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Poilievre pledges National Energy Corridor to stand up to Americans from a position of strength
Apr 3, 2025
It's here today that we reflect upon the great East West nation that John A. McDonald dreamt of and began building. That's why Louis St.Laurent built the St. Lawrence Seaway to open up the Canadian heartland to the world. These projects boosted our economy. And guaranteed our economic independence. But I have a question. Do you think we could get the Saint Lawrence Seaway open today? Do you think we could build the Canadian Pacific Railway today? Really think about it. There would be some environmental extremists like Steven Guilbeault or maybe Gregor Robertson, the new Liberal candidate, former Vancouver mayor, who'd be chaining themselves to a tree to prevent it from happening. ... We'll honor the legacy of John A MacDonald and Louis St. Laurent by adding pipelines, power lines, roads, rail that bind the nation together. One nation bound together into a united country, self reliant, sovereign, standing on its own feet feet and standing up to the Americans from a position of strength. ... Today I'm announcing the Canada First National Energy Corridor, a pre-approved corridor that will allow our incredible businesses to build pipelines, transmission lines, rail lines and countless other kinds of infrastructure that we need to break our dependence on the Americans, ship our resources to ourselves and overseas markets, bring home powerful paychecks for our country and stand up for ourselves.
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she's been uh she's obviously from uh
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New Brunswick but she has been working
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across Canada to recruit our youth into
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boots not suits so that we can build the
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economy of the future make our country
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strong again to stand up against
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American economic aggression and here we
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are in St John not by any coincidence
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we're in this place because it
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symbolizes both our long history and our
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optimistic future this is the place
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where we come to move our products over
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the Atlantic to the world it is one of
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the great cities of the Atlantic that
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will be greater still and bigger and and
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Bolder into the future well it's here
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today that we reflect upon the Great
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East West nation that John a McDonald
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dreamt of and began building that's why
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Louis St Lon built the St Lawrence
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Seaway to open up the Canadian Heartland
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to the world these projectss boosted our
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economy and guaranteed our economic
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independence but I have a question do
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you think we could get the St Lawrence
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Seaway open today do you think we could
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build the Canadian Pacific Railway
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today really think about
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it there'd be some environmental
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extremist like Steven Gilbo or maybe
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maybe Gregor Robertson the new liberal
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candidate former Vancouver mayor who' be
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chaining themselves to a tree to prevent
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it from
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happening and it would take a decade to
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go through a bureaucratic process that
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would never lead anywhere how many
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projects have the Liberals killed
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already 16 major energy projects $176
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billion that we know
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of there were 18 LG liquefaction plants
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proposed 10 years ago when the Liberals
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took office not one has been completed
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the only one that's close was approved
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by the previous Harper
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government they blocked two major pis
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lines both the energy East and the
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northern Gateway pipeline Mr Carney
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testified in Committee Against the
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northern Gateway pipeline which would
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have allowed us to move a half million
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barrels of oil to Asia every single day
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now that oil goes to the Americans at a
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discount making us even more dependent
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on what is now a very aggressive
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Southern neighbor it is time to reverse
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the the Lost liberal decade of blocking
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projects and moving money out of the
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country it is time to take back control
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and relaunch our economy to unleash our
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energy sector and bring home our jobs
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and Powerful paychecks it is time to to
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turn Canada into an economic Fortress
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that puts our country first for a change
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with Donald Trump threatening our
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country with tariffs we need big
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projects that l link our regions east to
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west we need to be able to get our
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resources across Canada bypassing
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America so we can trade more with each
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other and sell our resources to the
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world under the Liberals this kind of
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big thinking has become impossible the
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average time it takes to get a mine
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approved is 17 years 23% longer than
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Australia 38% longer than in the US
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Canada now ranks 23rd in the world
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bank's ease of doing business we fall in
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seven places we're the second slowest
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country in all of the 36 Nation oecd to
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get a building permit the second slowest
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the Liberals radical keep it in the
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ground agenda killed 16 major energy
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projects and many and billions of
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dollars and then think of the number of
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end of businesses from around the world
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who don't even bother proposing a
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project in Canada because it is a waste
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of time and money under the Liberals um
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keep it in the ground econom IC policy
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since the Liberals killed the energy
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East Pipeline and let's make no mistake
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they did Kill the energy East pipeline
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you know they'll claim that trans that
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the Trans Canada just changed its mind
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really so the company spent a billion
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dollars on getting the project approved
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only to sort of one day say oh boy the
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price of oil has gone down this week
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we're going to cancel the whole thing
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give me a break this is a hundred-year
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investment it doesn't get cancelled
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because the weekly price of oil went
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down it got cancelled because the
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Liberals changed the rules in the middle
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of the game and let's be clear liberal
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no new pipelines law
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c69 will make it impossible for any
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other project to ever get approved in
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this
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country and Mark Carney could have
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repealed that law I encouraged him to
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reconvene Parliament after he won the
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liberal leadership race and quickly
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under emergency conditions repealed
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c69 he didn't do it so it doesn't matter
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what he says about the law now we know
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he doesn't mean it cuz he could have
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done it it is a liberal law that they
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passed that they brought in and that
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they have defended and it is the same
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liberal ministers same liberal MPS same
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liberal strategists same liberal
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promises that they made 10 years ago if
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you vote the same you will get the Same
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by reelecting the same liberal gang the
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the only difference now is they have a
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weaker and more compromised liberal
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leader while Mr Carney was advisor to
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Justin Trudeau he supported all of the
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same radical keep it in the ground
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policies but not only because he support
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he believes in it because he profited
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from it by pushing resource projects out
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of Canada his Investments overseas and
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in the states become more profitable
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less competition from Canada means
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globalist elitists like him get richer
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and fatter he supported his entire
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business career so-called business
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career was about defunding Canadian
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energy convincing Banks to stop lending
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to Canadian energy companies he
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supported c69 he still supports the
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energy cap just last week one of his
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ministers said that he wants to they
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they're going to keep in place a cap on
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Canadian energy production that doesn't
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apply in the United States even more
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billions will leave the country under
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that policy Mr Carney says he supports
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an industrial carbon tax again a tax
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that applies on Canadian businesses but
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not on American ones which will you know
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this is another area where Mr Carney and
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Mr Trump agree both want to tax Canadian
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industry with Carney it's a carbon tax
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with Trump it's a tariff but the effect
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is the same it will drive tens if not
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hundreds of billions of dollars South of
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the Border because there is no such tax
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on the on the US side Mr
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supports the same policies that have
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driven a half a trillion dollars out of
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our country over the last decade of the
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Lost liberal period and he will say
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anything he has to uh you know he lied
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about the fact that he plagiarized 10
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times in his thesis in order to get his
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degree um he lied about having moved his
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headquarters from Canada to the US just
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6 days after Trump threatened tariffs on
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our country so you can count on him him
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to say whatever he has to say in order
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to hold on and get the Liberals that
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fourth term in power but under the
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Liberals applications are lengthy and
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the economy is crashing why would any
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other company invest in this country
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with a long liberal record of high taxes
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and blocking projects but the good news
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is we don't have to after this last lost
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liberal decade we don't have to elect
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them to a fourth term we can choose
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change by putting Canada first with a
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new conservative government that will ax
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taxes build homes unleash our resources
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and bring home paychecks and production
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so we can stand up to the Americans from
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a position of strength today I'm
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unveiling yet another concrete proposal
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to bring about that Vision today I'm
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announcing the Canada First National
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Energy Corridor a pre pre-approved
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Corridor that will allow our incredible
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businesses to build pipelines
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transmission lines Rail lines and
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countless other kinds of infrastructure
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that we need to break our dependence on
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the Americans ship our resources to
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ourselves and overseas markets bring
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home powerful paychecks for our country
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and stand up for ourselves in a position
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of strength here's how it would work
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first we would use the model of the
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shovel ready Zone that is to say the
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permits would be pre-or authorized after
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consultations and Environmental Research
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we would find the path that is safe for
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our citizens and for nature second we
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would consult with First Nations as is
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our duty under the constitution of
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Canada third we would lock down the
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permits and we would publish
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specifications and standards that
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companies have to meet so that they
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would do so do the projects in a
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responsible way that keeps everyone safe
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then the permits would be
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pre-published online and legally binding
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in other words the government would not
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have the legal right to reverse course
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and change its mind this would remove
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the uncertainty I understand why
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businesses after the Lost liberal decade
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would not want to take the risk of
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starting an application process that
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could cost them billions of dollars if
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they thought that maybe a future
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government would reverse course that's
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why pre-approval is so important
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pre-approving the project would mean
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that the companies could invest with
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certainty knowing what they have to do
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and what they can
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build this certainty will allow the
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private sector to do the building it
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will allow our businesses to invest hire
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and
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grow it it would also allow us to become
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independent from the Americans going
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around them directly to ourselves and to
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others we can build P Canadian pipelines
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with Canadian steel to deliver Canadian
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energy to a Canadian Refinery perhaps
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right here in St John and that will
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cause a massive economic boom billions
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of dollars will flood into our
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government coffers from the resulting
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economic growth money that can be used
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to to improve our failing hospitals and
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our schools building roads and other
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infrastructure we need defeating poverty
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and lifting up our people giving new
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jobs to our young trades people 350,000
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of whom we are going to train up through
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our boots knot suits plan it will mean a
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new era of prosperity and it adds to a
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broader plan that we've been
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systematically unveiling for example
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just yesterday I announced the Canada
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first reinvestment tax cut zero capital
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gains tax if you reinvest in Canada you
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sell your business and you reinvest in a
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Canadian stock that funds Canadian
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economic growth zero capital gains tax
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you you se you sell a a rental property
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and reinvest it in building a new home
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in Canada zero capital gains tax you're
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a company that wants to sell a vacant
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piece of land to reinvest in building a
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new Factory in Canada zero capital gains
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tax you want to take your money out of
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Canada to a foreign jurisdiction you
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will pay capital gains tax that's why
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it's called Canada first we're going to
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be bringing home hundreds of billions of
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dollars and unleashing a boom this will
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be economic rocket fuel for our
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Canadians to launch above and beyond the
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Americans we will cut income tax by 15%
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for the average worker and Senior that
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means that more of your pension and your
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paycheck will go home to your family
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rather than into government coffers and
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speaking of home we'll get rid of the
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GST we will a the Federal sales tax on
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new homes saving you up to
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$65,000 on a purchase or 3,000 a year in
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lower mortgage payments and we will ax
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the carbon tax but unlike the liberals
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who brought in the tax and who are just
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going to hide it for the next month
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leading up to the election we will ask
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the tax for everyone for
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everywhere for good for real for a
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change we will unleash an incredible
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economic boom that will turn Canada into
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a fortress we'll honor the legacy of
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Johnny McDonald and Louis s by adding
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pipelines power lines roads rail that
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bind the nation together one nation
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bound together into a United Country
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self-reliant Sovereign standing on its
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own two feet and standing up to the
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Americans from a position of strength
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the choice is clear after the Lost
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liberal decade of costs and crime up and
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the economy Down Under the American
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thumb do they can we afford to give
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liberals a fourth term or is it time to
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put Canada first for a change with a new
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conservative government that will ax
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taxes build homes unleash our resources
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to bring home our jobs so we can stand
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up to the Americans from a position of
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strength Canada first for a change let's
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bring it home thank you we will now take
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questions from the
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floor with St John being the most most
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trade prone city in Canada and New
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Brunswick sending 92% of its exports to
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the United States what would
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conservative government do to help
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through this trade war and
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Beyond thank you that's a very good
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question this is one of the most trade
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in intensive economies in the world St
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John in particular New Brunswick in um
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in general um we'll make sure that
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businesses have the cash they need
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liquidity required to pay their bills
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and keep people working uh we want to
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our goal is to keep people working
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through this trade dispute and
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furthermore we need to retaliate against
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the Americans targeting Goods we don't
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need can make ourselves or get elsewhere
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so we maximize the impact on them while
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minimizing the impact on ourselves then
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I will present president Choice with
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President Trump with a choice either you
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start a trade war with your with
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America's closest friend neighbor which
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will weaken both our economies rendering
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our continent more vulnerable to risks
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from abroad or you trade you knock down
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the trade barriers we trade more as two
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two separate Sovereign Nations we enrich
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both sides of the Border allowing us to
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spend massively on our military so that
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both Canada and the US
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separately but cooperating together are
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stronger safer and richer I believe
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presented with that Choice particularly
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as they get closer to midterm elections
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I think that the Americans
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will in the end be forced to reverse
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these disastrous tariff policies but we
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can't rely on the Americans to determine
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our economic Destiny your question it
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contains in it the problem why is it
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that after the Lost liberal decade we
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are so dependent on the Americans for
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everything for example if the energy
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East pipeline were approved today there
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would be a million barrels of
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oil going from St
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John to
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Europe that I mean that is it's almost a
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hundred millionar depending on the price
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of oil it's under almost a100 million a
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day that would be transiting through
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here paying Refinery
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workers and all the businesses that they
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shop at around
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here to sell to Europe and the Americans
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wouldn't be able to do a damn thing
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about it because it would have been a
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direct Transit out of North America to
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an overseas
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economy we need to bring that home if we
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had a national Energy Corridor today St
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John would not be so reliant on the
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Americans we'd be able to transit in
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billions and billions of dollars through
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this incredible
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City without worrying about what the
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Americans think
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that is what we're trying to do with
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this Canada first policy and the choice
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in the election is after a lost liberal
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decade with costs and crime up and the
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economy Down Under the American thumb do
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they deserve a fourth term in power or
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is it time to put Canada first for a
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change with a new conservative
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government that will ax taxes build a
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national corridor ship our resources
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around the world while bringing powerful
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paychecks home making us strong enough
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to stand up to the Americans thank you
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good morning
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um just going back to the Energy
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Corridor what would that mean for energy
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East and has a private investig a
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private investor come forward to
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reignite that plan that's been dead long
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ago
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so you're you're right to point out that
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the energy East project was killed by
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the previous liberal government and
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right now today it would be impossible
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for any pipeline to be built because
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there's a no new pipelines law c69 that
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the Liberals have passed into law and
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kept in place with Mark carne's
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support um people say well there's no
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company to build it well of course when
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the when pipelines are banned you're not
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going to get a company to step up and
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announce they're building a
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pipeline when you have a new government
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that repeals the anti-pipeline liberal
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law and then you put in place a
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pre-approved Corridor that removes the
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uncertainty all of a sudden it becomes
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very
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attractive so the chicken and egg
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problem we have today is that as long as
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the anti-pipeline law and government are
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in place no one is going to put their
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name forward to build anything in Canada
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even as pipeline construction is booming
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all around the world because pipelines
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are of course so wildly po profitable
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the only way that you get the investment
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is to repeal the anti-pipeline law and
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bring in a a pre-approved corridor
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so businesses know they will never again
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have to spend s years and a billion
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dollars to get to a dead end you in fact
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give them the corridor that gives them
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the light at the end of the tunnel and a
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certainty for the future that's how you
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put Canada first and then the choice in
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this election is is the following after
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the Lost liberal decade where they
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blocked energy East along with
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278 billion sorry along $178 billion of
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projects should should we elect them to
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a fourth term or is it time for a new
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conservative government that will put
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Canada first by rapidly building a
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national Energy Corridor cutting taxes
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and bringing home the billions of
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dollars liberals pushed out of Canada so
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that we can stand up to the Americans
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from a position of strength English
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thank you the question was about um
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rural um and remote communities in uh
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New Brunswick and other smaller towns
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that have already been hit by this
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terrible trade
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dispute um he wanted the question was
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whether he want what actions we should
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take to protect those jobs we will make
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sure that businesses have the support
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they need to keep their workers in their
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jobs through the dispute we would hate
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for the disruption of what might be a
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temporary
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dispute to cause long-term unemployment
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so let's try to keep our workers working
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they want jobs they don't want
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unemployment but we also have to ask
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ourselves why are we in such a helpless
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position after the Lost liberal decade
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where the Americans get 75% of our
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exports 100% of our oil 90 sorry 100% of
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our gas 90% of our oil almost all of our
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forestry project products the reason is
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that liberal anti- resource laws they've
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blocked our projects they've taxed away
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a half trillion dollars of investment
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that has now gone South they've crippled
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and weakened our country and so after
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the last liberal
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decade should we can we really afford to
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elect them a fourth time or is it time
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to put Canada first for a change with a
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new conservative government that will
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axe taxes green light resource projects
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and bring home the hundreds of billions
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of dollars the Liberals have pushed out
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of Canada so that we can stand on our
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own two feet stand up to the Americans
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from a position of strength that's what
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it means to put Canada first for a
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change thank you very much thank you
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that concludes today's press conference
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all right
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