Stewart's Upset Win Shakes Historically Liberal Riding
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Summary
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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Deputy Prime Minister, can the Prime Minister still stay on to lead the Liberal Party into
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the next election, given that you just lost one of the safest seats in the entire country
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Because everybody we're hearing from behind the scenes believes that the result last night
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If you cannot win in Toronto under Justin Trudeau, why should anybody believe you can
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Our government is focused on working hard for Canada and Canadians and on delivering
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The Prime Minister is committed to leading us into the next election, and he has our support.
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Still about last night's results in Toronto, St. Paul's.
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Do you think the Liberals need a radical change in strategy and that perhaps a new leader in
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Let me say the Prime Minister is focused on delivering for Canada and Canadians.
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Our whole government is focused on delivering for Canada and Canadians.
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The result in St. Paul's is certainly disappointing.
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I think it's especially disappointing because so many of us know Leslie.
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And I do also want to congratulate Don Stewart.
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We know that these are hard times for Canadians.
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We know that we have to work hard to earn back their trust.
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And we know that the way to do that is by delivering for them, by delivering fairness for every generation,
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by delivering investments in housing and infrastructure, including rural broadband,
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the investment we're announcing today, by delivering investments in making life more affordable for Canadians
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with things like dental care, which is being rolled out this month to kids under 18,
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by delivering on a national program of early learning and child care.
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Already, families in Ontario are saving more than $8,000 per child, but we need to get to $10 a day
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and be sure there are enough spaces for all the families that want a space.
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We need to keep on delivering investments in our economy and in economic growth.
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I was at a car parts plant yesterday, and I could see the brilliant work,
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the people working there are doing, the workers, the innovators.
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They need our support so that Canada can be on the cutting edge of the 21st century global economy.
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And we know that we need to deliver all of those investments in a fiscally responsible way
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It's now been within the Bank of Canada's target range for five months in a row.
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That's good news. We have more work to do so that the Bank of Canada can continue its work bringing rates down.
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And why exactly do you think the Liberals are failing to retain voters in writings like St. Paul's
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that, you know, the party held for decades? What is going on?
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I think I already answered that question, and I'll just say this is a disappointing result.
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We know that things are hard for people in Canada, and we know we have to work even harder
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delivering for Canadians, winning back the trust of Canadians.