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Liberals LOSE IT as Conservatives call EV mandate 'a real clunker and an affront to free choice'
Jun 18, 2025
In Saskatoon, winter temperatures often hit -30°, so families need vehicles that actually work in the winter. But this Prime Minister, backed by his radical environment minister, is doubling down on Justin Trudeau's plan to ban gas powered cars and force Canadians to buy expensive EVs that don't stand up to the cold. His plan will hike car prices by $20,000 and leave family stranded. It's out of touch, it's unaffordable. And it's anti choice. Will the Prime Minister stop punishing Canadians for living in a cold country and repeal his unscientific job-killing electric vehicle mandate now? -- This video has automatic dubbed versions. Go to Setting / Audio track and select your preferred language among the following: - English - Dutch - French - German - Hindi - Indonesian - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Polish - Portuguese - Spanish Thanks for watching!
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mr speaker in Saskatoon winter
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temperatures often hit minus30° so
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families need vehicles that actually
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work in the winter but this prime
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minister backed by his radical
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environment minister is doubling down on
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Justin Trudeau's plan to ban gas-powered
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cars and force Canadians to buy
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expensive EVs that don't stand up to the
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cold his plan will hike car prices by
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$20,000 and leave families stranded it's
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out of touch it's unaffordable and it's
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anti-choice will the prime minister stop
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punishing Canadians for living in a cold
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country and repeal his unscientific
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jobkilling electric vehicle mandate now
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the honorable minister uh of artificial
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intelligence we're in a trade war
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launched by the US as we know the auto
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sector is already under attack let's
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hope that my colleagues join us in not
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attacking the auto sector but in
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supporting jobs across the auto sector
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in all forms and making sure that our
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communities remain strong in that
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industry thank you Mr speaker member for
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Saskatoon West that's exactly what this
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government is doing it's attacking the
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auto sector our supposedly elbows up
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prime minister promised to get tough
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with the US but these unjustified
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tariffs will kill 50,000 Canadian auto
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sector jobs and while he's bungling the
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trade talks his self-imposed ban on
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gas-powered cars will gut another 40,000
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jobs the combination of these two
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failures will be disastrous for our auto
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industry that's 90,000 jobs gone poof
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will the prime minister admit his
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failures are killing our auto sector and
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instead finally stand up for 90,000
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Canadian jobs
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the honorable government house leader mr
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speaker this line of questioning is
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somewhat absurd whether you want to get
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on a Scadoo whether you want to get on
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an all-terrain vehicle whether you want
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to gas up your F-150 whether the plumber
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wants to take the truck to work that is
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that person's choice in this country
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there is no ban on gas powered vehicles
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this is completely conjured up fake
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showmanship from the Conservatives
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unbelievable there is an auto sector in
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Canada we're going to stand up for the
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people in it we're going to protect him
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and we're going to give consumers choice
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the honorable member for Edmonton
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Manning
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mr speaker an access poll says twoth3 of
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Canadians disagree with the disastrous
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Liberal plan for the ban of sale of new
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gas powered vehicles by 2035 the EV
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mandate will eliminate 38,000
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jobs and cost 138.7 billion you ask
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tariffs could mean thousand more jobs
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lost prices will go up by $20,000 per
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vehicle canadian jobs will vanish when
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will the Liberals repeal their EV
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mandate
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the honorable government house leader mr
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speaker um I'm I'm having trouble
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understanding the actual line of
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questioning from the opposition they're
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trying to they're trying to reply
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sorry again
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yeah I I I couldn't hear
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yeah I I couldn't hear i couldn't hear
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and it's important that uh that I be
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able to hear the conversation uh the
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honorable uh uh government house leader
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from the top if you wish mr speaker I
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know that member of parliament he knows
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there's no ban on on gas powered
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vehicles he knows that we we look I'll
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invite him to the riding we'll go out on
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a on a Skuoo ride when the winter comes
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the fact is that Canadians have choice
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we'll continue to have choice in the
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meantime we're going to power a new
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industry putting Canadian auto workers
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uniform workers unionized men and women
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to work building all kinds
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the honorable member for Edmonton
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Griezbach
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i believe it's on the website
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now it's not a surprise to Albertans
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that Liberals think gas and diesel are
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pure evil why else would they be
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sticking with Justin Trudeau's EV
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mandates ev sales are sagging auto
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manufacturers are dead set against these
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mandates mr mr speaker this Liberal idea
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is a real clunker and it's an affront to
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free choice so will the prime minister
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reverse this reckless policy and let
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Canadians buy the vehicles they actually
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want to buy
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the honorable government house leader
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you know Mr speaker when I go down to
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the street corner near my house they
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have this they have this thing called a
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they have this thing called a pump the
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pump offers various choices of grades of
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gasoline and for the for the honorable
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member's benefit there's a yellow one
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that says diesel so if you happen to
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have a diesel engine you stick the pump
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into that one into your vehicle and you
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know what you have a choice you run your
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diesel uh truck or you run your diesel
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car that's all good Mr speaker canadians
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have the choice let's drive on
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the honorable
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member for Kitchener South Pesper mr
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speaker contrary to that member's
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remarks I'm reading Canada's electric
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vehicle availability standard regulated
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targets for zero emission vehicles on my
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phone right now it's on their website
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they are regulating this they are
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mandating this well Canadians are not
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choosing to buy EVs ev sales are down
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45% in our country right now and that's
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okay living in a liberal democracy means
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different people make different choices
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for their families based on their
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different needs as they see fit why
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won't the Liberals respect the right of
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Canadians to choose the vehicle that
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serves their um their family best hey
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Minister of the Environment and Climate
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Change
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I have a question for the Conservatives
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why in this moment when we are facing
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unjustified terrorists from the United
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States are they talking down a climate
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competitive industry that's right here
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in our country
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in fact globally if they looked at the
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reports including the international
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energy ay's reports global rates for the
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purchase of EVs are going up so this is
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a growing sector i hope that they will
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support it because we do
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the honorable member for Shakur
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mr speaker yesterday the block and
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liberals voted against our motion to
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repeal the ban on gas powered vehicles
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they want to force their lifestyle on
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everyone without being aware of the
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reality this ban would directly penalize
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regions like mine and many others in the
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Sagune it's cold
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there's not much public transportation
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compared to major cities we need our gas
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powered vehicles why does the prime
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minister want to dictate Canadians what
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kind of vehicle they have to buy the
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honorable government house leader mr
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speaker I recognize my honorable
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colleague he was a coach of a hockey
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team in the Sagune not as good as the
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one in my writing but uh I I I think
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he's breathed in the air of a Zamboni
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and a Zamboni there are gas powered ones
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and there are natural gas powered ones
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and there are electric Zambonis there's
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a choice of Zambonis and consumers need
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to have a choice too mr speaker it'll
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work well for everyone
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the honorable member for Shakur
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do you know that the average price of a
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new car is already $66,000
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the Liberal mandate to tax gas-powered
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cars will increase the price by $20,000
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sagen residents need the freedom to
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choose the vehicle that meets their
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needs at an affordable price and they
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can't be forced to drive an EV we need
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our gas-powered pickup trucks to go into
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the woods and work and we want to be
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sure we can get home in at night will
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the Liberals in the block keep
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undermining our regions the honorable
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government house leader not only Mr
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speaker will we not undermine our
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regions we will build our regions we
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will build regions like Bonur where the
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auto industry has now expanded and we're
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electrifying transportation colleagues
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across the way there's a guy in Queens
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Park his name is Doug Ford he supports
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electric vehicles he supports an
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automobile industry in in Ontario and
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and across Canada i suggest maybe they
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give Doug Ford a call see what he thinks
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about EVs
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