WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:32.359 Thank you for listening to Depiction's Media Radio. Welcome to Policy Rights to show 2 00:00:32.560 --> 00:01:04.920 about government policy and human rights. Welcome back to Policy and Racia and Depictions 3 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:10.560 Media Radio. I'm your host, Michael Cologgs. In this next episode, 4 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:15.239 we will have Conservative leader Pierre Provier as he delivers remarks about rising costs of 5 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:22.519 living and takes questions from reporters while he's in Vancouver, and he responds to 6 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:30.560 questions about the end of the province the provincial port strike. Well, the 7 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:41.359 port strike did end, and they came to some sort of a tentative agreement 8 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:51.959 and goods will will move through that port in Vancouver once again, and the 9 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.480 flow of goods is good for the economy. As you're going to hear um, 10 00:01:56.599 --> 00:02:01.519 Pierre Provier actually say um. He's also going to make some comments because 11 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:07.199 while he was in Vancouver there was a firefighter, nineteen year old young lady, 12 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:16.360 brave firefighter who did die trying to clear a path so that they could 13 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:23.759 contain the fire. A tree fell on her and she lost her life while 14 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:30.520 in the line of duty. The impact. He's also talking about the impact 15 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:38.719 of carbon pricing. I don't know about anywhere else, but especially here in 16 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:45.639 British Columbia, we have some of the highest fuel prices because of the carbon 17 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:51.919 pricing that you feel at the pump. And I know in other areas where 18 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:57.759 it gets colder that they also felt it during the wintertime when it came to 19 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:05.400 buying fuel, oil and other things in there will be another thing that mister 20 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:15.879 Popier will probably address in his discussion. Also, we're going to have two 21 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:23.960 segments with Justin Trudeau as he met with Maramike Savage in Halifax and they're discussing 22 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:35.800 the ongoing North American Indigenous Games and other events that were happening there. And 23 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:43.599 again Justin Trudeau is going to appear as he delivers remarks at a canoeing event 24 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:53.120 with athletes from the again the North American Indigenous Games in Darmouth, Nova Scotia. 25 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:59.080 So why don't we listen to segments and then I'll come back with some 26 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:11.719 final comments. I'm glad to be here with my beautiful wife Anna, and 27 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:15.399 come on over, Bob. Bob Zimmer, member of Parliament for Northern British 28 00:04:15.399 --> 00:04:24.160 Columbia, former school teacher, and I'll start with a question, how is 29 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:34.439 it possible for a single mother to pay thirty seven hundred dollars a month in 30 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:43.519 rent for a two bedroom apartment. Well, that is what's necessary here in 31 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:49.480 Vancouver. Today we got news from rent dot Ca that the cost of rent 32 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:56.680 across Canada has doubled, has increased faster than at any time in Canadian history. 33 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:01.519 Housing costs under Justin Trudeau have doubled, brandt has doubled, The average 34 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:10.160 mortgage payment has doubled. The needed down payment for the average home has doubled. 35 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:16.399 It now takes twenty five years in Canada's big as city to save up 36 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:21.879 for a down payment. It used to be before Trudeau, twenty five years 37 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:27.000 is what it took to pay off a mortgage. Now it's what it takes 38 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:31.560 just to get a mortgage. Nine and ten of our young people believe they 39 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:40.000 will never afford a home. This is the first generation of youth in Canadian 40 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:44.399 history that has given up on home ownership. Housing used to be cheap in 41 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:49.240 Canada. Used to be you got a job, you graduated, by your 42 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:54.000 mid twenties, you could afford a home. But after eight years of Justin 43 00:05:54.079 --> 00:06:00.439 Trudeau, that dream, like everything else, is broken. And then there's 44 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:03.959 grocery prices which are up more than twenty one percent in the last three years 45 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:11.480 alone. After the Trudeau NDP carbon tax applied on the farmers who make the 46 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:16.160 food and the truckers who ship the food, and therefore applies on all the 47 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:21.959 food itself. After eight years of Justin Trudeau, one in five Canadians are 48 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:27.879 now actually skipping meals because they can't afford the price of food. One point 49 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:32.480 five million going to food banks. Food banks are now oversubscribed, Our homeless 50 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:38.759 shelters are overflowing, and decent people are flowing. Are now living in the 51 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:44.759 streets. I just came from Penticton, where one community support worker told me 52 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:50.680 there are now seventy year old's middle class people living in their cars because they 53 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:58.639 can no longer afford the rent. They've been renovicted. The landlords come in 54 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:03.160 and make small renovation, kick the tenants out and double the rent. They 55 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:06.879 have nowhere to go. We saw a story just yesterday of a lady who's 56 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:14.360 a nurse. A nurse living in her van. This is life in Canada 57 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:19.480 after eight years of Justin Trudeau. It's not only unaffordable to eat, heat 58 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:27.319 and house yourself in Trudeau's Canada, it is also a dangerous place crime is 59 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:31.839 soaring right across the country. Just yesterday we saw the horrible story of a 60 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:43.439 mother stabbed by an offender who had previously violated sixteen probation orders. The catch 61 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:49.560 and release criminal justice system that Justin Trudeau legislated and the NDP supported, allows 62 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:57.160 the same repeat violent offenders to commit one offense after another and be released onto 63 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:03.800 the streets without consequences. Here in Vancouver, the same forty offenders were arrested 64 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:11.040 six thousand times six thousand arrests for forty offenders. That's one hundred and fifty 65 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:16.920 arrests per offender per year. No wonder crime is rocketing after eight years of 66 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:24.399 Justin Trudeau. The good news is that Canada was not like this before Trudeau, 67 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:28.639 and it won't be like this after he's gone. We're going to turn 68 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:33.000 the hurt that he and the NDP have caused into the hope that Canadians need. 69 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:35.600 We know how to do it. We know the common sense solutions to 70 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:41.360 all of these problems. We're going to bring home lower prices by axing the 71 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:48.559 liberal carbon tax and by ending the inflationary deficits that have driven inflation to record 72 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:54.759 highs by capping spending and balancing the budget. We can bring down inflation, 73 00:08:54.799 --> 00:09:00.879 which will allow the Bank of Canada to reduce interest rates on struggling mortgage holders. 74 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:03.519 And as for the carbon tax, we know that British Columbia has its 75 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:09.279 own tax, but Trudeau and the federal NDP are forcing British Columbians to raise 76 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:13.639 that tax by three hundred percent over the next six and a half years. 77 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:18.559 A Polyev government will cancel those tax hikes and make it possible for prices to 78 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:24.159 come down. We're going to bring home powerful paychecks by cutting income taxes so 79 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:28.559 that hard work once again pays off. And we're going to make it possible 80 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:35.399 for our brilliant immigrants to work in they are chosen and trained professions. Right 81 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:39.279 now, are immigrants come here and they're banned from working as doctors, nurses, 82 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:45.360 engineers because there's no way for them to prove their qualifications quickly or efficiently. 83 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:50.080 A Polyev government will bring the provinces together to push a blue Seal professional 84 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:54.840 standard so that our immigrants can take a task, prove they're qualified, and 85 00:09:54.919 --> 00:10:00.960 get to work serving as doctors and nurses. We have nineteen thousand immigrant doctors, 86 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:03.519 thirty two thousand immigrant nurses prevented from working. If they could take a 87 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:07.799 Blue Seal exam, they could get to work and relieve the congestion in our 88 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:13.720 hospitals. We're going to bring home as people can afford. We know why 89 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:18.080 housing prices are rising. We don't have enough homes. Vancouver is now the 90 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:22.120 third most expensive housing market in the world, worse than New York, Los 91 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:28.639 Angeles, Chicago, London, England, and even Singapore. Why well, 92 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:33.519 we have the fewest houses per capita on planet Earth. Why is that we 93 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:37.240 all? According to the CMHC in a report that just came out yesterday, 94 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:43.360 Vancouver and Toronto are the slowest to deliver building permits. Slow permits mean higher 95 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:48.279 prices, and higher prices mean Canadians can't afford to put roof overhead. A 96 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:52.159 POLLI have led government will incentivize our cities to speed up and lower the cost 97 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:56.720 to building permits and free up land so builders can build, build, build. 98 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:05.919 I'll require Vancouver, Toronto and all other big cities boost home building permits 99 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:11.360 by fifteen percent per year or they'll lose federal grants. Those that beat that 100 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:18.120 fifteen percent target will get a building bonus and will require every federally funded transit 101 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:22.559 station have high density apartments built all around and sometimes even on top of the 102 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:28.399 stations. So our youth and our seniors don't even need to live next don't 103 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:31.080 even need to have a car, They can live right next to the bus 104 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:35.279 and train. We know how these construction projects can move ahead because the Squamish 105 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:39.600 people have shown the way here in Vancouver. The Squamish have their own reserve 106 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:43.600 land. They don't have to follow the bureaucracy at City Hall. And so 107 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:48.279 the Squamish are building six thousand units of housing on ten acres of land. 108 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:54.480 Six thousand deserving families will have a home. Why because the gatekeepers were whatever 109 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:58.360 the way, and the Squamish used common sense to get a project to prove 110 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:01.720 and shovels in the ground. That's we're going to replicate. We're gonna sell 111 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:05.200 off six thousand federal buildings and thousands of acres of federal land so that we 112 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:09.879 can build, build, build, and once again the dream of homeownership, 113 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:13.480 which was achievable only eight years ago, we'll be realized once again. We're 114 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:18.080 gonna bring home safe streets. We're gonna end catch and release. A Polly 115 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:22.600 have led government we'll bring in jail, not bail, jail not bail for 116 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:28.200 repeat violent offenders. We'll ban heroin, crack and other hard drugs, and 117 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:33.799 we'll put the money into recovery and treatment to help bring home our loved ones 118 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:39.759 drug free. This is common sense. It's a common sense of the common 119 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:45.519 people united for our common home. Your home, my home, our home. 120 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:50.759 Let's bring it home. Thank you very much, thank you. Questions 121 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:58.120 Okay, we'll have time for a few questions from the flum thank you. 122 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:28.840 But you need from like commuted premier example towns. They just personal pre k 123 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:39.879 page, just personneuri a Vancouver saut trois mill c sand just champ done camp, 124 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:58.879 the sabat port and mayor salar um aber dabex Caban the chaufege on Italy 125 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:11.000 round leg and coupon. Example for Permett, they checked the paper round on 126 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:22.120 a Vita Saint Jean de grev Alaven Pascuala factor don't say Prussia, voila shows 127 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:33.240 oquaybeck Passon, doble o Quebec, don't consecutly Travay when the sonorio a da 128 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:45.120 Vontage. 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And that's why I'll eliminate the 135 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:33.360 carbon tax to bring down the cost of living, balance the budget to lower 136 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:37.919 interest rates and inflation, lower income tax so our workers bring home more of 137 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:43.240 each dollar they are And I will incentivize our municipalities to speed up and lower 138 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:48.600 the cost of building so that working class people can again enjoy the dream that 139 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:54.320 they have earned of homeownership. And I can ask the next question in English, 140 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:58.559 and you can then swert in French and English. Vcs faced with a 141 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:06.600 white fire season like never before. Uh firefighter lost her life yesterday in a 142 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:10.320 revol store. How do you react to that? In France and English? 143 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:26.919 Place the Premier me efou tra MUCORDNA repounds or for a zot Urgan's um conn 144 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:38.879 with afer with problem comes part consulvatorus t met now develope plan. The muc 145 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:48.679 ordname repounds a se Jean, the Durgans pasque infaumu sibly no source port contre 146 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:59.080 problem, consample um a news alone, donal platform, electoral present plan or 147 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:06.200 muc or the names and thank you very much for your question. We offer 148 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:12.559 our condolences to the families of the lost firefighter. We believe that the government 149 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:18.279 in Ottawa, the federal government needs to have a better coordinated approach to responding 150 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:23.880 to forest fires, floods and other natural disasters. We have resources scattered across 151 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:29.759 the country that need to be coordinated and deployed more quickly so the places that 152 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:33.759 have surplus resources can quickly make them available to places that are in desperate need 153 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:40.200 to respond to a natural disaster. And part of our election platform will be 154 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:47.759 to counter these natural disasters with better centrally coordinated responses in cooperation with local and 155 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:53.960 provincial authorities. Thank you, Hi, mister Paul. Yes, Rob Brownridge 156 00:17:55.039 --> 00:18:00.160 City TV an Omni TV. So I'm looking here at a article from the 157 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:07.240 Journal of the European Economic Association, published just on March sixteenth as a major 158 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:12.880 international study found no significant impact of carbon taxes on inflation in Europe and a 159 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:21.119 slight deflationary impact in Canada attributed to the stimulus to investment and supply in non 160 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:26.519 carbon intensive industries being provided by the carbon tax. So what's your response to 161 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:32.079 that and what hard data evidence do you have that the carbon tax is a 162 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:38.400 major significant driver of inflation in Canada opposed to the economic rebound in de band 163 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:47.519 following the COVID pandemic health restrictions. So what to data do I have showing 164 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:49.359 that the carbon tax drives up the cost of living? Well? The Bank 165 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:56.880 of Canada. So the Bank of Canada governor has already said that the carbon 166 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:04.119 tax contributes to inflation. There all kinds of socialist interest groups that want to 167 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:10.519 justify higher taxes with phony studies. But we know very simply, when you 168 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:17.480 raise the cost of the gas and diesel that our farmers use to produce the 169 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:22.400 food and that our truckers use to ship the food, you raise the price 170 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:29.160 of the food itself. Somebody has to pay that price. It is magical 171 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:36.839 thinking to suggest that you can raise energy prices on businesses, farmers and workers 172 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:41.640 without raising inflation. And we see it right here in British Columbia, where 173 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:47.960 the NDP and Liberals have imposed among the highest carbon taxes. Gas is almost 174 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:52.480 two dollars a leader, significantly higher than in other provinces where they fought back 175 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:56.359 against the carbon tax. The worst is yet to come though under Trudeau in 176 00:19:56.400 --> 00:20:00.440 the NDP, they want to force British Columbians, through the power of the 177 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:06.319 federal government, to raise the carbon tax a full sixty one cents a leader. 178 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:11.240 That'll mean people will go hungry, food banks will be overflowing with people. 179 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:15.920 We'll see more people living intense cities because they won't be able to afford 180 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:22.400 their home heating bills. That's not the Canada that we know and love. 181 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:26.759 We need as affordable energy, and that is what I will deliver. Instead 182 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:30.839 of raising the price of traditional energy that we still need, Let's lower the 183 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:38.000 cost of carbon free alternatives. Let's incentivize nuclear, hydro carbon capture and storage, 184 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:45.799 and other sources of energy that Canadians can use to power the grid without 185 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:52.359 emissions. Let's green light green projects like a carbon pipeline to pipe the carbon 186 00:20:52.440 --> 00:21:00.279 back into the ground, speed up approval for Quebec hydroelectricity dams and get faster 187 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:07.079 and safer to approve small modular nuclear reactors so we can put clean, emissions 188 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:14.640 free nuclear energy onto our grid. That's the way we bring down emissions and 189 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:18.720 bring down the cost of living at the same time. So let's bring home 190 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:22.759 lower prices. Okay. And the final question, if I can, well, 191 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:26.680 I'd like to ask, are you here by then labeling the year the 192 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:32.839 European Economic Association a phony? As you call the phony socialist body, would 193 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:36.920 you like to say that the European Economic Association and tell them that they are 194 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:41.319 phony and socialists. I think anybody who suggests that you can raise energy prices 195 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:45.880 without raising inflation is phony. I think there's a lot of these, uh, 196 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:52.720 these groups that interest groups that don't worry about the costs to working class 197 00:21:52.799 --> 00:22:02.319 people. They they jet around and attend their seminars and in fancy hotels around 198 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:07.880 the world, and they expect single moms to go hungry. They have no 199 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:15.880 problem forcing jobs out of Canada to more polluting foreign jurisdictions. So I do 200 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:21.200 think that is a phony socialist approach. My approach is to bring home lower 201 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:26.799 prices by axing the tax, bringing down energy costs so that Canadians can afford 202 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:32.279 to eat, heat and house themselves. Okay, so we'll be the final 203 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:40.240 question about the foreign interference. Why hasn't been an agreements between the bodies in 204 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:44.640 the negotiations to set up in public inquiry and that would appreciate fresh as well. 205 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:48.680 We're waiting. We asked, we've offered the Prime Minister all the information 206 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:53.640 he's asked for. We've suggested a mandate, a time frame, we have 207 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:57.480 names ready to share with him as soon as he confirms that he's going to 208 00:22:57.519 --> 00:23:00.880 go ahead with it. But the ball has been in mister Trudeau's court now 209 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:07.480 for well about ten months, and Canadians are waiting. You know. It 210 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:11.319 was what is it, November of twenty twenty two, and the story broke 211 00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:18.720 that Beijing had interfered in multiple federal elections to help mister Trudeau win, that 212 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:23.279 they continue to open police stations in Canada. Since that time, we've been 213 00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:27.839 calling for a public inquiry. We've told the Prime Minister we're prepared to cooperate 214 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:33.440 with him anyway we can to facilitate that inquiry, and we've given him all 215 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:37.839 the information he's asked for. We're sitting next to our phone waiting for him 216 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:42.279 to call with any news on when that inquiry will happen. We continue to 217 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:47.400 call up on Justin Trudeau to stop the delays, call a public inquiry. 218 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:56.319 Let's bring home control of our democracy and news out the news. News that 219 00:23:56.920 --> 00:24:06.880 mister Trudeau said, the pure republic, the la grounds, the Pekin election, 220 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:21.519 liber p news, abonda mande and no public premise and de clanche and 221 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:37.559 tell petetro a p sank some PEP on the Amanda propose. They know they 222 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:48.279 Cannaz non partisan, a professional de guge dat personnel, the Jans Saint man 223 00:24:49.000 --> 00:25:00.599 A news premise, may premise to Canada, the de clinch, get Pete 224 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:07.559 Blake, he knew Van's account, kilefast. They met. Now all right, 225 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:10.400 MELSI, thank you very much. Everyone. Great to be with you. 226 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:27.960 Thanks, thank you, see you too. Yeah, so I started 227 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.559 off, Yeah we can sit down first, Yeah, sure, that's good. 228 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:36.359 Comfortable they have to stand, he said, that's awesome. You've got 229 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:41.200 some of my folks before you met Sean Acilcome met John Enough. It's a 230 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:44.160 pleasure to welcome you here to Halifax. We had a great night last night 231 00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:48.440 at the meg and I appreciate the fact that you here and five thousand athletes 232 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:52.480 from around North America, some big teams from Manitoba's is the actual VC, 233 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:56.160 Ontario, other countries, Nova, Scotia, but also the US. It 234 00:25:56.279 --> 00:26:00.839 was it was really awesome. I'm really pleased have to chance, both as 235 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:03.480 the mayor of Halifax and of course as the chair of the big city Mayors 236 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.640 to get a few minutes to chat about some of the issues that I know 237 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:10.160 you care about, that we care about that, including the fact that week 238 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:14.799 have tense outside city Hall for people who are homeless of no place to live, 239 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:18.160 which is something that all were We're very conscious off. I think all 240 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:21.559 orders the government needs to work very hard for that. But there's a lot 241 00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:23.160 of different issues you know them, but we'll have a chance to chat about 242 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:26.680 them. So welcome to Halifax, mister Prime Minister. Right do you have 243 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:30.039 me to Halifax? Boy Gelosi, it's awesome to have you. Yes, 244 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:33.240 someone, I mean, thank you, thank you, Mike. It's always 245 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:38.279 great to be here. And starting with last night, I know how instrumental 246 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:44.000 your leadership was in bringing the North American Indigenous Games here to Halifax. And 247 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:48.839 it was just so great to see five thousand young young athletes from across the 248 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:53.279 country, across the continent actually, but also the thousands of volunteers of close 249 00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:56.480 to four thousand volunteers come out to support. I mean, it really shows 250 00:26:57.079 --> 00:27:03.200 the spirit of Haligonians and of Nova Scotians in welcoming this incredible group of young 251 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:07.279 people who will who will be shaping our future in this comment in very real 252 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:11.480 ways. So thank you for your leadership on that. Thank you for your 253 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:15.200 dear leadership here in Halifax. Obviously we're going to be talking about housing, 254 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:18.640 we're going to be talking about about growing the economy and ways that protect the 255 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:22.160 environment at the same time, as I know both matter deeply to you, 256 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:27.039 and creating great jobs not just for now but long into the future as well. 257 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:33.160 Your leadership at the at the FCMS, at Big City Mayor's Caucus has 258 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:37.799 been tremendous. You've been a real ally to this government, but mostly you've 259 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:41.240 been a real driver in responding to the very real pressures that people are feeling 260 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:47.200 in cities across the country and by extension, for everyone across this country. 261 00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:52.519 And working with you always always a pleasure. You push hard on the things 262 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:55.720 that matter. But because the things that matter matter to both of us, 263 00:27:56.160 --> 00:28:00.839 it's always always makes for good conversations and constructive discussions. He toos aren't com 264 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:12.599 pleasing. I think the savage the book love you any evens some leadership would 265 00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:19.240 say, and you got his, the madly convince, the lasting at the 266 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:23.359 end, the inspecting always inter seem as good as you're no friend, so 267 00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:26.319 well, yeah, please have you. And you know we agree with a 268 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:30.079 lot of things, including the fact that the fight against the climate change is 269 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:36.119 really important, that it requires effort and investment, and you know we're very 270 00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:38.880 pleased here and how effects are a very strong climate action and I know that's 271 00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:41.599 a view that you share. So a lot of things to talk about and 272 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:45.880 afford to the opportunity any thank you, I mean that's interment. Thank you. 273 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:11.359 Hi everyone. My name is Aaron Prosper. I'm from the Eskazoni First 274 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:17.720 Nation, but I currently reside here in Dartmouth and I will say our Member 275 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:22.759 of Parliament, Darren Us Dartmouthsonians are quite proud of our town, very proud. 276 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:26.839 So I'm a very proud member of the community here in Dartmouth for the 277 00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:32.720 last five years. But my home community. My roots are in Eskazoni First 278 00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:37.480 Nation. I'm very honored today to be your MC for these events. And 279 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:41.359 every time I'm called upon or asked to MC any sort of event, I 280 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:45.920 often like to give a very short and brief teaching or history lesson. One 281 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:49.519 of the things I do is I teach Intromigma studies at Dalhousie University, and 282 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:53.519 this is one of the subjects that we cover quite a bit. It's quite 283 00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:59.279 fitting and quite important that these canoe events take place on this particular lake. 284 00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:03.839 Lake ba Banuk is a Migma word meaning the first lake. And why this 285 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:10.319 particular waterway and this particular lake is so important is that it was actually central 286 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:15.359 to our peace and Friendship treaties. This particular waterway, the Shubenacaty Canal, 287 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:19.680 is actually referenced and Claus four of the seventeen fifty two Treaty, and it 288 00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:25.079 was an important trade route for Migma people as they would come from their inland 289 00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:30.240 communities all the way into the city of Halifax, and it would actually end 290 00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:33.119 at the very end where you see where actually lived today at King's Wharf, 291 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:40.039 that is the very mouth of the Schubenacaty canal and our community members would pass 292 00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:44.359 through this many times as they would come into the city of Halifax. They 293 00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:48.640 would trade, they would negotiate. This is the route that Migma people would 294 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:55.279 use to come into Halifax and negotiate many of those treaties that we signed here 295 00:30:55.720 --> 00:31:00.559 that are so important to our community members. And so it's fitting that this 296 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:06.440 week and these events for this canoes and our kayaking events are actually taking place 297 00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:08.640 on that very lake, and so I wanted to share a little bit of 298 00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:14.599 that history and how important this lake is to us as ul no oh no. 299 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:18.519 That word, that's what we call ourselves, the Migmao people. I 300 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:22.039 know what it means is the people. It actually comes from the Magma word 301 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:26.599 nil nu, meaning my tongue. And so what makes the people well, 302 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:32.400 it's what comes off of your tongue, and that is how you hold yourself, 303 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:36.759 how you embody yourself as an Indigenous person. That's what that word means. 304 00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:40.799 And so with that again, a big welcome and thank you to all 305 00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:45.279 our dignitaries, our Grand Council or Sante Mauiomi, and our elders are all 306 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:49.759 here today. And I believe the first on the list we have Chief Norman 307 00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:53.680 from who First Nation will be our first speaker today, so I would like 308 00:31:53.759 --> 00:32:07.119 to welcome Chief Norman. Good morning to everyone. My name is Norman Bernard 309 00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:10.440 that I am the Chief of Warmaker First Nation. I am also the President 310 00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:15.000 of MIGMA Sports Council of Nova Scotia. I'm honored to be here with you 311 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:21.160 today and I welcome everyone to our canoe and Kayak Competition of NIG twenty twenty 312 00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:25.440 three. The Migma Award for Canoe is Gwidden as you. As you know 313 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:34.480 we already noticed our NIG logo has a canoe on it. We are very 314 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:40.119 proud of our design. I'm honored to have our previous Minister, Justin Trudea 315 00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:50.400 with us here today this morning. At this event, I would like I 316 00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:55.319 would like to acknowledge all the paddlers who are competing this week. I asked 317 00:32:55.319 --> 00:33:00.440 you to stay positive in your competitors, enjoy the eery here at Lake BANUK. 318 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:05.839 You will have many people cheering on you and the spirit of ancestors will 319 00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:10.279 guide you through the whole event. This is one of the finest facilities in 320 00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:15.559 the country and I am sure you will be making great memories. Since time 321 00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:20.640 immemorial. My people the Migma have peddled these waters and today we are here. 322 00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:24.039 Today again, I am most definite. The spirits of our ancestors are 323 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:30.640 here with us. I welcomed them, and of course I welcome all indigenous 324 00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:39.480 nations. I and many others encourage you to do your best, no matter 325 00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:45.440 what the outcomes of your race. Let your competitive spirits hime bright, remember 326 00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:52.119 your moments and take them home with pride. I'd BEHAMGMA chiefs and all mgmagi. 327 00:33:52.440 --> 00:34:00.680 I thank you for coming and best of lack two as Ulio Balali Ig 328 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:06.359 Norman. The next guests I would like to invite, and I should premise 329 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:10.719 this by saying, I believe about two years ago we had a historic event 330 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:17.199 where a number of our MIGMAO communities here in Atlantic Canada acquired fifty percent of 331 00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:23.599 the largest seafood company within I believe Canada, or one of the largest seafood 332 00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:28.639 companies in Canada, that being Clearwater Seafoods. And so with that, I 333 00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:34.559 would like to invite the Vice President of Human Global Affairs, Deeter Gauchi of 334 00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:44.000 Clearwater. Good morning. I'm here on behalf of Clearwater to welcome you to 335 00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:52.760 this event today. Clearwater has been founded about fifty years ago here locally and 336 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:59.920 today Clearwater is proudly indeach and is owned and one of the world's biggest sea 337 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:09.840 food company. To the athletes embrace today, you will remember it forever. 338 00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:17.079 Good luck, Thank you, Thank you, Dieter, and I forgot to 339 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:22.039 mention that Clearwater is actually one of our sponsors for this particular venue in in 340 00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:27.760 our event today, and so we thank Clearwater for all of their support of 341 00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:35.760 our communities Ulalio or ullali Egg. Next, I'd like to invite I believe 342 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:39.559 the next speaker is Uh. I should say I premised this with saying my 343 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:45.719 one condition to MC was to get a selfie at some point, So I'm 344 00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:47.880 going to throw that out there make sure I get that selfie at some point. 345 00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:53.039 But all that being said, I would like to invite our Minister for 346 00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:59.480 Sports, our federal Ministers for Sports, Pascal saint Age, and she will 347 00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:08.280 be in reducing our Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Hello and good morning everyone. 348 00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:17.639 Thank you so much Aaron for those kind words of introduction. Ricipo Leisure Vntois 349 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:22.920 and I want to start by saying how special and honored I am to be 350 00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:29.039 here for this very special event and games. I'd like to start by acknowledging 351 00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:34.000 that we're here today in the traditional territory of Migmahi, the homeland of unse 352 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:38.440 and unseated territory of the Migmak people. I'm so excited for the opportunity to 353 00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:45.800 watch so many incredible, talented, hardworking young people come and compete at the 354 00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:50.280 highest levels. These games, of course, aren't just about competition and the 355 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:57.360 celebration of sport. It's also a celebration of Indigenous culture and heritage, a 356 00:36:57.519 --> 00:37:00.159 chance for all of you to come together and show k is everything that makes 357 00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:05.639 indigenous culture such a vital part of our country. So thank you so much 358 00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:14.840 for sharing everything with us. And with that, I would like to welcome 359 00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:19.639 someone who really needs no introduction, and I know that as someone who's an 360 00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:24.000 avid canoer himself, he's especially excited to be here with us today. He's 361 00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:29.360 always been a huge believer in the power that spurt has to bring communities together, 362 00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:32.559 bring nations together, and give us the opportunity for us to be the 363 00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:40.199 past that we can. Our gratali our spart Please join me and welcoming our 364 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:59.400 Prime minister. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Mercy Pascal for thank you all for gathering 365 00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:02.440 here this morning, and mostly for giving me an opportunity, not just to 366 00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:06.719 say a few words here, that's that's typical for politician, but thank you 367 00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:09.639 for giving me the opportunity to start the day with a paddle. There is 368 00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:13.880 nothing like starting the day in a canoe. It sets off not just the 369 00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:16.639 day, but the entire week in the right way. And that's exactly what 370 00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:22.079 we're celebrating right here. But I was reflecting on it. Why is paddling 371 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:27.559 so important? Why is the canoe so important to me and to so many 372 00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:31.400 uh Migma people, to so many indigenous people across this country. It requires 373 00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:36.760 a few different things. It requires, first of all, for you to 374 00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:42.480 be in balance. If you're not centered in where you are, in who 375 00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:45.360 you are, and in how you move, your first step into a canoe 376 00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:50.519 might be the first step towards a swim. You need you need to know 377 00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:52.440 where you are, how you position yourselves. You also need to be in 378 00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:57.559 balance with the world around you, with the waves, with the wind, 379 00:38:58.559 --> 00:39:01.840 with the universe, what a creator is sending at us. If you're not 380 00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:07.199 alert to what's going on around you, again, you're going for a swim 381 00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:10.440 instead of a canoe, and you have to be imbalanced with your partner, 382 00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:15.719 whether it's a team or whether it's you know, one other person in the 383 00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:17.440 canoe with you. You have to be in rhythm, you have to be 384 00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:23.679 aware of others. And that strength, that ability in a canoe that forces 385 00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:27.320 you if you're going to be any good and if you're going to be able 386 00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:30.599 to enjoy it, to be in harmony and connection with the world around you 387 00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:36.199 is one of those things that is so it's odd to say grounding when you're 388 00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:38.000 talking about something on the water, but it is. It's grounding. It 389 00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:43.480 It gets you centered in where you need to be and starts you off on 390 00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:46.000 the day or on the journey in the right way. And the second part 391 00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:52.599 of why a canoe is so important to me is because before there were roads 392 00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:58.880 and highways, the rivers and waterways of this continent were the roads and highways 393 00:39:59.039 --> 00:40:04.559 that indigenous people used for millennia to connect with each other, to learn from 394 00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:07.840 each other, to trade, to prosper, to grow, and to be 395 00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:14.679 And that idea of the journey in a canoe, of going to meet one 396 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:17.159 another, of learning from each other, of drawing strength from the world around 397 00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:22.480 us in that is hugely important, not just over the past millennia, but 398 00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:28.119 today as well. Just think of what a better place the world might be 399 00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:30.519 if all of us spend a little bit of time every day in a canoe, 400 00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:35.559 you know, it would be a much much better place. So for 401 00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:39.159 me to be able to be with you here today starting off that way was 402 00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:43.639 really a privilege. But it's also a privilege to be able to see all 403 00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:49.559 these extraordinary young people who are out there in canoes and kayaks, competing with 404 00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:54.039 each other, but also growing themselves, developing their capacity to have an impact 405 00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:58.840 on the world around them as they travel through it. And yes, the 406 00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:02.239 competition's import and I look forward to seeing everyone cheer on the winners on this 407 00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:06.400 stage at the end of on this podium, at the end of the day, 408 00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:12.119 at the end of the competitions. But every single moment that we are 409 00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:15.360 here together, learning from each other, challenging from each other, we are 410 00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:20.599 growing, We're creating a better world. And uh, the what I said 411 00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:24.559 last night about young people, these young Indigenous people, carrying the future for 412 00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:31.280 all of us into the coming decades, is so important, inspiring and comforting 413 00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:36.039 as well, because the incredible young people we see here today, me and 414 00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:40.800 the future is in very good hands. Hello ceturn grand Prie Vila gran puh 415 00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:53.800 Porfili still is athlete, zancogivs muz Banco de lap. Thank you all much. 416 00:41:53.920 --> 00:42:07.800 That's up very much well in Thank you all. Okay. So it's 417 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:15.400 good to to celebrate and and to have UM sporting events and games that we 418 00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:30.000 can actually celebrate UM our culture and the land and and everything that is beautiful 419 00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:34.679 around us. Is really good to be able to do that, and I'm 420 00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:40.719 glad that Justin Trudeau did go to UM the North American Indigenous Games to help 421 00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:50.920 with that celebration. The question does come up, and we're going to addressing 422 00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:55.760 some of the remarks up here Povier had about the economy and about the inflation 423 00:42:55.880 --> 00:43:06.239 rates as and that the bank accoun andretor once again had to raise the interest 424 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:12.639 rates to match inflation so that inflation would become too out of control. But 425 00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:22.199 at this point, isn't inflation on the extreme side of outer control, Because, 426 00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:30.480 as was discussed by mister Povier, the idea of younger people being able 427 00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:37.519 to buy a home that it would take them he this may be an exaggeration 428 00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:45.519 on his point, But twenty five years to save up the down payment to 429 00:43:45.719 --> 00:43:53.559 buy a home when it used to be it took you about twenty five to 430 00:43:53.719 --> 00:44:00.599 thirty years to pay off your mortgage as after you bought your first home. 431 00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:08.239 So something's really wrong with our economy when we are finding a lot of people 432 00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:15.880 who are homeless because landlords are deciding to renovate people. In other words, 433 00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:22.760 do a few renovations raise the rent so high because those renovations, because it 434 00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:30.320 changes the contract on the lease, and raise the rent so high that the 435 00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:35.079 person can no longer afford it, that their tenant has to move out and 436 00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:44.119 they get a new tenant and for a much higher price. Isn't inflation already 437 00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:47.519 out of control? So it doesn't matter what the interest rates are looking like. 438 00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:58.159 If no one can afford to work a single job and pay their bills 439 00:44:59.599 --> 00:45:06.960 live comfortably, if that, if that's no longer the norm, then there's 440 00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:15.960 something wrong with the economy and it needs a drastic overhaul in fix. So 441 00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:22.679 just something to think about with that, and what would that fix look like? 442 00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:29.920 And why is it that some of the other political figures aren't really discussing 443 00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:35.280 a quite the same way as Povier, Or is Polvier just out on a 444 00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:38.719 limb and trying to make it make it so that he can get the votes 445 00:45:38.760 --> 00:45:45.239 that he needs to become the next Prime minister. Also something to think about. 446 00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:51.920 So thank you for listening today. Please find that subscribe button wherever it 447 00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:57.519 is and we will see you next time here on Policy and Rights and I've 448 00:45:57.559 --> 00:46:47.920 been your host, Michael clocks H. The show has been produced by Depictions 449 00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:58.599 Media. Please contact us at depictions dot media for more information. M