Western Standard - November 06, 2023


'Trudeau is hiding & dividing in Ottawa today ' ~ Poilievre


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3 minutes

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Word count

550

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25

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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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00:00:00.000 The Prime Minister is in Ottawa today, so the question is for him.
00:00:04.020 He has panicked now and put a pause on the carbon tax for 3% of Canadians
00:00:10.180 in ridings where his polls are plummeting and his MPs are revolting.
00:00:14.940 Also revolting were the comments of a Liberal rural affairs minister
00:00:20.140 who stated that other Canadians would have got a pause on the pain
00:00:24.540 if they had elected more Liberals.
00:00:26.420 Yet, Northern Ontarians did elect Liberals,
00:00:29.060 so the question for the Prime Minister,
00:00:31.840 will he allow a free vote for his Northern MPs
00:00:35.280 on our common sense motion to keep the heat on and take the tax off?
00:00:40.500 As I have explained to the Leader of the Opposition
00:00:43.840 through many, many different question periods over the past number of days,
00:00:48.340 home heating oil is two to four times as expensive as natural gas.
00:00:51.640 It accelerated by 75% in 2022.
00:00:55.060 We have put into place a plan that will enable people to get off of heating oil,
00:00:58.540 to have free heat pumps.
00:00:59.860 It will save them up to $2,500 a year.
00:01:02.320 It will make it more affordable, and at the same time,
00:01:05.260 it will allow us to fight climate change.
00:01:06.900 That is true for the 270,000 households that use heating oil here in Ontario.
00:01:11.700 The question was for the Prime Minister, who first was dividing and now is in hiding.
00:01:18.560 He wants to quadruple his tax, but now he has had to back down
00:01:23.600 and give a pause to the pain for 3% of people in ridings where his polls are plummeting
00:01:29.560 and his MPs are in full revolt against him.
00:01:33.040 His Liberal Minister of Rural Affairs said if people in other regions want the same pause on the pain,
00:01:39.560 they have to elect Liberal MPs. However, many did.
00:01:42.280 We have a Liberal MP in Calgary and one in Edmonton.
00:01:45.780 Will they be allowed a free vote on the common-sense Conservative motion
00:01:50.280 to take the tax off and keep the heat on?
00:01:53.840 It's important to have thoughtful public policy prescriptions
00:01:57.000 that address issues around affordability in a long-term way,
00:02:00.280 but also actually address the issue of climate change.
00:02:03.040 I would say, Mr. Speaker, the only person who is hiding in this chamber
00:02:07.280 is the Leader of the Official Opposition who is hiding the fact that he either does not believe
00:02:12.360 in climate change or he certainly doesn't think it's very important.
00:02:15.480 He has not spoken the words climate change since he was elected, and he has no plan.
00:02:19.800 At some point, he needs to tell Canadians, 0.55
00:02:21.940 what is your plan to address the climate crisis?
00:02:23.980 I'm right here while the Prime Minister hides and divides.
00:02:29.220 Why wouldn't he hide?
00:02:30.340 After all, he's in panic mode.
00:02:31.860 He first promised to quadruple the tax on everyone,
00:02:35.220 and then after I beat him in that debate,
00:02:37.140 he decided to back down and lift the tax off 3% of people for a short period of time.
00:02:43.660 His Rural Affairs Minister said that if other Canadians wanted the same pause for the pain,
00:02:48.960 they needed to elect more Liberals.
00:02:50.960 Well, Thunder Bay elected two Liberals.
00:02:54.180 It's a very cold place.
00:02:55.900 Will the members for Thunder Bay be given a free vote on our motion
00:03:01.440 to take the tax off and keep the heat on?