Jagmeet Singh
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And so I want to issue a challenge actually on your show today. For anyone that's running for prime minister, I've committed that Canada would respond with retaliatory tariffs. If Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, we should respond with tariffs. That's how you respond to a bully. You got to respond with strength.
And so I want to issue a challenge actually on your show today. For anyone that's running for prime minister, I've committed that Canada would respond with retaliatory tariffs. If Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, we should respond with tariffs. That's how you respond to a bully. You got to respond with strength.
And so I want to issue a challenge actually on your show today. For anyone that's running for prime minister, I've committed that Canada would respond with retaliatory tariffs. If Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, we should respond with tariffs. That's how you respond to a bully. You got to respond with strength.
So my challenge is for anyone else out there who's running to become prime minister, I want you to also commit so that Donald Trump knows that anyone in Canada who gets that position will respond with a tariff, with tariffs in kind, fighting fire with fire, showing that we're ready to stand up to a bully.
So my challenge is for anyone else out there who's running to become prime minister, I want you to also commit so that Donald Trump knows that anyone in Canada who gets that position will respond with a tariff, with tariffs in kind, fighting fire with fire, showing that we're ready to stand up to a bully.
So my challenge is for anyone else out there who's running to become prime minister, I want you to also commit so that Donald Trump knows that anyone in Canada who gets that position will respond with a tariff, with tariffs in kind, fighting fire with fire, showing that we're ready to stand up to a bully.
Yeah, there's going to be elections soon. First of all, it's ridiculous what he's saying. But let's be really clear what he's saying. He has said this again and again. So he is making the case. to cut healthcare. He is saying that we need to privatize and cut everything in our country. He is saying that healthcare is bad. He is saying that dental care is bad.
Yeah, there's going to be elections soon. First of all, it's ridiculous what he's saying. But let's be really clear what he's saying. He has said this again and again. So he is making the case. to cut healthcare. He is saying that we need to privatize and cut everything in our country. He is saying that healthcare is bad. He is saying that dental care is bad.
Yeah, there's going to be elections soon. First of all, it's ridiculous what he's saying. But let's be really clear what he's saying. He has said this again and again. So he is making the case. to cut healthcare. He is saying that we need to privatize and cut everything in our country. He is saying that healthcare is bad. He is saying that dental care is bad.
He is saying that pensions are bad, that employment insurance. What he is saying is all the things that actually help out the working class are bad. And he's going to cut them.
He is saying that pensions are bad, that employment insurance. What he is saying is all the things that actually help out the working class are bad. And he's going to cut them.
He is saying that pensions are bad, that employment insurance. What he is saying is all the things that actually help out the working class are bad. And he's going to cut them.
So for someone in Canada right now, you know, back to the question of why we don't want to be part of the States, I can assure you Canadians don't want the American-style system where if you get a heart attack or, God forbid, you get a cancer diagnosis, you end up going bankrupt. That never happens in Canada. You do not go bankrupt for an illness in Canada. We see we've got protections in place.
So for someone in Canada right now, you know, back to the question of why we don't want to be part of the States, I can assure you Canadians don't want the American-style system where if you get a heart attack or, God forbid, you get a cancer diagnosis, you end up going bankrupt. That never happens in Canada. You do not go bankrupt for an illness in Canada. We see we've got protections in place.
So for someone in Canada right now, you know, back to the question of why we don't want to be part of the States, I can assure you Canadians don't want the American-style system where if you get a heart attack or, God forbid, you get a cancer diagnosis, you end up going bankrupt. That never happens in Canada. You do not go bankrupt for an illness in Canada. We see we've got protections in place.
If someone loses their job, there's employment insurance. So you get a little bit of support so you can get back on your feet and find a new job. You get some income supports. He wants to cut that. Seniors in Canada get a pension. You spend your life here, you get a pension at the end of the day, and that pension is stable, it's solid.
If someone loses their job, there's employment insurance. So you get a little bit of support so you can get back on your feet and find a new job. You get some income supports. He wants to cut that. Seniors in Canada get a pension. You spend your life here, you get a pension at the end of the day, and that pension is stable, it's solid.
If someone loses their job, there's employment insurance. So you get a little bit of support so you can get back on your feet and find a new job. You get some income supports. He wants to cut that. Seniors in Canada get a pension. You spend your life here, you get a pension at the end of the day, and that pension is stable, it's solid.
I think it should be higher, but there is a pension and seniors rely on it. He came out and said he wanted to cut that, one of his first ideas. So for Canadians listening,
I think it should be higher, but there is a pension and seniors rely on it. He came out and said he wanted to cut that, one of his first ideas. So for Canadians listening,