't seen any reasonable justification?
00:15:16.900You hire these people to do something.
00:15:21.060What do you mean you haven't seen any justification?
00:15:22.660You would have seen this in whatever contract you come up with.
00:15:25.160The Nextstar EV battery factory, a partnership between Stellantis and LG Energy Solution, received about $15 billion.
00:15:32.000That's right, $15 billion in subsidies from the federal and provincial governments.
00:15:38.600Now, Windsor's police chief met with the South Korean ambassador last week ahead of the arrival of the workers of next year.
00:15:45.800According to a social media post from the police service, about 1,600 South Korean workers are coming to Windsor for the project.
00:15:53.760Nextstar CEO Dennis Lee in a statement that equipment installation at the facility required the workers.
00:15:58.860The equipment installation phase of the project requires additional temporary specialized global supplier staff who have proprietary knowledge and specialized expertise that is critical to the successful construction and launch of Canada's first large-scale battery manufacturing facility.
00:16:14.280The company said it was fully committed to hiring more than 2,500 Canadians and 2,300 local tradespeople for the construction and equipment installation.
00:16:22.760A spokesperson for Randy Bosonel, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages.
00:16:29.820Wow, that's quite the job you have there, Randy.
00:16:34.700Said they expect all business operating in Canada to use and benefit from the skilled workers in this country.
00:16:40.840Quote-unquote, we have not seen a reasonable justification for needing to bring in large numbers of foreign workers and would ask Nextstar to prioritize Canadian talent, said Farah Kakati, Press Secretary to the Minister.
00:16:51.380So not even is the employment minister talking.
00:16:55.800He's getting his secretary to do it for him.
00:17:13.640Yeah, we will continue to closely monitor any further requests for temporary foreign workers from Nextstar.
00:17:20.680L-M-I-A applications are made to the government to demonstrate the employer needs international labor when the domestic labor market is insufficient.
00:17:29.700Well, they don't have an insufficient market.
00:17:45.060Federal Conservative leader Pierre Paulyet raised the issue in a news conference on Monday calling for an inquiry into how many of the jobs will go to temporary foreign workers.
00:17:57.180And, quote, unquote, and now we learn that $15 billion grant to the Stellantis plant will fund mostly jobs for non-Canadians, non-immigrants.
00:18:06.660We love jobs for immigrants, jobs for people who are not Canadian citizens and will not be Canadian citizens, he said.
00:18:12.180Well, they will come here, get a taxpayer-funded paycheck, and take it back to their country.
00:18:16.840Over the summer, Nextstar began hiring the first 130 jobs at the facility, including for roles in HR.
00:18:24.340We worry about people's feelings and safe spaces.
00:18:26.220Oh, communications and finance, as well as engineers.
00:18:31.260On Monday, Uniform National President Lana Payne said reports on the matter raised serious flags for the union, which represent workers at Stellantis Windsor Assembly plant.
00:18:40.340We believe the shift to electric vehicles must be led by good jobs with union contracts for workers in Canada, Payne said.
00:18:46.820Workers should not be subject to exploitive hiring programs like the temporary foreign workers program that was significantly expanded under the Harper Conservatives,
00:18:53.660but also endorsed by consecutive federal governments, Payne said.
00:18:57.300But she said, clarifying statements from the company have alleviated some of our union's immediate concerns.
00:19:02.560To be clear, God, I hate hearing that.
00:19:07.800Our union will closely monitor the hiring process to ensure Canadian workers are first to benefit from this historic investment in the auto sector,
00:19:14.820and the next star fulfills its stated commitment to good jobs in Canada.
00:19:19.420So, ladies and gentlemen, I'll leave the article there in my description for you guys to read at your leisure, on your own time, in accord, what have you.
00:19:27.640And it's a contradiction, because wasn't Seamus O'Regan, not even a couple of weeks ago, praising about legislation about to stop scabs,
00:19:37.060meaning to stop bringing in workers to cover off when people are on strike?
00:23:13.200And I'm sure some of my American listeners out there can verify and validate that, too.
00:23:17.860How much government overreach does it cost to build a house?
00:23:20.600How much government overreach do you need to build a deck on said house?
00:23:25.140Now, you want to build a suburb or build a village.
00:23:28.040How much government overreach does it take?
00:23:30.660As long as the place is built safely and efficiently, has the proper wiring and the proper foundation, proper insulation, proper lighting, you should be good to go.
00:23:38.680Government shouldn't have a goddamn saying it, but here they are saying it.
00:23:42.660And our federal government wants to bring in more people over here to live a good life, but where are they going to live?
00:23:57.780So when I look at the Argentine example, he's going to cut some of these government offices for a very good reason to help Argentinians out.
00:24:03.340I think us Canadians should cut some of these offices out, too.
00:24:06.100And believe it or not, an election cannot come soon enough.
00:24:08.640I've based the information on what I saw today about the fiscal report and all these teetotaling and word saladers and everything.
00:24:36.460And I suggest, ladies and gentlemen, all my listeners out there, it doesn't matter where you're from, my American listeners, write your congressman, write your Senate.
00:24:44.500To my Canadian listeners, write the MPs, send them emails.
00:24:48.180And if they don't call you back or respond back to you, keep writing them.
00:24:51.420And if they don't give you a timely answer, or if they just snub you and ignore you, or give you a half-assed answer, then keep writing emails, stating the following word.