3. Poilievre under Stephen Harper raised the retirement age to 67 and PMJT reversed it, it was scheduled to start this month - he lies when he states he wants to help Canadians
4. Poilievre states that he dislikes big government 'gatekeepers' but his shadow ministers under the CPC are almost double the amount of the Liberal govt in power. Look at the salaries for last quarter of 2022.
6. Poilievre consistently states that workers don't have jobs in Canada - this is a lie - About 830,000 more Canadians are employed compared to the pre-pandemic period, and at just 5%, the unemployment rate is near its record low of 4.9% budget.canada.ca/2023/report-ra…
7. Poilievre under Harper consistently abused worker's rights and were anti union and they still don't fight for fair wages
Tweet here:
8. When the PM went on a business trip to the US to meet with the UN task force and the Global Summit for women's reproductive Health, he made fun of it, calling it a vacation. This is NOT allowed in the HOC.
9. Poilievre and the rest of the CPC party have voted against help for Seniors, Child Care and Dental and stated they would repeal all agreements if they came to power
10. This news article calls BS on Poilievre’s ‘so called’ data and comments. #PoilievreIsLying Pierre Poilievre is exploiting public safety fears to troll for law-and-order votes | Canadian Lawyer
17. The CBC is not 100% govt funded - as per Poilievre and the CBC (fyi Poilievre still bashes the CBC even though Stephen Harper appoint the Board of Directors himself - Conservative aligned)
19. Poilievre lies about chain of events surrounding David Johnston and his appointment with the Trudeau Foundation - which he left when appointed Special Rapporteur
21. Poilievre and other CPC members aligned themselves with extremists and the convoy members who cost Canada's economy billions in lost Revenue
Article here: ctvnews.ca/politics/winte…
Thread of CPC members who met or supported the occupation
22. Poilievre is consistently late to the game, states that he will make sure Canada will have a Canada wide credential system for healthcare - this is already being done in Provinces in Canada
23. Poilievre states he would go after Big Pharma, but this is already being done - Class Action suit started in BC - Federal government added recently - again, he's late to the game
24. Poilievre attacked the Federal Govt stating several Veteran's Affairs workers were offering Maid to Veteran's - this was in fact done by one employee only and they have since been fired #Misinformation#Propaganda
25. Poilievre consistently attacks the govt regarding Healthcare $$, the Liberal govt Healthcare spending is among the highest in the OECD for Universal/spending/GDP, but Provinces were NOT using the Healthcare transfer $$ for actual healthcare
43. Pierre Poilievre Claims He’s a Friend of the ‘Working Class’. He’s Spent Years Attacking Canadian Workers.
Poilievre has pushed hard for US-style ‘Right-to-Work’ laws and defended the temporary foreign worker program as Stephen Harper’s jobs minister. pressprogress.ca/pierre-poiliev…
44. Pierre Poilievre is Proposing a ‘Massive Government Intrusion’ into Academic Freedom, Academics Warn
Canadian universities already have significant ‘free speech’ protections thanks to existing collective agreements
48. Poilievre is disrespectful of the govt office he holds, this type of message is extremely unprofessional & craven, this reminds me of the former guy in the US and yes, I said it. He sounds just like him. He is dangerous for Canada and would be laughed at on the world stage.
/50 Quote: "@PierrePoilievre is carving out new territory here, at least by Canadian standards. He seems to have untethered himself completely from the verifiable facts on some pretty important issues
Freeland's new federal budget hikes taxes on the rich to cover billions in new spending
With interest rates running high, cost to service the national debt surpasses federal health care spending /1
/2 HIGHLIGHTS:
•Ottawa to spend $52.9 billion more than planned over the next five years.
•Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland projects Ottawa will post a $40 billion deficit this fiscal year.
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•The budget includes $8.5 billion in new spending for housing.
•Other big-ticket budget items include a $6 billion Canada Disability Benefit and a $1 billion national school food program.
Thread: ⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️ must read. This concerns all Canadians. The Nova Scotia PC govt created and passed legislation (without the support of the NS LIB and NS NDP) to access our Private Medical Documents. Vote here in this video /1
/3 Doctors Nova Scotia concerned about proposed changes to health information law
Amendments would give minister broad access to personal info, doctors' group says
I did a little digging about the so called affordable housing under Stephen Harper and what I found was a lot of talk and little to no action, with very little funding as well.
Copied from article:
Stephen Harper's government has ignored repeated provincial requests to /1
/2 meet on how to fund a much-needed affordable housing initiative.
Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS
What if someone promises to do something important, then not only does not do it, but fails even to talk to you about it?
In its March budget, the federal government
/3 committed to renew its Investment in Affordable Housing Program at $253 million per year over five years to be matched by provincial and territorial governments, bringing the annual total for new social and affordable housing to $506 million.
Premiers meet in Halifax to discuss how they are blaming the Fed govt for their own failures, let's recap: (thread)
Healthcare Premiers screaming about the failing healthcare system, all the while knowing that Canada spends the most $$ in the G20 for Universal Healthcare /1
/2 Healthcare funding received from the Federal govt was NOT going towards healthcare - the Premiers used the funds for other projects or to bring down their deficits - which in turn caused failures within the healthcare system across Canada, thread here
/3 Housing - the Premiers in Canada for over 30 years stopped funding Affordable Housing and now blame the current PM who has been fixing the problem that occurred under other governments, my thread here:
Conservatives are spreading a lie that Heat Pumps do not work in the cold -- this is FALSE.
Heat pump technology is efficient, cost effective and environmentally sound, but can a heat pump system perform reliably at sub-freezing temperatures?
Yes — contrary to popular /1
/2 misconception, heat pumps are a practical option in cold climates. In fact, according to recent research from the Regulatory Assistance Project, heat pumps function more efficiently than conventional fossil-fuel heating systems in cold climates.
/3 Conservatives are also stating that heat pumps won't work if the power goes out, I don't know how to say this but when the power goes out, YOU DO NOT HAVE POWER FOR ANYTHING, INCLUDING A FURNACE. Seriously, did I have to really explain that???