Unify Action - March 24, 2025


Our Government Is Not Fulfilling Its Mandate


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

188.37

Word count

487

Sentence count

27


Summary

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In this episode, we talk about the role of government and what we should do to make it more efficient and effective. We also discuss the importance of voting and the need for the younger generation to get out and vote in the upcoming election.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 What do you think is the proper role of government?
00:00:02.920 The proper role of government?
00:00:04.660 I think there's a few key things that the government should do.
00:00:09.040 Some regulations, for example.
00:00:12.320 When we go to the grocery store, we take for granted that we can pick off any food from the shelf
00:00:18.140 and it won't have any diseases, bugs, anything like that.
00:00:21.760 I think that's an important role of the government.
00:00:24.340 Setting up proper infrastructure, so roads, sanitary sewers, stuff like that.
00:00:29.060 Yeah, another thing I would mention about the role of government is that they actually exist more to protect our freedoms too as well.
00:00:37.960 So they should be involved in justice and the safety of the nation and promoting our freedoms and stuff like that.
00:00:46.060 That's a big thing that the government should be doing.
00:00:48.960 But do you think that they are doing that?
00:00:50.920 Well, for one, we can stand here like we're not under attack at the moment.
00:00:56.040 So I know that's something that I can say, like, I am able to stand here today, say what I want to say.
00:01:01.740 So there is a level of that they are definitely succeeding at.
00:01:05.500 Do you think they're protecting our freedoms, though?
00:01:08.160 I think our freedoms are under attack at the moment.
00:01:10.560 Like, definitely free speech is under attack.
00:01:14.760 Can I ask, do you lean more towards a socialist kind of idea?
00:01:18.160 Is bigger government better, or should we have a leaner government that focuses only on what it should?
00:01:23.300 I definitely think we should focus on a leaner government.
00:01:27.260 Smaller government is definitely better.
00:01:29.540 Yeah.
00:01:29.900 Yeah.
00:01:30.740 So in light of that, what should Canadians be doing?
00:01:34.860 What should our message be to the government about voting or something like that?
00:01:38.720 I think we should focus on shrinking the government, making the government more efficient.
00:01:43.960 I like what they're doing in the U.S., shrinking the government, getting rid of all the waste,
00:01:48.540 exposing what kind of waste is out there.
00:01:51.180 Like we spend a lot of money on taxes and we have no idea where that money goes to.
00:01:55.640 There's a lot that, you know, they take 40% of our money.
00:01:58.680 Where does that go?
00:01:59.400 Like we should have some sort of accountability so we know where did that go?
00:02:03.340 What was it spent on?
00:02:04.240 Was it spent wisely?
00:02:05.340 Is that something that we get to see the fruits of, you know, of that money that was spent?
00:02:09.760 There's at this moment in time lots and lots and lots of waste that we have no idea about.
00:02:14.880 So, my message to students here is that we need to get the younger generation more mobilized
00:02:21.880 in voting, like hardly anyone voted in the last election.
00:02:25.220 I'm encouraging students to get out there and vote and spread the message to their friends
00:02:29.640 as well that it's time that the younger generation stepped up and voted.
00:02:34.120 Definitely.