Western Standard - October 26, 2022


Poilievre grills Trudeau on ＂massive Liberal waste＂ of ArriveCan, state trip to U K


Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

169.60513

Word Count

388

Sentence Count

30


Summary

Learn English with Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Justin Trudeau's $1.2M misappropriation of funds from a company that could have built an app that could be designed in a weekend for a quarter million dollars, but cost $54 million.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 A million dollars of the half-trillion in deficits had nothing to do with COVID, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
00:00:06.160 And even that so-called COVID spending included the ArriveCan app, an app that could have been designed in a weekend for a quarter million dollars but cost $54 million.
00:00:15.560 The government claims that $1.2 million of that went to a company called ThinkOn.
00:00:22.180 That company says it didn't get that money.
00:00:25.600 Who did?
00:00:27.100 Honourable Prime Minister.
00:00:30.000 Mr. Speaker, the appropriate ministers are looking into this and making sure that the mistake that was made by public servants in sharing information is followed up on.
00:00:40.600 But at the same time, Mr. Speaker, it's important to remember that we did a lot of things in a very unprecedented way during an unprecedented pandemic,
00:00:49.520 including delivering CERB checks within weeks of people having to stay home from jobs in ways that were unthinkable only a few months before.
00:00:57.160 We were there to support small businesses with record support so that we could come roaring back as an economy immediately after.
00:01:04.580 Yes, we stepped up in a very rapid way to support Canadians.
00:01:08.360 And that's what Canadians know got us through this pandemic.
00:01:11.680 The Honourable Prime Minister.
00:01:13.220 The Prime Minister can't tell us who got the $1.2 million.
00:01:17.480 He blames public servants for the mistake.
00:01:19.600 Surely, in the weeks since he learned out about it, he could have learned of this misappropriation.
00:01:24.220 He could have found out where the money went.
00:01:26.040 But he hasn't.
00:01:26.720 It's not the only example.
00:01:28.320 There's also the $400,000 trip to London, of which there was a $6,000 suite for one night.
00:01:36.680 Just another example of the massive Liberal waste that has contributed to the inflationary deficits we now face.
00:01:43.820 So he can't tell us which company got the money.
00:01:46.160 Can he at least tell us who got the $6,000 a night room?
00:01:49.540 Mr. Speaker, to mark the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Canada had a large delegation that went to London to the funeral,
00:01:58.820 including a number of former Prime Ministers and former Governors-General.
00:02:02.900 We stayed in the same hotel.
00:02:04.560 Mr. Speaker, having a strong Canadian presence there as one of the top realm countries was expected of us.
00:02:11.240 And it was important to see all Canadians so well represented together at the funerals.