Western Standard - September 17, 2024


Singh Liberals 'Are Done' for Siding with Conservatives on Big Grocers


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

102.36654

Word Count

186

Sentence Count

11


Summary

The Liberals have let people down again and again, and they are done. Maybe it s because they keep on teaming up with the Conservatives to let greedy CEOs continue to rip off Canadians. In fact, inflation numbers show that grocery greed has driven up the food prices more than 21% in the past three years. Why did the Liberals team up with Tories to protect greedy CEOs from a price cap on food essentials?


Transcript

00:00:00.000 The Liberals have let people down again and again, and they are done.
00:00:04.520 It's clear from the results of the election last night, the Liberals are done.
00:00:09.080 Maybe it's because they keep on teaming up with the Conservatives to let greedy CEOs continue to rip off Canadians.
00:00:15.600 In fact, inflation numbers show that grocery greed has driven up the food prices more than 21% in the past three years.
00:00:23.780 Why did the Liberals team up with the Conservatives to protect greedy CEOs from a price cap on food essentials?
00:00:34.000 The Honourable Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
00:00:38.080 Mr. Speaker, I hope the NDP, and indeed all members of this House, will set partisanship aside for one moment
00:00:49.040 to congratulate Canadians at the light at the end of the tunnel,
00:00:54.640 at the fact that after an extremely challenging time with COVID and its economic aftermath,
00:01:04.060 inflation is back to where it was before COVID first hit.
00:01:07.440 When it comes to taxes, we believe that those who have the most capacity should pay their fair share,
00:01:15.140 and we've acted on that.
00:01:19.040 For more information, visit www.fema.org.