Western Standard - February 01, 2024


'How can we make him un happen and stop the crime ？'


Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

128.70114

Word Count

326

Sentence Count

27

Misogynist Sentences

1


Summary

Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a speech on the rise in auto theft in Canada, and the need for gun control. Justin Trudeau's speech was delivered in the House of Commons on Nov. 22, 2019.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 In 2022, approximately 9,600 vehicles were stolen in the Toronto area alone,
00:00:04.500 representing a 300% increase since 2015, end quote.
00:00:10.880 What happened in 2015?
00:00:14.880 What happened?
00:00:16.140 I know, he happened, Mr. Speaker.
00:00:18.120 How can we make him unhappen and stop the crime?
00:00:25.840 The right honourable Prime Minister.
00:00:27.740 Mr. Speaker, in 2015, Stephen Harper presented a budget that had slashed funds for policing,
00:00:35.900 slashed funds for CBSA officers, slashed funding for Veterans Affairs Services,
00:00:42.360 and we were there to clean up the mess, to cut taxes for the wealthiest 1%,
00:00:47.020 lower them for the middle class, to support families,
00:00:50.420 to start moving forward on gun control in real ways
00:00:53.960 while the Conservatives rosy up to the American gun lobbies.
00:00:57.880 We've continued to step up and keep Canadians safe.
00:01:01.280 Let them bring assault weapons back to our streets.
00:01:04.200 We'll keep Canadians safe.
00:01:12.060 The honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:01:14.440 Wow, is he ever losing control of himself?
00:01:18.160 Oh my goodness.
00:01:20.720 Screaming and hollering like that.
00:01:22.880 Mr. Speaker, it's his press release that says that in Toronto,
00:01:29.560 auto thefts are up 300% since he took office.
00:01:34.840 His solution is to hold a summit.
00:01:37.880 He held a summit on food prices.
00:01:39.680 Food prices went up.
00:01:40.900 He held a summit on housing.
00:01:42.440 Housing costs doubled.
00:01:43.700 How much is crime going to rise after all the bigwigs go to his summit?
00:01:47.140 The Right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:01:55.100 Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition has trouble believing
00:01:58.440 that we would actually include real facts in our press release,
00:02:03.480 something he and the Harper government never did for years.
00:02:07.460 Yes, Mr. Speaker, there is a real challenge around auto theft in this country.
00:02:11.860 And our solution is to roll up our sleeves, pull together partners from across the country
00:02:17.200 and get to solving it.
00:02:18.920 His solution, throw his hands up in the air, blame a raft of political attacks on us
00:02:26.180 and continue to see that he's not putting forward any real solutions.
00:02:31.560 Mr. Speaker.