Western Standard - December 04, 2023


Conservative plan to reverse the damage Trudeau has done

Topics
axe the carbon tax
Mentioned
Justin Trudeau
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Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

200.06

Word count

210

Sentence count

14

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

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Summary

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Justin Trudeau is the Prime Minister of Canada and is running for re-election in the 2019 election. In his campaign, he has promised to bring down Canada s high rates and inflation, as well as bring down interest rates and bring down the cost of living.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 I want to shift the topic to Canada's finances, unemployment, which is now ticked up to 5.8%.
00:00:05.600 We're dealing with an affordability crisis, food insecurity, more people are visiting food banks.
00:00:11.080 How do you address all of this? I mean, these are mounting issues that are affecting so many people.
00:00:15.360 It doesn't seem like there's one quick fix to this issue.
00:00:18.760 No, unfortunately, it took Justin Trudeau eight years to cause this problem.
00:00:23.780 He has brought in a carbon tax, which drives up the cost of our farmers and truckers that bring us our food.
00:00:29.100 His inflationary spending, which has doubled the debt, has caused housing and other prices to rise at the fastest level in 40 years.
00:00:37.920 And now, of course, everyone's being hit with the interest rate hikes he promised would never happen.
00:00:41.860 So my common sense plan to bring home lower prices is to axe the carbon tax.
00:00:47.500 That'll bring down heat gas and grocery bills. 1.00
00:00:50.020 We'll cap spending and cut waste to balance the budget so that we can bring down interest rates and inflation.
00:00:55.040 We'll lower income tax so that hard work pays off.
00:00:57.720 Again, you bring home more of each dollar you earn and we'll clear away the bureaucracy to build affordable homes.