Western Standard - September 24, 2024


Guilbeault： Worst Year on Record with $7,7 Billion in Climate Losses


Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

164.27924

Word count

302

Sentence count

56


Summary

Summaries generated with gmurro/bart-large-finetuned-filtered-spotify-podcast-summ .

Learn English with the Honourable MP for Thornhill, Doug Ford. Doug Ford is the Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada and is a long time member of the Liberal Party of Canada, which is the governing party of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Transcript

Transcript generated with Whisper (turbo).
00:00:00.000 I would like to read an extract from a report that came out today from the Insurance Bureau of Canada.
00:00:04.960 And I quote,
00:00:05.840 Summer of 2024 ranks as the most destructive season in Canadian history for insured losses due to severe weather.
00:00:12.800 In only two months, July and August, this summer eclipsed the worst year on record
00:00:18.680 and has pushed 2024 year-to-date tally over $7.7 billion in severe natural catastrophes, Mr. Speaker.
00:00:28.500 What's the answer from the Leader of the Opposition?
00:00:31.020 Let the planet burn.
00:00:32.900 We won't take this on this side of the House, Mr. Speaker.
00:00:38.520 I know the member from St. Albert, Edmonton, St. Albert, would like to pose this question,
00:00:45.700 but I'll ask him to wait his turn before taking the floor.
00:00:49.000 The Honourable Member from Thornhill.
00:00:51.300 Mr. Speaker, I thought the carbon tax was supposed to fix all that.
00:00:54.780 They won't call a carbon tax election because they know exactly what Canadians will say.
00:01:01.220 2023 was the eighth consecutive year that food bank usage rose.
00:01:06.000 By some great coincidence, it was also the eighth consecutive year of this Liberal government.
00:01:11.360 So how many more people need to visit or need to be forced to a food bank
00:01:15.600 before the Environment Minister admits that taxes are up,
00:01:19.180 that costs are up, that crime is up, and that his time is up?
00:01:22.360 Here, everybody.
00:01:22.940 Here.
00:01:28.800 Thank you.
00:01:29.400 Thank you.
00:01:29.800 Thank you.
00:01:30.020 Thank you.
00:01:30.240 Thank you.
00:01:30.540 Thank you.
00:01:30.920 Thank you.
00:01:31.620 Thank you.
00:01:31.660 Thank you.
00:01:32.080 Thank you.
00:01:32.420 Thank you.
00:01:32.640 Thank you.
00:01:32.760 Thank you.
00:01:33.140 Thank you.
00:01:33.240 Thank you.
00:01:33.600 Thank you.
00:01:35.480 Thank you.
00:01:36.060 Thank you.
00:01:37.920 Thank you.
00:01:38.260 Thank you.
00:01:38.520 Thank you.
00:01:39.800 Thank you.
00:01:40.540 Thank you.
00:01:41.460 Thank you.
00:01:42.520 Thank you.
00:01:42.540 Thank you.
00:01:43.000 Thank you.
00:01:43.660 Thank you.
00:01:45.160 Thank you.
00:01:45.580 Thank you.
00:01:46.480 Thank you.
00:01:47.060 Thank you.
00:01:47.800 Thank you.
00:01:48.840 Thank you.
00:01:48.940 Thank you.
00:01:49.080 Thank you.
00:01:49.640 Thank you.