Western Standard - September 28, 2026


“Stop pretending to be powerless” Poilievre confronts Carney over diesel prices

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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

184.48

Word count

229

Sentence count

13


Transcript

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00:00:00 How totally out of touch. He blames the provinces for inflation under his
00:00:05 leadership. He highlights a bill that has been in place for a year and a half and
00:00:08 hasn't built a single project. There are, he didn't answer the question. There are
00:00:12 three reasons why Canadians are paying more for diesel in the world. One, the
00:00:15 Prime Minister has given us a weak dollar despite high oil prices. Two, by his very
00:00:20 mission in this House we don't have the refining capacity because his government
00:00:23 will not get out of the way and let Canadians build. And three, he continues
00:00:27 to tax fuel, with the GST, with the fuel standard tax, will the Prime Minister stop pretending
00:00:35 to be so powerless and get the prices down for Canadians?
00:00:42 Mr. Speaker, I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Leader of the Opposition
00:00:49 on his 20th anniversary of the House of Commons.
00:00:52 I've been here for a little more than a year.
00:00:53 passed the Build Canada Act for major projects, and we are putting in front of this House
00:00:58 the Build Canada Strong Act so that all projects in this country, one project, one review, one
00:01:05 year, we will build Canada Strong. They will have an opportunity to join us, and he will
00:01:10 have an opportunity to do something for the first time in two decades.