'Trudeau is hiding & dividing in Ottawa today ' ~ Poilievre
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Summary
Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backs down on the carbon tax for 3% of Canadians in ridings where his polls are plummeting, and his MPs are revolting. Also revolting were the comments of a Liberal Rural Affairs Minister who stated that other Canadians would have got a pause on the tax if they had elected more Liberals.
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The Prime Minister is in Ottawa today, so the question is for him.
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He has panicked now and put a pause on the carbon tax for 3% of Canadians
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in ridings where his polls are plummeting and his MPs are revolting.
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Also revolting were the comments of a Liberal rural affairs minister
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who stated that other Canadians would have got a pause on the pain
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on our common sense motion to keep the heat on and take the tax off?
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As I have explained to the Leader of the Opposition
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through many, many different question periods over the past number of days,
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home heating oil is two to four times as expensive as natural gas.
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We have put into place a plan that will enable people to get off of heating oil,
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It will make it more affordable, and at the same time,
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That is true for the 270,000 households that use heating oil here in Ontario.
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The question was for the Prime Minister, who first was dividing and now is in hiding.
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He wants to quadruple his tax, but now he has had to back down
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and give a pause to the pain for 3% of people in ridings where his polls are plummeting
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His Liberal Minister of Rural Affairs said if people in other regions want the same pause on the pain,
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they have to elect Liberal MPs. However, many did.
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We have a Liberal MP in Calgary and one in Edmonton.
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Will they be allowed a free vote on the common-sense Conservative motion
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It's important to have thoughtful public policy prescriptions
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that address issues around affordability in a long-term way,
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but also actually address the issue of climate change.
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I would say, Mr. Speaker, the only person who is hiding in this chamber
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is the Leader of the Official Opposition who is hiding the fact that he either does not believe
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in climate change or he certainly doesn't think it's very important.
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He has not spoken the words climate change since he was elected, and he has no plan.
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what is your plan to address the climate crisis?
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I'm right here while the Prime Minister hides and divides.
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He first promised to quadruple the tax on everyone,
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he decided to back down and lift the tax off 3% of people for a short period of time.
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His Rural Affairs Minister said that if other Canadians wanted the same pause for the pain,
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Will the members for Thunder Bay be given a free vote on our motion