Western Standard - June 25, 2024


Stewart's Upset Win Shakes Historically Liberal Riding

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Justin Trudeau Don Stewart Barbara Leslie
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Length

4 minutes

Words per minute

142.3

Word count

603

Sentence count

42


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Deputy Prime Minister Navie Paoletti speaks to reporters after the Liberals lose a key seat in Ontario's St. Paul's, a seat that has been held for decades by the party of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Liberals.

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00:00:00.200 Deputy Prime Minister, can the Prime Minister still stay on to lead the Liberal Party into
00:00:04.920 the next election, given that you just lost one of the safest seats in the entire country
00:00:09.740 last night?
00:00:11.280 Yes, he certainly can.
00:00:12.920 Can you explain why?
00:00:13.820 Because everybody we're hearing from behind the scenes believes that the result last night
00:00:18.160 means catastrophic losses across the country.
00:00:21.260 If you cannot win in Toronto under Justin Trudeau, why should anybody believe you can
00:00:27.300 win anywhere else under him?
00:00:30.000 Our government is focused on working hard for Canada and Canadians and on delivering
00:00:36.860 results for Canada and Canadians.
00:00:39.960 That is what the Prime Minister is focused on.
00:00:42.680 That is what we are all focused on.
00:00:45.240 The Prime Minister is committed to leading us into the next election, and he has our support.
00:00:52.660 Next question.
00:00:54.160 Hi, Minister Barbara with iPolitics.
00:00:56.340 Still about last night's results in Toronto, St. Paul's.
00:01:00.200 Do you think the Liberals need a radical change in strategy and that perhaps a new leader in
00:01:05.140 the party might be a necessary change?
00:01:06.960 I just answered that question.
00:01:13.820 Let me say the Prime Minister is focused on delivering for Canada and Canadians.
00:01:19.060 Our whole government is focused on delivering for Canada and Canadians.
00:01:22.820 That's what we're going to continue to do.
00:01:25.000 The result in St. Paul's is certainly disappointing.
00:01:30.860 We knew it was going to be a hard fight.
00:01:35.380 I think it's especially disappointing because so many of us know Leslie.
00:01:40.740 We know how hard she and her team worked.
00:01:45.280 And I do also want to congratulate Don Stewart.
00:01:48.700 He and his team worked hard as well.
00:01:53.140 We know that these are hard times for Canadians.
00:01:58.580 We know that we have to work hard to earn back their trust.
00:02:03.440 And we know that the way to do that is by delivering for them, by delivering fairness for every generation,
00:02:12.220 by delivering investments in housing and infrastructure, including rural broadband,
00:02:18.700 the investment we're announcing today, by delivering investments in making life more affordable for Canadians
00:02:24.700 with things like dental care, which is being rolled out this month to kids under 18,
00:02:29.940 by delivering on a national program of early learning and child care.
00:02:35.420 Already, families in Ontario are saving more than $8,000 per child, but we need to get to $10 a day
00:02:41.920 and be sure there are enough spaces for all the families that want a space.
00:02:47.560 We need to keep on delivering investments in our economy and in economic growth.
00:02:52.380 I was at a car parts plant yesterday, and I could see the brilliant work,
00:02:58.060 the people working there are doing, the workers, the innovators.
00:03:02.460 They need our support so that Canada can be on the cutting edge of the 21st century global economy.
00:03:09.540 And we know that we need to deliver all of those investments in a fiscally responsible way
00:03:16.580 so that inflation can continue to stabilize.
00:03:21.420 It's now been within the Bank of Canada's target range for five months in a row.
00:03:25.000 That's good news. We have more work to do so that the Bank of Canada can continue its work bringing rates down.
00:03:33.460 And why exactly do you think the Liberals are failing to retain voters in writings like St. Paul's
00:03:39.520 that, you know, the party held for decades? What is going on?
00:03:44.160 I think I already answered that question, and I'll just say this is a disappointing result.
00:03:51.240 We know that things are hard for people in Canada, and we know we have to work even harder
00:04:07.420 delivering for Canadians, winning back the trust of Canadians.
00:04:12.240 That's what we're all committed to do.