WATCH LIVEļ¼ Pierre Poilievre Takes the Stage at the 2026 CPC Convention
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Learn English with Tory Leader Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a keynote address at the Conservative convention in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada on his vision for the future of the Conservative Party of Canada and why he should be your next Prime Minister.
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hi greetings from cypress hills saskatchewan i'm i'm brad wall you know i hope it's not lost on us
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that the precious few examples of action positive action from the liberal government
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a couple of examples of gst on new homes and very significant for those of us in saskatchewan who
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fought the carbon tax from day one the end of the consumer facing carbon tax these examples
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underscore the point that in the run-up to the last election and during the campaign
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we had from peter pauliev and his team principled conservative leadership offering principled
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conservative policies that were aimed at affordability that were aimed at economic
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competitiveness and when it was all said and done obviously the end result wasn't what we all wanted
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but it was as close as we've been in many elections under pierre pauliev's conservative
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leadership his principled conservative leadership the party achieved more electoral success than it
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had in a very long time that's why we as a party are in a good position right now that's why i
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believe as a party we need to continue to offer the same kind of leadership the same kind of
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principled conservative alternatives the same ideas around affordability the same ideas around
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the economic health of our country and we need to do it effectively as mr pauliev has done to date
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to garner more and more support until we get to that conservative election win
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in real change and much needed change for this country
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hello fellow conservatives we are at a very important moment in our party right now our
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party needs a leader who is a true authentic conservative and also a masterful political
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operative somebody who can communicate clearly think strategically and connect with how canadians
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are really feeling we have that person in pierre paulia pierre has one of the sharpest political
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minds in the country he knows how to craft a message that resonates and he understands the
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hard work and the commitment that it takes to win he doesn't feel entitled to the job and that's
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really important because we are in a tough fight and there's no magic wand to use a hockey analogy
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Pierre is our best enforcer and he's also our best goal scorer and Pierre knows how to be which one
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in order to win just as importantly Pierre knows how to surround himself and is surrounding himself
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with other leaders who will bring out the best in him who will complement his strengths and
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bring him balance without hesitation i support pierre polyam he is the right person to lead our
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party and to lead our country as you know i have served each one of our leaders as both a member
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of parliament and like many of you as a volunteer so my opinion comes with some experience i support
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pierre i ask you to do the same hello to conservatives from across canada my name is
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is Avi Khan and I am the leader of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party. The threats
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and challenges facing Canada at this moment are substantial. We are facing issues that
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are unheard of in a modern democracy. But Pierre is a fighter. He will not quit. He
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works hard for Canadians. He works hard for single parents, children and people who simply
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need a chance in life. Manitobans believe in a united Canada and leadership that stands
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up for canadian families farmers and small businesses together with pierre as our leader
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we must work to put canada back on track to build a stronger future for canadian families
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bonjour mes amis i'm retired lieutenant general michel maisonneuve and i'm happy to be here with
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you at our conservative convention today i'm angry though that canada is still a mess after 11 years
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of liberal rule and the future is bleak mark carney reminds me of an obama version two all
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talk and travel but no action we need our conservative party to remain united and that
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starts at the top pierre poilievre is our leader and he is the leader that canada needs today
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He has shown he's a warrior who will not give up, and I know he can put Canada on the right path.
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As you've seen in polls, young Canadians have come to understand it, and they are behind him 100%.
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And so it's time for all of us Conservatives to recognize this and to silence the doubters.
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Nous avons besoin d'un leader fort et d'un parti uni sous son leadership.
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Ce leader est notre chef Pierre Poilier. Il est celui qui peut rebĆ¢tir le Canada aprĆØs 11 ans de dĆ©gĆ¢ts libĆ©raux et donner de l'espĆ©rance Ć nos citoyens et nos citoyennes. Il a dĆ©montrĆ© sa rĆ©silience et son ardeur et il n'arrĆŖtera jamais de travailler pour nous et pour le Canada.
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united under pierre's leadership we can show that we are ready to govern to fix our country with
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concrete results and to retake our place as a strong power in the world let's bring hope
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back to all canadians by standing united behind pierre poilier i strongly believe
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that he is the prime minister we need right now merci beaucoup
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hello everyone peter mckay here in nova scotia and i'm very sorry i can't be with you in
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calgary alberta for the big shindig and the conservative convention this weekend
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but i wanted to share a few words about my friend pierre pauliev the leader of our party
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somebody who i've known for over 25 years i've seen pierre as a parliamentarian of course in
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the House of Commons. I've seen him all around the country and over the last
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number of years as our leader, I know he's been working extremely hard to make
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the case to Canadians. And Canada, make no mistake, is Pierre's cause. He's
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passionate about politics, representation, and wanting to govern in a way that will
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bring our country to its greatness, to its potential, to the prosperity that
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Canadians should enjoy. You know, I think we all need to remember that in spite of
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loss in the last election there were tremendous gains made both in seat count and popularity and
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we came so close and the policies themselves could not have been wrong because we've seen
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the government basically borrow every policy that uh that has been successful the difference being
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that they don't implement them they only announce them we need the real deal we need authentic
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leadership and that's what pier represents pierre has truly become one of the most effective leaders
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of the opposition that i have ever seen he prosecutes the government in a fair and factual
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way but that's not the job that we need him in and i remind us all that in 2004 under the leadership
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of stephen harper we lost that election and of course it was disappointing and many were throwing
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criticism and shade at stephen harper the same way that we're seeing it directed towards pierre
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but stephen harper went on to become one of the best prime ministers our country has ever had
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and i believe here has that same potential here is is somebody who is going to bring forward
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policies in the resource sector with respect to criminal justice initiatives which i'm very
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passionate about and he's somebody who i believe has the greatest potential to bring our country
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back and so this leadership review is extremely important i believe that pierre will do what
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stephen harper did and that is emerge victorious in the next election and take our country to a
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better place and so i wish you all the very best in calgary this weekend i wish i could be there
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It's time we show Canadians that we will never give up
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We will show Canadians that we can bring change to this great country.
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I want to take a moment to speak to Conservatives from across Canada.
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You know as well as I, being a Conservative isn't always the easy path, but it's the right one.
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Our principles rooted in freedom, hard work, and personal responsibility
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don't let us bend or break, chasing what's popular in the moment.
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They ground and anchor us to do what's right and what's true.
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As Conservatives, we expect our leaders to stay true to these values
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while acting in the best interest of all Canadians.
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Leadership with moral clarity, with a plan to restore Canada's economic leadership,
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to return Canada to an international economic engine,
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and a place that holds true to the promise that if you work hard, you can get ahead.
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That is exactly the kind of leadership the Conservative Party of Canada has
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under Pierre Polyev. Pierre is not just a friend, a father and a proud Canadian. He is a champion
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of our beliefs. When the going gets tough, we've seen time and time again Pierre Polyev doesn't
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flinch. He charges forward to do what is right for Canadians. Principled leadership is a rare
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commodity. Pierre embodies it and he has my full unwavering support to continue leading
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the Conservative Party of Canada. I ask you to join me and let's finish what we started.
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Good evening everybody, how is everybody feeling tonight?
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I think we can do a little bit better than that.
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It is so good to be here together as one Conservative family.
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I am Sandra Cobena, a proud Conservative Member of Parliament for New Market Aurora.
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I'm Gaetan Mallette, Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Kappes Kaysing,
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We are two new Conservative Members of Parliament from distinct ridings.
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both writings represented key flips from the Liberals and the NDP to the Conservatives.
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My writing is made from two writings, both of which were held by the New Democrats.
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My riding is a merger of two ridings which are both held by the NDP.
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The traditional NDP territory with much of either riding not being won by Conservatives in decades, with some not ever.
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It's fair to say that this is a blue collar riding full of people who work hard and believe in Canada and everything that this country has to offer.
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But they recognize that now the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre is the only party that represents that hope for the future of Canada.
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He spoke to their beliefs in hard work and in the amazing project that is this country.
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and they believe in him he let me tell you a quick story member of parliament
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I was running to unseat was Charlie Angus of the NDP
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he held the event he held an event in Kirkland Lake one evening which brought
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just 18 people out the next day we had or we held a meet-and-greet with
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that blew the doors off the town we were hoping for 200 feet 250 people to show
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up well we got more than 500 okay hold on that was more than 500 people in
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He's spoken directly to the hearts and souls of hard-working Canadians across this country
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who believe, and they are still standing strong with him.
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He spoke directly to the hearts and souls of Canadians who work hard across the country
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and who believe in him and who continue to support him with conviction.
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You know, I never thought that there would be a place for someone like me in politics.
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I am an immigrant who came to Canada with nothing.
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I am a mother of three, a finance professional on Bay Street.
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But after a decade of failed liberal policies, I came at a crossroads.
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I saw the challenges that our country was facing.
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And I saw Pierre Poliv, a leader who understood the hardworking Canadians who felt unseen
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A leader who loves the ordinary Canadians he so proudly calls extraordinary.
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I heard about he travels this country night after night and still stays until the last handshake,
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the last conversation, and I came to know him as someone who carries the weight of those
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conversations and turns them into his mission to restore the promise of Canada.
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and so I started to ask myself a question could I leave the finance world and fight for a better
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country for my kids for our kids and so I did just like more than 8 million Canadians I joined
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peers mission to restore the promise of canada in my own way in a tough liberal held writing
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and it was a tough liberal held writing our team knocked on over 100 000 doors we visited every
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single home we visited every single home not once not twice three times I
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saw his leadership up close Pierre came to Newmarket Aurora and we tour our
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businesses around the GTA and let me tell you when Pierre shows up he doesn't
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just take a few photos and disappears he knocks he listens he stays with Pierre
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the work doesn't stop when the cameras turn off he met voters who understood
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that he represents hope and true belief in our country they are united behind pierre
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much as we are in the conservative party of canada tonight
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conservatives one new market Aurora we're lucky to have such a courageous young
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woman Sandra thank you thank you tonight we have the great honor we have
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the great honor of introducing the leader of his majesty's loyal
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opposition and the Conservative Party of Canada. As a member of Parliament and former
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minister, he helped the previous Conservative government cut taxes, balance budgets, deliver
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affordable homes and crack down on crime and corruption.
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Tonight, we have the immense honour of introducing Pierre Poilievre, the head of His Majesty's
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and loyal opposition and head of the Conservative Party of Canada.
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Pierre has spent his career fighting for Canadians.
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Fighting against massive money printing deficits that led to inflation and the affordability
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Fighting to help those struggling with addiction.
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to unlock canadian resources but the reality is he has only begun so ladies and gentlemen
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please turn your eyes to the screens ladies and please turn your eyes to the screen about politics
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it's about the people who build this country the ones who get up early work hard and are still
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overlooked for too long canadians have been told to wait to settle to believe nothing can change
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But real change doesn't start in Ottawa or fancy boardrooms.
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It starts by listening on the street, in the stores, in the quiet conversations that never make the news.
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Looking everybody in the eye, change is possible thanks to the people who refuse.
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people written off and left behind not with excuses not with empty promises but
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with the hope that everyone deserves a chance at the Canadian dream our party
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fights for a generation that did everything right and still feels
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ignored the young Canadian canadian who have studied worked hardly and they have
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saved money and they have complied with all the regulations and who are and
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wondering if one day they'll be able to buy a house and start a family they were promised
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we fight for families working longer hours stretching every dollar to put food on the
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table we fight for those who served canada with honor the men and women in uniform who stood up
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this country and now ask their country to stand up for them
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We fight for the future of our children and our grandchildren so that they can grow and
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strive in Canada with their family and live in freedom, security and hope.
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Even when it's hard, even when it's unpopular, we fight even though it is a sacrifice for
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our family even when we miss our kids even when we are on the road but our love for them keeps
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us going never giving up because the future of our children and yours is worth every sacrifice
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we are fighting when one is fighting for people who have the heart of the right place
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one never gives up even when it's difficult that's how we change this country that's how we fight
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With your help, we're going to win the next election.
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Together, we will build a country that works for every Canadian.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce my husband.
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thank you everybody and thank you manna valentina and cruz thank you to the great grassroots
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conservatives who work and unite here today and welcome to my hometown of calgary
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conservatives from all over the country who's who's excited to be in calgary in january
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we're tough we can take it a little bit of regional advice for atlantic friends
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try the steak not the seafood for those of you from the eastern prairie sorry to block your view
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with the mountains, to our friends in Toronto, enjoy your time outside of the center of the
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universe. I love seeing so many conservatives in one place, but it must freak the liberals
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out enough to invoke the Emergencies Act. But truly, it's great to be home in the beating
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heart of the West. A land filled with treasure. A land of oil and honey. The place that taught
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me my great values. Opportunity as big as the sky. Where a handshake and a word is a
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man's bond. And where a hard day's work is its own sermon. My parents taught me the value
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of a dollar here in Calgary. My mother could sure stretch one. She's here over there. And
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she could stretch a dollar, that's for sure. My mother, my mother was one of those people
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who would literally drive clear across town to use one of those coupons to save half price
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on breakfast. My dad would have me up at five in the morning to deliver newspapers. We weren't
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rich, but life was good. That was the deal. Work hard, start anywhere, get anywhere. That's what
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the country promised us all. A hopeful life, a safe home, a full table, a family you love,
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a flag that united. That's the country that we love.
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The professors might call it the social contract.
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The people have kept their part of that bargain.
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Working hard, spending less, following the rules.
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But unfortunately, the government has not kept its part of the bargain.
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Right now, as we gather, families are struggling to do the math.
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Young people are wondering if they'll ever have a job or a home.
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Worried parents are sitting at kitchen tables with empty fridges and empty bank accounts.
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And seniors worry that their savings might not last as long as their days.
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This liberal government doesn't just leave people behind.
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It prices and shuts out youth from homes, workers from jobs, and families from groceries.
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Simply put, Canadians cannot afford life under the Liberal government.
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The government is literally the biggest item in a family budget today.
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It takes up more money than food, clothing, and shelter combined.
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The cost of government is driving up the cost of living.
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Taxes and record money-printing deficits are inflating everything.
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It's no coincidence, therefore, that as the Liberal government doubled the debt,
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housing costs and food bank lineups doubled at the very same time.
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Now, they promised that all these deficits were going to lead to investments.
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You know, it's kind of like the old magicians who said that they could turn lead into gold.
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In fact, Canada has had the worst investment and the worst growth in the G7 over the last
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Amazingly, Canadian citizens, this is an incredible fact, Canadian citizens now open more businesses
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in the United States of America than they do in their home country.
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And taxpayers spend more on federal debt interest than on health care.
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That's more money for bondholders and bankers than for nurses and doctors.
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Out of control, open borders, immigration has overwhelmed health care, housing, and
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Cancel culture and identity politics divide Canadians.
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After 10 years of liberal rule, Canada is more costly and crime-ridden, dangerous and
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Now Mr. Carney, he promised to change all that.
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But here we are a year later, you know, what's changed?
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Really? Well, let's go down the list. The illusion. Mr. Carney said he would spend less.
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He's spending $90 billion more, and he doubled the deficit that he inherited. The illusion.
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Mr. Carney said, a country that cannot feed itself has few options. Well, food inflation
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has doubled under his watch, and it's the worst in the G7. Groceries will cost the average family
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He hasn't got rid of a single anti-development law or bureaucracy.
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10 years ago, before the Liberals came, the deal, the social contract, that if you work hard, you can make a good living, a good, you have a good salary and buy a fine house and start a family.
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but today living in Canada is more expensive and Mr. Carney has promised
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that will be judged by groceries cost well Canada has the worst inflation for
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food amongst the G7 and the average family will have to spend almost $18,000
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to eat this year. Mr. Carney doubled the deficit he inherited while your taxes
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keep going up. Young people can no longer afford a home. With the Liberals, Canada has become
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a country of renters, not a nation of homeowners. Mr. Carney promised change. And he did change
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some things, the tone, the style, the words. But since he became Prime Minister, have things
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really changed in your lives is your life costing any less mr. Carney loves
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to make big speeches around the world but he's forcing Canadians to pay more here
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clearly mr. Carney talks big outside the country but does little inside the
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country. I've got a funny paradox for you. I've got a bit of a funny paradox for you. He imposes
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taxes and red tape on home building, resource development, and businesses. Then he creates
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new bureaucracies to subsidize home building, resource development, and businesses. He taxes
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food production, and then he creates new programs for food subsidies. In every case, he blocks and
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taxes a thing, and then subsidizes that same thing. As President Reagan says, if a liberal
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sees something that moves, he taxes it. If it keeps moving, he regulates it. And when it stops
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moving, he subsidizes it. But why not just get out of the way and let things move?
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If everyone could just get up and do great things without him,
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And he can claim that he's building the thing that he's blocking.
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The benefit is seen in the form of his photo ops and political power,
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but the cost is paid by the homeowner who can't build a home
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or the entrepreneur who never launches the business
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or the senior who, because of all these extra costs
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Conservatives see you, and conservatives will fight for you.
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The people need the government off their backs, out of their way, and by their sides.
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And when I become prime minister, these great Canadians will not need to ask my permission to succeed.
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Business will get ahead by having the best product, not the best lobbyist.
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By pleasing customers, not pleasing politicians.
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We have the most amazing patriots, the most amazing people in this party.
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Thank God for the grassroots of the Conservative Party.
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You know, as I go around and I meet the people of this country, you know, and I spend half
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my time doing that and half my time on Parliament Hill, it's become very clear to me that the
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common people, not the ordinary people, the extraordinary people, they have all the wisdom
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and the virtue to make their own decisions and run their own lives.
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They don't need to be bossed around by government.
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Only the things that people can't do for themselves, not run your life.
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In fact, if I were starting a new political party from scratch, I'm not, I'm not.
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But if I were, it would be called the Mind Your Own Damn Business Party.
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That includes respecting the constitutional jurisdiction of our provinces and getting
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the federal government to butt out of the affairs of Albertans and Quebecers and other
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Canadians, to rake room, to have a smaller government that makes room for the dignity
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It was by fighting for these principles and giving hope to the common people that we won
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the most votes in our party's history. 2.5 million more votes and 25 more seats. Often
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we won these votes in places that had never voted conservative before. And now it is clear,
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conservatives are the party of workers, including union workers, small business owners, and
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young people. Have you seen the youth delegation at this convention? It is amazing.
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You know, in the past, when I was growing up, we would go to a conservative convention
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and you'd look out at the crowd, and it would be the great white north, the white hair everywhere.
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And we love the people with white hair, the wisdom that they share with all of us,
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but we also need a party that's infused with young people.
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And on that front, we are the youngest party and the oldest party.
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In fact, Elections Canada holds a mock vote in the high schools on Election Day,
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So we've got to make sure we get them out to vote
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by continuing to inspire them every day and in every way.
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and for that I want to thank all of you in this room
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But in the lead up to and throughout this convention, you are the ones whose ears and whose feet are on the ground and have the best intelligence to bring us.
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But one of the most important lessons I have gained from listening to you throughout this convention is that you told us to ignore the voices who keep telling us to abandon our conservative principles.
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You know, on the issue of the principles that we hold,
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we won the debate in the last election on every single one of the big issues.
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On carbon taxes, inflation, housing, resources, crime, drugs,
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and soon we will be proven right once again on the wasteful and insane liberal gun grab.
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First, they said, conservatives have no policies.
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Then they said, conservative policies are very scary.
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And then they said, we agree with all the conservative policies.
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The best part of being conservative is that eventually everyone admits that we were right all along.
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And, you know, it's not just the solutions for the past,
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it's the solutions for the future that we offer the Canadian people
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Policies like an affordable government for an affordable life.
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See, stronger take-home pay requires lower taxes.
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A strong dollar that buys more requires we end inflationary deficits.
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Both require we cut spending on bureaucracy, consultants, corporate welfare, foreign aid, and handouts to phony refugees.
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can and will supply an abundant, affordable, autonomous future to our country.
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And now more than ever, we need autonomy and independence.
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Unfair and unresolved U.S. tariffs and diplomatic distractions and disruptions
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show that we cannot rely on others to secure our borders or buy our goods.
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to help the Prime Minister and his government get U.S. tariffs removed and open new markets abroad.
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We will work with the government in any way we can,
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because conservatives always put our country ahead of our party.
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In this dangerous and uncertain world, Canadians must stand united so we can stand on our own
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and strong, Canadians will bow before no nation anywhere on earth.
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Canada must make new friends, honor our alliances, and do our part.
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On resources, trade, diplomacy, foreign aid, and everything else, though, it's clear we
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We must prioritize our own national interest above all else.
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The good news is that the same Conservative policies that will make life affordable will
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We will do it by starting with the Canadian Sovereignty Act.
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This is a law that will put us back in charge of our lives.
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It'll bring home the half trillion dollars of investment that has fled south by ending
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That will be like economic rocket fuel for startups, high tech, and major job-creating
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We will replace anti-development laws like C-69 and C-48 with new laws that will quickly
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approve projects and allow energy shipping off our west coast.
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We will also quickly green-light Daniel Smith's proposed pipeline to the Pacific.
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That pipeline would move a million barrels a day and $30 billion a year.
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That would be the single biggest increase to overseas exports in Canadian history.
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And for context, the Liberals now say that they want this strategic partnership with China for a new world order.
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One pipeline to the Pacific would increase our exports
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more than all the products that we currently sell to China in a year.
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So I think that is a more accurate and pragmatic approach
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so that we can produce more steel, aluminum, and other things
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And speaking of that, you want to launch or relaunch the biggest tariff-proof industry in Canada?
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No other country can tariff home building because it's built on Canadian homes,
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on Canadian land, with Canadian workers, using Canadian lumber.
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It is literally the most homegrown industry we have.
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So why don't we dedicate ourselves to working with all levels of government
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so that we can create jobs, harvest more lumber,
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and build homes that our young people can afford.
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We'll create free trade bonuses for our provinces
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to ensure that we keep our Canadian technologies in Canadian hands on Canadian soil.
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We'll move from the second slowest building permits in the developed world
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to the fastest building permits anywhere in the developed world.
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There's actually a very simple checklist that you need to build resource projects.
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we've got 100,000 unemployed construction workers available to start any day. Third,
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you need the investment. Check. We've got massive pension funds that are literally investing
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hundreds of billions of our savings in other countries where they can get things built.
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So the fourth thing is the only thing missing. It's the federal government permits. They are
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among the slowest in the world. We need to check mark this box so that we can get the federal
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so we can get shovels and ground, and that's what we will do.
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conservatives believe. It's time to cut the back office bureaucracy and the botched purchases
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so that massive increases in defense spending actually hit the front line and support our
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soldiers, sailors, air crew, and veterans. We will reassert Arctic sovereignty in this great
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conservative tradition of Harper and Diefenbaker. We will take back control of our north and ensure
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You know, we have no bases in the North right now, in the Arctic North today.
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We will open new bases in Iqaluit, Churchill, Inuvik.
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Rather than two new icebreakers, we'll break open that ice and open up new passageways for Canadians.
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We will speed up the purchases of new tactical submarines.
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I think my little girl wants to be a submarine sailor.
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So I think she's tired of hearing Daddy's speech, though, so we lost her.
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We will speed up purchases of new submarines, tactical helicopters, satellite ground stations, over-the-top radar,
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so that we are ready for the future of warfare.
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And we will expand recruitment and also performance
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Our forces will be guided by a warrior culture, and our government will be dedicated to its
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first responsibility, which is to take care of our precious veterans.
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They fought for us, and we will always fight for them.
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We must diversify our markets and also our alliances from NATO.
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We should fight the American tariffs and do all we can in order to have a deal without
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And yes, conservatives are willing to work with Mr. Carney in order to open up new markets
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And this is why I'm suggesting the bill on sovereignty, which would enable us to develop our natural resources to bring production back into Canada, create new jobs and create a stronger purchasing power for our population, you know, in order to really be masters in our home.
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And we need to unite this country like never before, because a house divided cannot stand.
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Liberals are in power, and just as night follows day,
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separatist movements are in resurgence back in Quebec and here in Alberta.
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These movements which had been dormant or even dead when Prime Minister Harper left office.
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Now, we can simply attack people who feel this way, or we can ask them why.
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Why, in Alberta and Quebec, why particularly among young people in those provinces
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For the last 10 years, Ottawa has told our young people that our history is filled with shame and horror,
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that we are a post-national country with no core identity
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But other than that, they should feel great about being united in Canada.
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All the while, the federal government stomps on Alberta's energy sector
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Our message to those youth and to all of the people in Alberta and Quebec
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You will again have a country that respects your autonomy, is proud of your industries, unites us around our common identity and history, a country that will afford you the hopeful future that you have earned.
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You know, it's incredible that when conservatives, there's never been a referendum crisis or a national unity crisis when conservatives have been in power.
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When the liberals are in power, well, then this is always a good thing for servantists.
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But never when the Conservatives are in power, because Quebec's autonomy is well respected, and the Constitution of Alberta is recognized, and our country is proud, united, affordable, and full of hope.
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The problem is, for 10 years, the Liberals have been telling us, oh, yes, there are two things to young Quebecers and young Albertans, that Canada is a post-national country and state without an identity, with a shameful history, and you guys will never have a house.
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So, we are telling our youth, you have no identity, no home, but be happy and proud to be Canadian.
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Well, I can imagine why our youth is losing hope.
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So, tonight I have a message for young Quebecers.
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Quebec nationalism is part and parcel of Canadian nationalism.
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canada will be proud of her history and her identity and you will become proud of our country
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and canada will enable you to realize your ambitions your dreams and your future within a
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And we will celebrate, we will celebrate, rather than tear down our heroes in history.
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Our museums and heritage programs will tell the unvarnished truth that conservatives have
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This is the greatest country on earth precisely because of the goodness of those people who
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As the great Nova Scotian Joseph Howe said, a wise nation preserves its records, gathers
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up its monuments, decorates the tombs of its illustrious dead, repairs its great public
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structures, and fosters national pride and love of country by perpetual reference to
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uniting around our common history, will heal the divisions.
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We want a nation where all of us are equal, a nation that is colorblind.
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We want a nation with no more hyphens, no more group labels.
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We are all Canadians, Canadians in our heart, Canadians in every single way.
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And immigration must serve our national interest as well.
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And we will make sure that their skills are recognized so that they can get licensed to work as doctors and nurses in our country.
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At the same time, we must cap immigration at numbers we can integrate
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into our jobs, housing, health care, and Canadian way of life.
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We will deport criminals, end fraud, end abuse, and handouts to phony refugees.
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please, we will no longer allow foreign conflicts to spill onto our streets.
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We must unite to end anti-Semitism and the attacks on their places of worship, and stand
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with our Jewish friends and neighbors who are under attack like never before.
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They should be able to wear the Star of David, put up the Mesuzah, and wear a kippah everywhere
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and got along yes we squabble yes we get on each other's nerves but we don't fight each other
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because of religious or sectoral differences we get along with our next door neighbors regardless
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of where their grandparents live when newcomers arrive in this country just as it has always been
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we will ensure that they leave differences at the doors we must restore leave those problems outside
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the door out on the house in this country that in toronto the police tell people to leave their
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keys at the door so that thieves can more safely steal their car in the middle of the
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night. In Brampton, people are literally being told that because there is an extortion wave
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on their particular street, they should move into their basements to minimize the chance
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of being hit by a stray bullet in Canada. It's not just stats. It's human tragedies.
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In 2024, a violent repeat offender, released by liberal laws, murdered a wonderful piano teacher, Esty Jones.
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The killer should have been in jail, and Esty should still be alive today.
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She decided to turn this terrible strategy into action, this terrible tragedy into real change.
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She joined our party and testified in a parliamentary committee against catch-and-release liberal laws.
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And together with her, together with you, Esther, we will work to pass laws requiring that anyone convicted of three serious offenses will have a minimum of 10 years in prison with no jail, parole, probation, or house arrest.
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The tiny group of criminals, the career criminals, will stay behind bars
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so that no one ever faces a tragedy like Esther's family.
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And I can tell you, Esther, that your wonderful aunt will have an incredible legacy
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because her story will inspire us to take the action that will save so many other lives.
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We will also protect the freedoms of law-abiding people
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with a new castle law that allows you to take whatever action necessary
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We will do so also by protecting the rights of law-abiding firearms owners stopping the
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liberal gun grab and putting the money putting the money into border security by definition
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if you've got a possession and acquisition license if you following the law if you would
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even respect this compensation this compass confiscation policy you're by definition not
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the risk you're not a danger and we shouldn't be wasting police resources harassing you
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The Liberals want to protect turkeys from hunters. We want to protect Canadians from criminals
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We will stop the Liberals from censoring politically incorrect Bible verses. You will have the ability to worship God in your own way
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And we'll protect our loved ones from addictions.
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Overdoses have cost 50,000 lives and overrun our streets.
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We'll bring in life sentences for fentanyl kingpins,
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he took off his seat belt and he drove full speed into a rock wall. But God was
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not finished with him yet. Kirk survived. He later said, at that moment I decided I
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was going to change my life. Kirk entered recovery, counseling, group therapy,
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exercise, and yes, faith. It was hard, but it saved his life.
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And he has since become a chef at the same treatment center. He makes a mean steak,
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which he's promised to let me try. He's also the CEO of Probiotic Sodas and has six employees.
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He will soon be marrying his beautiful fiancee, and both of them are here with us tonight.
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You know, when I go to these treatment facilities, I love to go and meet with mostly the young men who are in those places.
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turning their lives around and I walk in and I say I'm not here because you need me
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I'm here because frankly I'm here because I need you Canada has a job for you to do
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you need to get better and go out and pull the next guy off the street and he's going to come
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in and get better and he'll go back out and pull the next guy off the street and we're going to
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keep doing that again and again till every last one of our brothers and sisters is back on their
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feet. So hang on. Have hope. Help is on the way. Hope. That's really the theme of this convention
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and this evening. Hope is on the way for our people as well. But hope is not just a comforting
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blanket. Hope is the knowledge that your work will fulfill your purpose, your why.
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He who has a why can bear any how, Victor Frankl wrote in the great book, Man's Search for Meaning.
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That thing that you call meaning could be for you a home, a career, a family, a business.
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Seeing your autistic daughter speak for the first time is the thing.
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That meaning is the thing that keeps people fighting on through hardship.
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People ask me, why? I keep going. The slings and arrows, they're the easy part.
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i look at it when i'm in the hotel room sometimes late at night it makes me smile
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i see all those little scribbles and cut marks and imagine those little figures
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Because we want our kids to have the same promise
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because we want them to know that when you care about something, you work for it.
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When you believe in something, you fight for it.
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And most of all, when you start something, you never give up.
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Because the unsung heroes who built and protect this country, who have it infinitely harder
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than I do, they never give up, so I have no right to give up.
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Because all of you who pound signs on frozen ground, knock doors on dark nights, and sacrifice
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warm family dinners for cold campaign pizza, you never give up, so I'll never give up.
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Because the young couple, the young couple scrimping to start a family, and the single
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mother fighting each day to feed her kids, they never give up so that we never give up.
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Because the Canadian Pacific Railway workers who pounded spikes into frozen ground and
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forged steel ribbon that united east and west, they never gave up, so we never gave up.
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Because the Canadian teenagers living in frozen, rat-infested trenches, who had it infinitely
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harder than we do, they fought on, they never gave up, and they won wars so that we will
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Canadians don't give up because our country is worth fighting for, as are its people and its promise.
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Only Canadians could carve the world's best country out of a big, cold, vast land because we never give up.
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We never back down. We never run away. We stand united tonight, together, always,
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because this country, its people, and promise are worth fighting for
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because while some say this is as good as it gets,