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Welcome to Policy and Rights, the show about the government, policy and human rights. Welcome back to Policy and Race Here in Depictions Media Radio, I'm your host, Michael Cloggs. Well, over the weekend we heard about rocket fire exchange rockets between Israel and the Hespitala in southern Lebanon as they fired rockets across border. Well, maybe there weren't as many rockets as we actually thought. Maybe it was more of a fizzle than it was a fanfare. There were.
IDF targets actually hit by the Hespeala.
That that while.
That remains true, but I heard heard this from someone who actually lives in Lebanon that while there were jets in the air, rockets going overhead, that people still went to the beach. Still, people still lived their lives and it wasn't as all encumbering as as we might have thought it would have been the retaliation between the Hesbala
and the Idea. So, but there is something to be said because while I got the report from a friend in Beirut as we were talking about things, and we're talking about that the struggle that of course the Haspala being one of the warder lord parties from the nineteen seventies.
They have managed to continue forth in Lebanon as a political strength, even though it is known of course by the United States, Canada and Britain as their terrorists, and they are a a in that particular country, they of Lebanon. There they are a legitimate political party, not just a hate group designed to go around the world blowing things up. So with with all that, we were also discussing some of the political happenings around the world.
We also discussed.
Some of the things that have opening in the United States, whereas Kamala Harris is actually picking up steam with her political party with the Democrats and her campaign, and the
Republicans are losing ground in their campaign. As I watched what was happening in social media, especially on x It's like some of the things that I have may have answered to that we do need to understand that that Kamala Harris as vice president did actually have a stake in some of the things that we would think would make sense, such as gun control and making sure that illegal weapons don't wind up on the street committing crimes.
After all, while biding weapons do not commit crimes. They because they're in the hands of those who want to obey the law and abide by rules. Those weapons that are out there committing crimes, of course, are the the ones that the ghost guns. That Kamala Harrison and Joe Biden together worked on finding a way to regulate ghost guns so that they would they would be trackable on the streets. And mister mister Trump had no no party
in that. Mister Trump is standing on the idea of illegal immigration saying that it's the illegal immigration that's causing the crime. M and he has no basis for that. And I said so on onn X and the it would seem that the Trump campaign is fueled by hatred and we simply have enough hatred in our world and we need to do something to curb hatred from from hereout. If that means electing a fantastic woman into the office of the United States of of of America, then that
is what we should do. Okay, So moving forward along with that, since we're on the whole political thing, we had a lot of political happenings in Ottawa with the
Liberal Party. They have come back from retreat and they've they're going into the school year, because yes, we are about to head into school year here in Canada next week, reporting to you right now from it is August twenty six, and within the next five to six days, schools will be open for business and our children will be in classrooms. They're trying to ensure that the ten dollars a day daycare is instituted, regardless if it actually hurts a a
for profit business or not. That they that according to the rules of getting the funding, you have to be a nonprofit in order to qualify for the ten dollars a day daycare funding system. If you are a for
profit business, you would seem to be disqualified. And that question came up and we was redirected several times at Minister suns which we'll hear from her and in a little bit as there are other things that happened, uh the Prime Minister announced a tariff against Chinese evs well, as we're going to hear from also from Christia Friedland, the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister did some of that makes sense that why as we where a country that stands on human rights, why would we want to
support a electric vehicle program that harms the environment and hurts workers in China's gonna make sense, okay, So yeah, tariff it so that so that we trade with them all other things. There is the idea also that we do as as a nation about one hundred billion dollars in trade with China. So we have to be careful about that. As we're going to hear from Minister joli
as Foreign Minister, she has has a tough job. When we decide to as a government, the government decides to tear off one product, how do you balance that out? So Minister Jolie as Foreign Minister has has her work cut out for her to ensure that, hey, we still get all the really fun products that we have that we that we want around us, such as, Hey, the fact of the matter is is that I'm surrounded by apple products and.
A lot of apple stuff is actually made in China.
That remains that so you know, and make sure that I still get access to my apple products. And for those of you who are listening, who are my LGBTQ friends and and that are fighting for equality and for Palestine to have its own and Palestinians to have their own country and into the colonialism that is actually happening there. My apologies, but we all have to have our vices. So there's a lot happening. As we're going to hear about the farm worker programs being being slashed, we're also
going to hear about that inflation is coming down. Well I kind of hesitated that one the Prime Minister says the inflation is coming down. So does the Finance minister also say that that inflation is falling? But I don't know because when I go to fuel up by vehicle and when I go to the grocery store, I'm still paying high prices. It's something that but it is something that they are also discussing, discussing and going back to
the back to school thing. They're not only they are there is a institution of a food program because all right, yeah, we don't want to see any kid go arrive in a classroom hungry because it does distract them. We also want to want I do have to question something about what kind of food are they actually going to be serving now the government has control over the food that our children are getting while they're while.
For a large portion of.
The day, is that food going to meet the standards that I would want to feed my kids at home. It's a legitimate question, and no one seems to have been able to answer that what what are the food programs actually going to be serving? So we have to also ensure that if these programs are going to be in place, that they have to meet a certain standard. And the standard is completely set by the government, But can we trust them to actually set the standard? So
some things that we should be questioning. So there's a lot going to be happening in that you're going to be hearing as the cabinet had in the Liberal caucus had a retreat and that they're coming back with saying how they're going to make changes to adjust to the economy as they are seeing it. But the economy as the government is seeing it, it doesn't match how we
are seeing it as the people. Are they truly in touch with us or are they still going to go with, hey, let's make sure we feed the corporations and you know, impoverish the people. So why don't we go listen to right now, We're going to listen to a few minutes of the opening statements that Prime Minister had and then we'll hear the rest of the ministers as they speak.
Good morning everyone. First off, I want to start on the rail dispute. I want to make sure that everyone knows how grateful we are for all the hard work that people did on resolving this rail dispute, all parties involved, the Minister stepped up.
I think Canadians fully.
Understand just how important it is to keep our economy rolling, keep making sure that families, workers, businesses are supported across the country.
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Gerifricier comes. We worked hard throughout the summer focused on getting the things we put in the budget twenty twenty four done. That's what people across the country are counting on. They need support, they need help, they need investments. They need programs that are delivering for them in a way that responds to the challenges they're facing in their daily lives. So we unlocked tens of thousands of affordable housing units
while streamlining the process to build more homes faster. We launched more affordable monthly mortgage payments Papa.
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Louis van Zuidervoir we've been working hard on expanding ten dollars a day childcare across the country and getting a national school food program in place as soon as possible.
Families are looking back.
To school this week and we need to make sure we're getting kids the best food possible as there as they're getting into that school year. But through negotiations over the summer, it's clear that some provinces are dragging their feet on these negotiations.
And throwing up roadblocks.
You'd think we can all agree that Canadian families deserve affordable childcare and that every child should have good fool available to them at school, But if you listen to Pierre polyevan Is conservatives, that would be waco. Well, we're going to continue to step up and deliver for family. Good food and kids' bellies at school means they can concentrate, but also means that takes pressure off families grocery bills.
So back to schools right around the corner.
So my message to premiers is to work with us to get this done and done fast.
Kids need it and families need it.
Two years ago, in the aftermath of the pandemic and facing severe labor shortages, we adjusted the program for temporary foreign workers. That's what the business community needed, That's what the business community was asking for, and at that moment in time, those changes helped. They helped the economy, and they helped businesses make it through a challenging moment in our economic recovery. But today's economy is very different from it was two years ago. Inflation has started to come down,
employment is higher. We no longer need as many temporary foreign workers. We need Canadian businesses to invest in training and technology and not increasing their reliance on low cost foreign labor. It's not fair to Canadians struggling to find a good job, and it's not fair to those temporary foreign workers, some of whom are being mistreated and exploited.
So I asked my minister to.
Work on this over the summer, and we are taking action. We are tightening the rules and restricting eligibility to reduce the number of low wage temporary foreign workers in Canada, with exceptions in certain industries like healthcare, construction, and food security. We'll also be looking at changes to the high wage stream of the program as part of the Minister's expedited ninety day review.
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It's that time of year again.
It is the time of year where parents are once again thinking about back to school, and as a Minister for Families, Children and Social Development, I am also thinking about back to school as I get my kids ready to head back as I continue also to work with the provinces and territories to roll out both our early learning and childcare program across this country as well as
the National School Food Program. So our early learning and childcare program, we have seen some incredible progress over the last few years, but of course there's still more work to be done. I'd like to highlight that at no point in history have we seen such historic generational investments to create a national system that will benefit generations to come.
And as we move forward, we have already seen seven hundred and fifty thousand families across this country benefit from this program to date, and we've seen one hundred and fifteen thousand new spaces created across this country. We have eight provinces and territories already at ten dollars a day, and all other provinces into territories on track to get there by twenty twenty six. These investments are as I mentioned, they are historic investments that will benefit, of course, not
only families today, but families for generations to come. The savings that families are seeing right now vary across the province anywhere from three thousand dollars to over fourteen thousand dollars per child each and every year. And so as I continue to work with the provinces and territories, I am calling for all provinces and territories to continue to work with us to ensure that we see two hundred and fifty thousand new spaces created by twenty twenty six.
And that will mean more families having access to this high quality, affordable care, which means shorter waitless and more
families benefiting from this program. The same time, I'm also having conversations with provinces and territories as we move forward with the National school food program, and you know, I truly believe that everyone in this country would agree that we do not want to see children at school Hungary and so I look forward to continuing those discussions and hope to have more to share on that very soon.
Thank you very much, him, Minister said zam Mea Rabson from the Canadian Press. I'm just wondering if you get updates on the status of your sort of own deliberation on Ontario's request to lift the for profit limits. I know that was something you were supposed to talk with Todd Smith about and then he resigned. Is that caused any delay in that and what's the status of your consideration.
On that well.
As I shared previously prior to him resigning, the only conversation that I was interested in having with the province was with respect to moving forward with a sustainable funding model for our childcare operators here in Ontario. Since that time, we have seen the province announce that funding formula, which
will come into place on January first. Obviously, there's been a change in minister at the provincial level here in Ontario, and I look forward to engaging in dialogue with Minister Dunlop. Obviously she gets into the role and gets fully briefed.
What does that mean You're rejecting the request from Ontario to lift the limits on for profit spaces.
My job as we roll out this national childcare program is to ensure that the highest quality, accessible, inclusive and affordable spots are created. As we moved forward with all of our agreements with provinces and territories, we have made the decision to ensure that this is a public system predominantly favoring non for profit spaces. So I am always open to conversation with my minister a colleagues across the country, and I look forward to having the opportunity to speak with Minister Dunlop.
But you didn't answer the question, did you Are you rejecting that request or are you still considering it.
I have not had the opportunity yet to meet with Minister Dunlap's.
Air investment for Chronigle Herald again on the issue of for profit and not for profits funding in Nova Scotia is certainly outside of Halifax because for profit daycares they're small business operators and their women primarily who will run small businesses, and they've found that they have not been able to be approved to create new spaces and expand their businesses because of provisions in the funding formula with the federal government that say that nonprofits have to be prioritized.
But in most of these towns that nonprofits don't exist. So are you willing to make changes to the formula to allow, you know, small to for profits daycarees to receive funding under the Candida Nova Scotia agreement.
Sure, I appreciate the question. Nova Scotia is faring quite well when it comes to rolling out the childcare program here in this province. They made a commitment to create nine five hundred non for profit spaces over the five
years of the agreement. They are at over five thousand of those spaces already announced, and most recently, we're able to submit their three year action plan, which is a requirement of our funding agreement, which lays forward the plan of how they are going to create those nine five hundred spaces out to the end of the agreement, and
so they've been able to do so. They have demonstrated that they are committed to the agreement committed to creating the spaces and committed to getting to ten dollars a day by twenty twenty six.
You know, if you're in Aneganish and there isn't a nonprofit creating spaces, if you're in if you're Insure, if you're in all these places where nonprofits don't exist to create the daycare spaces. But there are small business people and they're all the ones I've spoken to her, female small business people and entrepreneurs who aren't able to provide a service that the community needs, like, are you going to allow for that? And if not, why not? What's wrong with small business owners?
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I would first point out that obviously those that were already functioning, that we're already providing amazing service here in the province, continue to do so and are part of
the program they were in by no means excluded. But having said that, as I just mentioned, Nova Scotia is required to move forward and to present to us a three year action plan, which they have done, and in doing so needs to ensure sure in that plan that they demonstrate the ability to provide spaces throughout the province, including rural including Francophone, including including serving children with diverse needs.
That's what the action plan calls for, accessibility, inclusivity and getting to ten dollars a day by twenty twenty six. And so you know, if the province has already demonstrated their ability to meet those targets and to move forward, and I look forward to continuing that work with them. Pretty much.
Hello everybody, Monjo, I hope you're doing well. I hope you had a great summer. So I'm here as your Foreign Minister in the context of this Cabinet retreat to talk about different issues that are important to Canadians, including of course what is happening in the world. We know that a lot of the geopolitical instability is causing a
lot of anxiety with Canadians. And also we know that affordability issues are linked to the fact that there are so many supply chains that have been disrupted because there's so many do political tensions. And we saw it again today with what happened in Kiev and a Crain and of course we condemn these attacks by Russia. And at the same time we saw it yesterday with the Hasbalah attack on Israel and Israel standing to protect its own security.
So my goal is to make sure ultimately that Canada is there to work on different solutions at being able also to find solutions that are linked to bringing.
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Yeah, so listen, I was just on the phone with the Jordanian Foreign Minister. I've had many conversations with different US officials, of course, with Jake Sullivan again yesterday night on this issue. And I've been in contact with my Egyptian colleague. So of course, we are working every day to support parties to get to a ceasefire. This is my number one priority, a ceasefire and the release of
all hostages. And at the same time we call on parties to make sure that there's no escalation because obviously we need to bring back peace to the Middle East. It's in Israel's long term security interest to do so, and it is of course in the interests of all the peoples in that region.
And that's what we're doing.
I'm doing many phone calls, many many meetings, and I've been doing a lot of shuttle diplomacy.
As you know, the military earlier the summers confirmed that there I can't hear you well, can you say? The military earlier the summer said that they were working on a contingency plan in case they need to evacuate thousands of Canadians that get stuck in Lebanon. Where is that app right now? Are Are you moving forward with evacuation plans at this point?
So as we speak, of course, the travel advice for Lebanon is the same. So if you're in Canada, please don't go to Lebanon. If you're Canadian living in Lebanon, please come back.
And so we saw it.
Tensions continue to rise, and we saw it even yesterday with what happened between Israel and Hasboalah. So we will continue to update our travel advice as things continue to unfold. But at the same time, my advice to Canadians have been the same for now many many months. And I would say also that of course Canada works with many countries in the region, and of course we always abide
by our duty of care. At the same time, we need to make sure that Canadians don't put their lives at risk or the lives of their loved ones.
Thank you, Mia Rabson from the Canadian Primeum, I'm just curious what conversations you have had or if you plan to have conversations with China about retaliation related to the ev terariff that we're announced today. Did you talk to them ahead of time and are you concerned to give any idea what China's planning to do in response?
Okay, well you know you've heard me. Just beforehand. As Foreign Minister, my job is always to defend Canada's interests and it is in Canada's interest to impose tariffs on Chinese EV's and that's why we did it. At the same time, I think it's important that we engage pragmatically
with China. That's also why I went to China this summer to make sure that we could address these issues, and I indeed raise the issue of the EVY tariffs consultation at the time, and also, of course we've also this morning advised China that we would be doing so. So the fact that we are engaging with China diplomatically doesn't mean that we can't continue to defend our interests, and that's exactly what we will continue to do and you'll see more of that in the coming weeks.
I'm also wondering if you could comment on the developments in the United States this summer, with particularly with the Democratic Party switching leaders signs of momentum growth. Do you think that the Liberal Party here has any lessons to take from them.
Miah when it comes to the US, of course, I will always have the same line and it will always be that we will engage, notwithstanding who is elected in the White House.
We've gone through an Obama administration.
We've done We've worked with the Trump administration, and we have worked with the Biden administration, and we will be ready when it comes to November.
And for the rest, we are.
Now working at a cabinet retreat here to make sure that we're concentrating, focusing on what Canadians need. And for the rest, the Prime Minister has my full support. Thank you.
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If you had any takeaways for your own party and your own future fortunes. And I know you say you're busy working as foreign minister. Of course you are, but you're also a minister in Quebec, and you would have concerns around the party's electability in all kinds of places. So talk to us about how you see the way forward in the next few months to ensure your own reelection, your party's reelection.
Well, listen, okay, I'll start with the US. When it comes to the US, we're falling very very closely. I've told you that, and of course we're following the dynamics on both sides.
The race is very tight.
And that's the only comment that I will make on what's happening in the US. And you know, I know, I know, Donda, I know, But let me finish my answer. I've given you the time to ask your question. And meanwhile, I'm engaging with the Republicans, and I'm engaging with the Democrats, with the Biden administration, with the Kamala Iris team. So that's been what I've been doing behind closed doors. Meanwhile, here, of course, we're canted to what people think. Of course,
I've been connecting with people in my own writing. I've been door knocking also while being Foreign Minister in las Aalverden, and I'm confident that we can win the by election in las Aalvealden. Meanwhile, are people preoccupied about a portability housing? Of course there are, and we're not disconnected from that. So we need to work on it and we need to be able to provide the hope that is necessary in these times where a lot of people are feeling lots of anxiety.
Then is that the only problem you see that lies ahead trying to prove to Canadians you can deliver results, Is that the only thing you think is the change thing that's needed that people are well listen.
I think when it comes to politics, it's all about trusts and whether people trust the work you're doing as a government. And I think the challenges we're facing are real and we're not the only country facing these challenges, but we have to be better at it to make sure that we're delivering results, period, and so the proof is in the pudding. That's what we'll be working on.
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Yeah, we announced Canada announced tariffs this morning and also announced the consultation of potentially more tariffs coming down the road. And yet we also heard from the Prime Minister that this is an important trading relationship. We still want to have trade with China. You talk with Chinese diplomats regularly. How confident are you you can strike this balance of bringing in tariffs, bringing in more tariffs potentially, but keep
the trading relationship otherwise normal. I mean, how do you how confident are you that you can keep this trading relationship from without escalating from tariffs retaliation tar retaliation? How do you strike that balance.
We've taken a very strategic decision, which is to protect the TV supply chain in Canada and of course in North America, and that's why it was so important for us to impose hariffs like we did. I think that when it comes to China, indeed, we have a very important trade relationship one hundred billion dollars per year, and therefore we need to engage diplomatically with China to ultimately
bring predictability to the relationship. And that's the only thing that I can tell you today because ultimately, right now, this decision was taken based on what we thought was in the interest of Canadians. Thank you, good yeah.
Along with my colleagues.
Donjo, Tomone, Hello, everybody, we wanted to come in and make selves available today. As you've heard from the Prime Minister today, the economy has changed, and as Minister of Jobs and Official Languages, it's my responsibility to read the labor market and see what changes are taking place and to make sure that, along with my colleagues here building houses faster than ever before and making sure that our
immigration levels continue to build our economy. We're making changes today to the temporary foreign worker program, and with the changes that we already started in March that took place in May, we will have with today's changes, about sixty five thousand fewer people participating in the Temporary foreign worker program.
Why is that important.
It's important because we want to see Canadians and permanent residents have access to entry level jobs in what has been known as the low wage stream up to now, and we want to make sure that Canadians have access
to those jobs. It's also an important part of our overall program to have more compliance in the temporary foreign worker program and also to stamp out abuse and so working with Minister Miller on levels plan taking sixty five thousand people out of the temper Reform Working Program is an important step.
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permanent residence in this country. There are more measures to be announced that will be coming up. This isn't the last measure to be announced, the measures that I announced at the last Cabinet retreat. With respect to international students, we are still measuring the outcomes, but for now we have seen a significant reduction in international students and obviously the postgraduate work permits that will come with them. That isn't the end of the measures that are to be
put into place. The Bank of Canada said that we need to take additional measures. That is absolutely correct, So more of those should come in the early fall. So this is an important aspect today of making sure that we have a system in some areas that's gotten overheated, that is under control. Will continue to do that to make sure that the people that are here temporarily are
properly welcomed here. But the welcome to Canada obviously is not boundless, and we have to make sure that it makes sense in the current economy for Canadians obviously, but also for the job market as it continues to constrict, and we won't hesitate to take additional measures if necessary.
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Look, one of the things that I have come to understand over the course the last nine year serving as an MP is that you do really well when you listen to people in your communities. When I talk to people about the role of immigration in Canada, they remain uniquely supportive of the need to welcome newcomers, to bolster our healthcare system, to make sure that they help drive
our economy. But they also want to have their concerns, which are very fair concerned for fluck in government policy when it comes to making sure that we have the capacity to deliver social services that people depend upon, that our healthcare system can provide for a growing population, and that we have enough homes for the people who moved to our country. Over the course of the last few years,
we've been through some very interesting times. As we were coming out of the pandemic, we saw the news articles being written were focused on a record labor shortage with a million jobs that were open in the economy. We took a decision as a government at the time to listen to businesses then who said that thousands of them may potentially close. They could impact the livelihoods of tens
of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Canadian workers. As the landscape has shifted, we're no longer dealing with the same labor shortage that we were dealing with even just a couple of years ago. So to the policy escape has to shift. We expect that the changes made today could potentially reduce the pressure on tens of thousands of
housing units right across the country. This is the kind of thing that we're going to continue to do by reflecting the feedback that we hear from Canadians, by looking at the need to continue to welcome permanent residents and numbers that controlled and that we can build enough homes for.
But we also change the way we deal with our temporary programs, because, as those you watching may know, the temporary programs have historically responded not to a level set by the federal government, but by the demand that we see from institutions in the case of the international student program and employers when it comes to the temporary form
worker program. When we see certain institutions applying for in some instances tens of thousands of study permits without providing the housing necessary for the people who are coming to communities. We need to change course. When we see employers who are, despite changes of the rate of unemployment, making a significant number of applications to bring workers here for jobs that
Canadians could do, we need to change course. So today's move is going to have a positive impact both for the employability of young people in particular, it's potentially going to release pressure on housing markets in certain parts of the country, and I'm looking forward to seeing the impact of these measures roll out in the months A hit, thanks so much.
Good afternoon, Ministers. Marico Welsh with the Globe Mail. Mister Miller, I believe this question is for you. The Prime Minister said today that Cabinet is considering, as part of these meetings and going forward, changes to the permanent resident numbers. Can you just clarify if that includes possible changes to the twenty twenty five and twenty six numbers or if it's for after that.
I'd say recall options are currently on the table. It's not a discussion that's been had by Cabinet yet, but we're looking at a number of options that frankly Canaians have been talking to us about on the permanent residency numbers. Often at cabinet we consider options that are pretty narrow.
This will be a broad set of alternatives to have a complete discussion on look at where the country is currently, look at where the country is going, and making sure that we adjust and so it'll include potential options on the upcoming year as well.
And just to clarify, what is the trajectory that the government wants to bring numbers down to? Is it pre pandemic levels? You know, we've seen so much talk about how the line has gone up much faster in population growth since the pandemic. So are you trying to bring it back down to the pace of growth it's pre pandemic or something in between. Can you give us a sense of the goal?
Well, look, I think fundamentally we're dealing with a conundrum that the Bank of Canada has itself laid out quite clearly. We have seen significant growth in the economy that is due almost solely immigration in the last few years, and that entrance into the workforce driven almost entirely by immigrants
and immigration. This is a good thing. The IMF has said time and time again that we have avoided recession thanks to immigration, but has come with a conundrum in and around affordability, in and around housing and making sure we address that properly is something that every Canadian expects us to do and not be dogmatic about it. As I took this position, I told people that I'm not someone that is behold into any form of dogmatism, very open to making changes if the economy.
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I just want to say thank you to all of those that that we talked to over the last short little while to arrive at the government's decision. So to those that are part of auto parts, certainly the real industry, many of the workers and UH and and of course those in the steel and industries. I want to thank everyone who's given us very very excellent, excellent input to help us arrive at where we are today and the decision to impose the tariffs as we've taken the decision to do.
Ministers Kate mccinn from CBC, if you could answer this question in both English and French, that would be great. Have you communicated with China about these tariffs and how are you preparing for potential retaliatory measures.
So let me just start by saying, our government's starting point is to act resolutely to defend the national interest, to defend Canadian workers and to defend the Canadian economy. That's our starting point. And as Mary said, we spent this summer speaking in great detail with the leading stakeholders. So I met with car parts sector, car manufacturers, steel industry, aluminum industry, critical minerals and metals, and labor and the
message we heard was very very clear. Now, of course, Canada needs to be ready for all manner of reactions, and we are. But our starting point is we have to do and we will do what the national interest, what Canadian workers require.
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JP Tasker from CBC News on the EV announcement. You probably know some climate activists are opposed to these sort of tariffs because they just want to get people into chap vs. They don't really care where they come from, and that cheap B y D vehicles might be a good thing for our climate goals in a mission in this country, what's your message to those who say these tariffs will actually have a detrimental effect on the adoption of evs in this country.
So I'll start, my colleagues may want to continue. My reply is very clear and very categorical. We have a very thought through rationale for imposing these tariffs, something that we have been discussing a lot among colleagues and most importantly with Canadians over the summer. The reality is China has an intentional, state directed policy of over capacity and
oversupply designed designed to cripple our own industries. Talk to the steal sector, talk to the aluminum sector to understand how effective that has already been, and we simply will not allow that to happen to our EV sector, which is showing such promise and in which we have invested so effectively. Now It's also really important to remember how what is this Chinese policy of oversupply and over capacity built on.
You know what it's built on.
It is built on abysmal labor standards, and it is built on abysmal environmental standards. We are not going to build Canadian policy based on abuses of workers in China and based on pollution in China. So that is really our reply.
As you know, the Democrats in the US have switched up their leader over the summer and they're seeing some success in the polls. They're now competitive with Donald Trump, whereas before it seemed hopeless, and there's a lot of enthusiasm among party members. Does that give you pause and make you think maybe we should have a leadership swap here in this country to revive the liberal fortunes.
Absolutely not.
All of us here have tremendous confidence in the Prime Minister. We have confidence in him as the leader of our government, as the Prime Minister of Canada, and we have confidenced him in him as our party's leader.
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They're absolutely still achievable. And that is one of the things that we spent some time over the summer working on that. We have been having really important discussions with industry leaders, with labor, with environmental groups, and with our colleagues around the cabinet table.
Absolutely, what's your message to caucus members who want to see some sort of big political reset come out of this cabinet meeting and some major changes moving forward to try to turn the party's political fortunes around.
I spent the summer talking with a lot of members of our caucus. I think I've had one on one conversations just this summer with around seventy MPs. And the message that I heard from caucus is we believe in the work that we are doing, and we know we need to be listening to Canadians. We know we need to be delivering for Canadians on their key priorities. And all of caucus, all of cabinets, spent the summer really listening.
And certainly what I heard, certainly what Ontario Caucus heard was housing, affordability, economic growth, that that is what Canadians want. They need us to work hard to deliver on those priorities. And I think that's what you see us here focused on.
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