Justin Trudeau signed letter endorsing a Liberal-NDP coalition in 2008, just months after first being elected as a Member of Parliament

Justin Trudeau will pay any price to hold onto power. He was willing to do it in 2008 and he is willing to do it now.

As a newly elected Member of Parliament in 2008, one of Justin Trudeau’s first orders of business was to sign a letter to the Governor General announcing his support and participation in a Liberal-Bloc-NDP coalition. https://cpcassets.conservative.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/15120538/0d1734dbea4f1b5.pdf

In fact, according to Brian Topp, one of the chief negotiators of the coalition was Trudeau’s most trusted advisor, Katie Telford.

The 2008 coalition, like the coalition Trudeau refuses to rule out with Jagmeet Singh, would have led to economic disaster in Canada with skyrocketing taxes and mass unemployment. 

Canadians cannot trust Justin Trudeau. If he won’t rule out a coalition with the NDP, it’s because he has a secret plan to do it when he is defeated. If Trudeau has no plan to join a coalition, why won’t he simply say it? 

Trudeau is already promising higher taxes and bigger deficits if he’s re-elected. Imagine how much more you will pay with Trudeau held hostage by the NDP.

The NDP’s price for propping up Trudeau will be even higher taxes, more reckless spending, fewer jobs, bigger deficits, and more debt.

The choice is clear. A Liberal-NDP coalition that will cost you thousands of dollars more, or a Conservative government that will live within its means and put more money in your pockets so you can get ahead.

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New Conservative government will work with provinces to break down trade barriers

In his first 100 days as Prime Minister, Andrew Scheer will meet with Canada’s Premiers to establish a new interprovincial free trade agreement that will create jobs and opportunities for Canadians from coast to coast.

Scheer will host the meeting in Ottawa on January 6, 2020.

“Trade barriers between provinces mean Canadians are missing out on so much opportunity and prosperity,” Scheer said. “As Prime Minister, I will work with the provinces to get Canadian goods and services moving across the country to put more money in Canadians’ pockets.”

Eliminating interprovincial trade barriers would improve Canada’s competitiveness and productivity, potentially boosting Canada’s economy by as much as $90 billion, according to the International Monetary Fund.

In 2015, Justin Trudeau promised to usher in a new era of provincial and territorial relations. Instead, he is pitting the provinces against each other, forcing his carbon tax on provinces that have rejected it, and picking fights with provincial leaders whose help he would need to keep his election promises.

“Trudeau’s my-way-or-the-highway, Ottawa-knows-best approach is costing Canadians,” Scheer said. “Canadians are working harder than ever but just aren’t getting ahead, losing out on billions in trade and opportunity. Only a new Conservative government will work with the provinces and territories to create the kind of economic prosperity and opportunity that will put more money in your pockets so you can get ahead.”

FACTS:

• At this meeting, a new Conservative government will create a process to determine whether differences in laws and regulations unnecessarily prevent trade or whether they are reasonable exercises of provincial jurisdiction.
• While Canada has signed on to free-trade agreements with countries around the world, there are significant barriers to the free flow of goods and services within our own borders.
• Alberta Premier that he would immediately remove 13 of 27 Jason Kenney recently announced exemptions under the existing Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), and launch a review of the remaining 14.
• Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister also announced that effective immediately, the Manitoba government is removing a number of its exemptions under the CFTA to further reduce interprovincial trade barriers.
• To increase opportunities for Canadians to work anywhere in Canada, a new Conservative government will expand the Red Seal Program to recognize common credentials. We will work with the provinces and territories to harmonize apprenticeship training and trade certification in their jurisdictions.

ANDREW SCHEER’S PLAN FOR YOU TO GET AHEAD:

• Scrap the Trudeau Carbon Tax, lowering the cost of everyday essentials like gas, groceries, and home heating.
• Introduce the Universal Tax Cut, saving an average couple $850.
• Take the GST off home heating costs, saving your family $107 every year.
• Introduce the Green Public Transit Tax Credit, saving a family of four who take transit up to $1,000.
• Make maternity benefits tax-free, putting up to $4,000 back in the pockets of new parents.
• Introduce the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit, allowing parents to claim up to $1,000 for sports activities.
• Introduce the Children’s Arts and Learning Tax Credit, letting parents claim up to $500 for arts and learning programs.
• Expand the Age Credit, benefiting the lowest income Canadians the most and giving a senior couple up to $300.
• Boost government-matching to RESPs by 50 per cent, helping parents get more for their kids’ education.
• Introduce the Green Home Renovation Tax Credit, putting up to $3,800 back in the pockets of Canadians for green home improvements.

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Liberals misrepresenting Conservative plan to support infrastructure

Justin Trudeau is lying and misrepresenting the Conservative plan to support infrastructure projects across Canada. Let’s look at the facts.

Public policy expert Jack Mintz confirmed that the Conservative plan only “delays” infrastructure spending by three years. He also confirmed that these delays only impact “uncommitted infrastructure spending”.

In contrast, the Liberals cut up to 40% of infrastructure spending from 2016-2017.
 
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) agrees. The PBO confirms that the Conservative plan will extend “spending for the Investing in Canada Plan (ICP) over an eleven-year period, rather than the eight-year period.” The PBO also says that the Conservative plan would “spread the same nominal amount of money over a longer period of time”.

The PBO also confirmed that our plan continues “funding obligations already committed to by the Government”. 

Justin Trudeau is lying to Canadians. Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives will maintain infrastructure spending. Instead we will cut corporate welfare and foreign aid to relatively wealthy countries in order to lower taxes and help you get ahead.

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As Prime Minister, Andrew Scheer will bring much-needed relief to Canadians right away

As Prime Minister, Andrew Scheer will convene Parliament in the first 100 days to pass a fiscal update that will put more money back into the pockets of Canadians.

Scheer said a new Conservative government will waste no time making life more affordable for Canadians, tabling the Get Ahead Fiscal Update to ensure that Canadians will get more money back in their pockets starting in the 2020 taxation year.

Scheer will direct his new Finance Minister to table the Get Ahead Fiscal Update within 45 days of forming government.

“We’re going to help you get ahead, and we’re going get started right away,” Scheer said. “Our Get Ahead Fiscal Update will mean the Green Home Renovation Tax Credit, our children’s sports, arts, and learning tax credits, and our Green Public Transit Tax Credit will be ready to put more money in your pocket starting on January 1, 2020.”

“Canadians are falling further and further behind. There’s no time to waste,” Scheer said. “It is all part of our 100 Day Action Plan. And part of our commitment to putting more money back in your pocket, so that you can finally get ahead.”

The Get Ahead Fiscal Update will bring much-needed financial relief to Canadians by January 1, 2020 in the form of:

• The Green Home Renovation Tax Credit, putting up to $3,800 back in the pockets of families who make green-home improvements. 
• The Children’s Fitness Tax Credit, allowing parents to claim up to $1,000 for sports activities.
• The Children’s Arts and Learning Tax Credit, letting parents claim up to $500 for arts and learning programs.
• The Green Public Transit Tax Credit, saving a family of four who take transit almost $1,000.

The Get Ahead Fiscal Update will also shine a light on Trudeau’s fiscal mess and the path back to balance, bringing critical accountability back to government. 

“Canadians need real action from their government right now to address the rising cost of living,” Scheer said.

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Yesterday, the NDP let the cat out of the bag: They are planning to form a coalition government with Justin Trudeau if Canadians don’t elect a Conservative majority government on Oct. 21.

When asked about it today, Trudeau did not rule out a Liberal/NDP coalition, which would see NDP MPs given key cabinet positions with Trudeau as Prime Minister.

With Trudeau forced to rely on the NDP to hang on to power, what will that mean for you?

• An even higher carbon tax. Trudeau is already planning to hike the carbon tax if he’s re-elected. But to keep the NDP happy, he’ll have to hike it even higher.
   
• Fewer jobs. NDP economic policies fail everywhere they’ve been tried. With the NDP calling the shots, Trudeau will have to hike taxes, shut down industry, and kill jobs to hang on to power.
   
• Even bigger deficits. To meet the NDP’s demands, Trudeau will have to spend billions more than he was already planning to, racking up huge deficits that will threaten social programs like health care.

Justin Trudeau will pay any price to stay in power. And it’s your money he will pay with.

There’s only one way for Canadians to stop this coalition that you cannot afford: Vote for Andrew Scheer and elect a Conservative majority government.

A government that will live within its means and put more money in your pockets. Because it’s time for you to get ahead.

Taxpayer handouts to wealthy executives, shareholders, and foreign companies to be eliminated, savings to be redirected to Canadians

Today, Andrew Scheer announced that as Prime Minister he will appoint Kevin Falcon, the former deputy premier and finance minister of British Columbia, and Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, the former president and CEO of VIA Rail Canada, to lead the Commission on the Reduction of Government Subsidy Programs to Corporations. This is the first announcement of Andrew Scheer’s 100 Day Action Plan – the steps a new Conservative government would take to help Canadians get ahead.

“You shouldn’t have to be a billionaire to get your government’s attention,” Scheer said. “You deserve a government, and a Prime Minister, whose first priority will be to help you get ahead.”

The Commission on the Reduction of Government Subsidy Programs to Corporations will review all business subsidy programs, including grants and contributions to corporations. The commission’s mandate will include:

• Reducing corporate subsidies by $1.5 billion per year
• Recommending performance metrics for corporate subsidy programs
• Reviewing innovation programs to ensure that they are supporting Canadian companies that provide benefits, profits and patents that stay in Canada.

The commission will be operated out of the Department of Finance. A new Conservative government will also strengthen Canada’s regional development agencies, focusing on helping small and medium businesses to grow.

“There is a truism I’ve learned watching governments of all stripes throw taxpayer dollars at undeserving corporations. Governments have a terrible record of picking between winners and losers. I’m proud to have been part of a government that eliminated all corporate subsidies, grants and equity investments to individual for-profit businesses. I applaud the Conservative party and Andrew Scheer for their commitment to scale back this corporate welfare and redirect it where it belongs, in the pockets of Canadian families,” Falcon said.

“As in all areas of government, spending taxpayers’ money must be efficient and produce the greatest benefits to Canada’s economy. I’m honoured to co-chair this review with a distinguished Canadian, and I’m confident our review will yield the expected benefits,” said Desjardins-Siciliano.

“Hard-working Canadians are rightly offended when they see their tax dollars going to further the interests of the wealthy and well-connected friends, while Justin Trudeau makes them pay more for gasoline, groceries, and home heating,” Scheer said.

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Justin Trudeau failed to deliver the infrastructure he promised to Canadians

The independent Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) confirmed that Justin Trudeau was unable to deliver 40% of the budgeted infrastructure he promised.

In contrast Andrew Scheer will extend the Investing in Canada Plan by an additional three years so that the entire $187-billion program is spent over 15 years instead of 12.

Conservatives worked with the PBO to ensure that our infrastructure plan:

1. Maintains all projects committed to by the Liberal Government;
2. Maintains the Gas Tax Fund and Goods and Services Tax rebate to municipalities at the same levels; and
3. Funds important projects such as:
   • The George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project (British Columbia);
   • The Ontario Line and the Yonge Subway Extension (Ontario); and
   • The third link between Quebec City and Levis (Québec).

Conservatives will spend final week outlining government agenda for first 100 days

Over the next several days, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will announce the first things a new Conservative government will do during its first 100 days in office.

“Canadians are getting ready to elect a new government and I plan on telling them exactly what we will do in our first 100 days,” Scheer said. “I am ready. My team is ready. We have a plan to put more money in your pockets so you can get ahead and we will hit the ground running on day one.”

Scheer unveiled the Conservative platform earlier today in Tsawwassen, BC – a fully costed plan that will put thousands of dollars back into Canadians’ pockets while also eliminating Justin Trudeau’s deficits by 2024.

Scheer said he will spend the final week of the campaign travelling the country announcing to Canadians specific things he will do as soon as he becomes Prime Minister.

“In 2015, Justin Trudeau made a lot of promises to get elected – and he started breaking them as soon as he was sworn into office,” Scheer said. “I want Canadians to see that we have a realistic plan to follow through on what we’ve committed to.”

Conservatives unveil fully costed platform that eliminates Justin Trudeau’s deficit by 2024.

Today, Canada’s Conservatives released Andrew Scheer’s Plan for You to Get Ahead, a fully costed platform that details how a new Conservative government will live within its means and put more money in your pockets.

In his remarks, Andrew Scheer offered examples of how typical Canadian families will get ahead under a new Conservative government:

• Under a new Conservative government, an average retired couple living in Tsawwassen will save $2,580 a year.
• Under a new Conservative government, a family of four – soon to be five – in Montreal will save $4,642 a year.
• Under a new Conservative government, a family of four in Markham will save $3,264 a year.

“Under Justin Trudeau, Canadians are working harder and harder, but they’re just not getting ahead. Everything keeps getting more expensive and if Trudeau is re-elected, it will only get worse,” Scheer said.

“My Plan For You To Get Ahead is filled with achievable and tangible ways that a new Conservative government under my leadership will put more money in your pockets so you can get ahead.”

The Conservative platform also shows a costed and independently verified path back to a balanced budget by 2024-2025. This will be done through a combination of spending restraint and reductions to both corporate handouts to profitable corporations and foreign aid to relatively wealthy countries.

“My plan eliminates Justin Trudeau’s damaging deficits because Conservatives know a balanced budget is the only way to make sure services like health care are protected,” Scheer said.

As Prime Minister, Andrew Scheer will provide:

1. More money for you, for your kids, and for your retirement

By scrapping Trudeau’s carbon tax, providing a Universal Tax Cut, taking the GST off home heating, making maternity benefits tax-free, boosting the RESP, increasing the Age Credit, bringing back tax credits for children’s arts, fitness, and learning, and introducing the Green Home Renovation Tax Credit.

2. More good jobs

By reversing Trudeau’s tax hikes on small business, creating a National Energy Corridor to generate opportunities, boosting innovation and commercialization, supporting economic immigration, promoting interprovincial trade, building infrastructure projects that reduce commute times and lower emissions, and more.

3. More innovation to fight climate change

By taking the fight against climate change global and incentivizing industry to develop emissions-reducing technology that can be shared with the world’s highest-emitting countries.

4. More help at home

By supporting our veterans, improving our correctional system, securing our neighbourhoods, strengthening border protection, reducing health care wait times, and more.

5. More strength abroad

By confronting the global complexities of climate change, human migration, cybersecurity, and national defence, renewing relationships with important allies, and standing up for Canada on the world stage.

“It’s time to turn the page on four years of broken promises. As Canadians, it’s time for Canadians to look to the future once again with confidence,” Scheer said.

The platform was verified by Jack Mintz, President’s Fellow at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy.

“I conclude, therefore, that the Conservative Party fiscal plan is reasonably estimated, resulting in a budgetary balance in five years subject to uncertainties that impact any economic forecast including those of the PBO,” Mintz said.

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Yesterday the Conservative Party received notice from lawyers representing the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) informing us they would be suing over the use of news clips in a Conservative Party social media video.

The Conservative Party has grave concern that this decision was made on the eve of an election that CBC is to be covering fairly and objectively. The Conservative Party considers this a complete distraction in the final days of a tightly contested election, and we will dispute this lawsuit fully.

The video in question was removed from our platforms well before CBC lawyers made the decision to file their lawsuit.

The 17 seconds of CBC clips in the video included Andrew Coyne highlighting how Justin Trudeau broke the law, Justin Trudeau telling a Canadian war veteran that he is “asking for more than we can give right now”, and one CBC reporter questioning why the Liberals provided Loblaws with $12 million in tax dollars to install new refrigerators.

CBC is a taxpayer-funded entity, tasked with covering this election fairly and objectively. Canadians pay the funding CBC receives. Canadians pay the salaries for those employed at CBC. Simply, Canadians own CBC.

When you are funded entirely by taxpayer dollars, taxpayers should be able to use the footage.

The Copyright Act provides for fair dealing.

Elections Canada provided further clarification on a September 11th posting to their website, namely:

Question 35. Can a political ad contain a “news clip” without the approval of the broadcaster?
Answer:  Prior to the election period, broadcasters can decline to run a political ad on any grounds they choose, provided they treat all parties on an equitable basis.  However, during the election period, they are not entitled to decline an ad unless the broadcast would be in contravention of the law.  If a news clip is relatively short and is not a substantial part of the audiovisual work from which it was taken, the broadcast of the news clip in a political ad would not infringe the copyright of the owner of the audiovisual work and would not require the permission of that owner to be broadcast.

Instead, CBC is using taxpayer dollars to sue a major political party ten days before a national election in this country.