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Poilievre announces measures to protect Canadian workers from tariff madness
Apr 4, 2025
At midnight last night Canada was being hit with new and completely unjustifiable tariffs on autos in addition to the existing tariffs on lumber steel and aluminum. The Prime Minister also said last night that we can expect even more tariffs on our lumber, our pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and copper meanwhile global markets are in turmoil. ... A new Conservative government will make it a priority to keep industry moving and workers working. We know that once the link between worker and job is broken it can take months or years to rebuild it. That's why it is much more economically affordable and much more important from the well-being of a family to keep the job in place. ... We need to protect auto workers in Oshawa, Cambridge, Brampton, Windsor, Essex, St. Catherines, Oakville, Alliston, Woodstock, Ingersoll and elsewhere. That's why I'm announcing today that a new conservative government will eliminate the federal sales tax on Canadian made automobiles everyone who's looking to buy Canadian to support Canadian workers will be able to save money as a result of this announcement axing the GST on a $50,000 Canadian made automobile will save $2,500 to the car buyer by Saving cash strap Canadians families their hard-earned money we will increase demand for Canadian-made cars and keep more workers on the job. And I'm calling on the premier to match our policy and remove their portion of provincial sales tax on Canadian-made automobiles.
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yesterday many Canadians watched with
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anger and anxiety as president Trump
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once again attacked our country and our
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jobs until yet until yesterday many
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Canadians including me still held out
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hope that President Trump might come to
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a sentence senses and spare us of
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additional
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tariffs just last Friday Mark Carney
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said he had a quote very productive
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very constructive call with President
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Trump citing
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progress unfortunately can Canada has
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not been spared there is no progress and
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there was nothing constructive or
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productive about Trump's tariff
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announcement at midnight last night
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Canada was being hit with new and
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completely unjustifiable tariffs on
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Autos in addition to the existing
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tariffs on Lumber steel and aluminum the
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Prime Minister also said last night that
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we can expect even more tariffs on our
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lumber our Pharmaceuticals
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semiconductors and copper meanwhile
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Global markets are in turmoil our
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seniors are what wondering what will
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happen to their savings after after the
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Tariff Madness that came from the White
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House yesterday millions of Canadians
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woke up to this to the fear of losing
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their savings or their jobs
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it's clear that tariffs must
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end uh it's clear the Canadians must
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stand together and I'm here to reassure
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Canadians that united we will get
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through this together we will strengthen
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our country and stand up for our
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workers first and foremost we must
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support workers and their families so to
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the hardworking Canadians and businesses
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directly hit by these unjustified
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tariffs I say your concerns are my
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concern today we are here for you a new
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conservative government will make it a
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priority to keep industry moving and
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workers working we know that once the
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link between worker and job is broken it
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can take months or years to rebuild it
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that's why it is much more economically
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affordable and much more important from
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a the well-being of a family to keep the
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job in place we need to protect Auto
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workers in oshaa Cambridge Bramton
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Windsor Essex St Catherine's Oakville
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Alliston Woodstock ingersol and
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elsewhere that's why I'm announcing
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today that a new conservative government
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will eliminate the federal sales tax on
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Canadian made
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automobiles everyone who's looking to
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buy Canadian to support Canadian workers
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will be able to save money as a result
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of this announcement axing the GST on a
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$50,000 Canadian made automobile will
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save $2,500 to the car buyer by Saving
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cash strap Canadians families their
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hard-earned money we will increase
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demand for canadian-made cars and keep
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more workers on the job and I'm calling
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on the premier to match our policy and
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remove their portion of provincial sales
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tax on Canadian made automobiles this
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will have the double effect of
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supporting workers in the auto sector
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and also tackling the liberal inflation
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crisis that has made everything more
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expensive both Federal and provincial
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sales taxes where they removed would
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save up to
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$7,000 for the purchase of the average
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$50,000 car it will mean big savings for
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example on a new Chevy Silverado from
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the factory in ashaa a new Honda CRV
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from Alliston a Toyota Rav 4 from
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Woodstock or a new Chrysler Pacifica
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from Windsor and all the other affected
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Industries we have your back we will
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stand with you we know that some of
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these plants are temporarily shut down
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or are closed for retooling um but we
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will keep them eligible if they if and
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when they do reopen and we will continue
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to monitor the list of vehicles made in
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Canada and add add and subtract car uh
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automobiles from eligibility based on
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the Canadian content that they have I
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announced yesterday as well that a
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conservative government a new
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conservative government will protect
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workers for a change we will set up the
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keeping Canadians working fund this will
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be a temporary targeted Loan program for
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businesses directly hit by Trump's
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tariffs to allow them to keep workers on
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the job until we get through this tariff
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Madness we will start with a fund of $3
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billion these will be loans not
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expenditures and we will uh we will use
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the money to lend to companies who are
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desperate to keep employee employees on
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the payroll throughout this period of
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uncertainty and tariff obstacles so that
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those workers can keep working keep
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paying taxes can keep supporting their
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families at the same time I will push
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hard to end the Tariff
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Madness on my first day on the job as
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prime minister I will call the president
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and demand that we rapidly renegotiate
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the kma agreement on a very tight
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timeline that will allow us to find
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certainty I will also propose that in
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the meantime both sides suspend tariffs
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to be clear no counter tariffs from
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Canada will be ra removed unless and
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until the Americans do the same but the
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argument to president Trump will be this
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put aside the uncertainty the job loss
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and stock market crashes on both sides
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of the Border pause the tariffs until we
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can hammer out a deal now that deal will
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have to be in the Canadian interest
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first and foremost we will protect
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Canadian sovereignty certain things will
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be
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non-negotiable we will protect our land
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our water our laws our government our
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culture our language policies and our
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borders will always be exclusively under
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our control second we will demand an end
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to all tffs free trade both ways but
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third we believe we can convince the
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Americans it's in their National in
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security interest to get a deal because
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we will use all the proceeds of that
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deal all the economic benefits that flow
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into the federal coffers to massively
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rebuild our military so that we can
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carry our weight and keep our continent
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safe this will create a powerful
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incentive for Americans to say yes but
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of course there's no guarantee with
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Trump as we're learning nobody in Canada
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can control Donal Donald Trump contrary
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to many of the suggestions and the
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unrealistic expectations
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that some have been setting which is why
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I have to make clear and I will be
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making clear to president Trump that any
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commitments we make that America wants
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to happen on defense border cooperation
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or Market access can and will be
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instantaneously withdrawn if he violates
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any part of the agreement we will only
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uphold our side of the bargain as long
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as he holds up his side of the bargain
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that that's how we create the leverage
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to protect against a President Who
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changes his mind and breaks his
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word still no one can control president
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Trump and no one can predict what he
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will do the only thing we can control is
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what we do here at home and that's why
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the best way to stand up to president
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Trump is to make our economy stronger
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and more independent from the Americans
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the economic plan I've been announcing
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throughout this election is to unleash
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our industry to make it strong
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self-reliant Sovereign so that we can
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stand on our own two feet and stand up
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to president Trump my plan will cut
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income taxes for all Canadians so hard
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work pays off for a change we'll
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eliminate the industrial carbon tax so
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that we can bring back steel manufa
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steel manufacturing aluminum fertilizer
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oil and gas and other heavy Industrial
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Products that are the backbone of a
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modern economy it will allow Canadians
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allow tax-free reinvestment of capital
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gains which means that companies can
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reinvest in beautiful factories that
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employ Canadian workers like this one I
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just spoke to Chandra we started up this
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place all of this stuff all these
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machines that these incredible workers
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operate that is investment the more of
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these machines the more of these
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factories we have the more powerful
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paychecks we will generate and the more
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we will be independent from Trump a
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tax-free reinvestment in Canada of
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capital gains will be like rocket fuel
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for our econ
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allowing us to soar over the American
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economy I will ask the sales tax off new
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homes to get more homes built and create
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more demand for the Canadian Lumber that
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Donald Trump is attacking build Canadian
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homes with Canadian wood supporting
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Canadian loggers and Tradesmen for the
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last 10 years the Liberals have had
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their boot to the neck of our energy
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sector but it's not dead yet and my plan
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will bring it roaring back to life I
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will relaunch our energy sector by
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repealing liberal no new pipelines law
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c69 and lifting the liberal energy cap
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on to to produce more energy Mark Carney
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has said he will keep the legal ban on
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pipelines in c69 and that he will keep
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the energy cap that is economic suicide
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it is another reason why president Trump
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has supported Mark carne's re-election
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in this
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campaign not just more pipelines but
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more LG largescale mines and nuclear
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projects it will send hundreds of
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billions of dollars uh if Mr Carney goes
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ahead with c69 he will be blocking
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pipelines mines nuclear plants and other
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projects sending hundreds of billions of
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dollars fleeing South right into the
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hands of Donald Trump and it means that
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Western Canadians will never be able to
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sell their oil directly to Eastern
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Canadians instead we'll have to keep
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passing our Energy South at a discount
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and even sending energy through the
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American economy just to send it back to
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Quebec and Ontario that is not change
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that is more of the Lost liberal decade
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and the choice on resources is this
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after a lost liberal decade of driving
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our jobs South and driving our economy
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under the American thumb do the Liberals
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deserve a fourth term in power or is it
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time to unlock our resources bring home
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our jobs and become a strong economy for
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a change with a new conservative
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government in English sorry yeah okay in
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English um in English I would reiterate
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that no I don't consider the the
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Americans to be a reliable trade partner
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right now their president has chosen to
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betray America's best friend and closest
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Ally I'm saddened to say that because I
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love the American people but there's no
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denying that there is a president right
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now who consistently betrays the
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Canadian Ian people and shows that he
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has been unreliable to deal with we
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can't control the president nobody can
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we're learning that today despite the
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very unrealistic expectations that
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certain people tried to make the very
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unrealistic promises that people were
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making right up until
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today what we can control is what we do
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at
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home
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and after the Lost liberal decade the
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Liberals have they they've proven that
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what they will do is block projects tax
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our industry and our workers driving
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half trillion dollars out of our economy
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to the US they want to continue to
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support the same anti-r projects and
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laws this week Mark Cary gave another
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Incredible Gift to Donald Trump he's
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going to keep the no new pipelines law
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c69 in place a law that will make sure
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we never again build a pipeline to take
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Canadian energy to Canadian markets and
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out overseas that we never build any
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export plants for natural gas that we
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never have any more major mining
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projects
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approved that's more of the same the
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same liberal ministers same liberal
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policies same liberal weakness they we
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can't afford the risk of a fourth
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liberal term we need a change in this
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country with a Canada first government
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that will ax taxes approve projects
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bring home our jobs and resources so
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that we can stand up to the Americans
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from a position of strength for a change
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thank you thank you that concludes thank
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you very much
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