Tuesday 12 February 2019

Scheer tells N.B. town hall 'job #1' as PM would be to repeal carbon pricing

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Replying to and 49 others
Methinks CBC didn't like my posting comments while Andy Baby Scheer was in Fat Fred City and Justin was battling Jody bigtime N'esy Pas?





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/andrew-scheer-fredericton-town-hall-1.5015318



Scheer sees friendly faces at Fredericton town hall




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David Amos
David Amos
Methinks everybody is curious how many loonies Mr Scheer raised for Mr Higgs last night N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-tories-fundraing-target-prepare-election-1.5014472

Ruling PCs set ambitious fundraising target of $1.6M

'We want to be an election-ready machine'
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Feb 11, 2019 4:04 PM AT



David Amos
David Amos
Methinks my Conservative foes were far too Happy Happy Happy in Fat Fred City last night for the SANB and all my other political foes to stomach Surprise Surprise Surprise N'esy Pas?


David Amos
David Amos
@David Amos Methinks its kinda strange that these folks are not commenting on the far more popular article about Scheer's visit to at Fred City N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fredericton-andrew-scheer-town-hall-live-1.5014675







  
cheryl wright
Marc Martin
Its nice to see Sheer went to an Anglo Society meeting..........


cheryl wright
cheryl wright
@Marc Martin im sure you would have been welcome mr I make language an issue on everything

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@cheryl wright

I didn't make this a language issue at all, but you did.

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@cheryl wright

Again, why did the province of NB fund the Steves party reunion ? You never answered this ?

David Amos
David Amos
@cheryl wright "i looked at that but was not able to find any answers. i am sure it is the same reason why the government is paying for the leblanc reunion this year coming; even though the government site clearly states that family reunions are ineligible for funding"

Now that is interesting








Marc Martin 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
I've been a little hesitant to throw my unqualified support behind Andrew Scheer in spite of the continuing mess created by Justin Trudeau. After watching Scheer during the "townhall" last evening I was impressed by his causal demeanor, sincerity and obvious empathic position on many issues important to Canadians. I still want to hear more policy specifics, but I'm 90% there.


David Amos
David Amos
@Emery Hyslop-Margison Methinks you should Google "David Amos Federal Court File No" in order to research why I sued the Crown when Scheer was the Speaker N'esy Pas?









Jef Cronkhite 
Jef Cronkhite
"Scheer sees friendly faces at Fredericton town hall"
Well, of course. When the entire event has been planned, scripted, and arranged by his good friend, Blaine Higgs, why wouldn't he have a great meeting?


Ronald Parker
Ronald Parker
@Jef Cronkhite Exactly, drop him off up northern NB and see what happens.

David Amos
David Amos
@Ronald Parker Methinks a lot of liberals would pay to see that happen and the SANB would certainly have a field day without their precious Francophonie Games N'esy Pas?








 Marc Martin 
Rosco holt
Of course the audiance is friendly, it was screen, just like the questions were scripted before hand.
And people clapping like trained seals after each scripted answers.


Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Rosco holt Like at Trudeau's !

David Amos
David Amos
@Rosco holt Thats the MO all political parties practice

Rosco holt
Rosco holt
@Lou Bell
Any proof?
Trudeau has been booed and ask not very flattering questions, while conservatives events are lovefest with easy pre-approved questions like it was done under Harper

David Amos
David Amos
@Rosco holt Methinks after running in six elections I should not have to prove a thing to people who refuse to believe me because of their political loyalties N'esy Pas?






 


 Marc Martin 
Jeff LeBlanc
Still can't believe he was the "best" candidate for the Conservative leadership wow. But hey, he thinks his mom is "neat-o" so that's something I guess.


Frank Knowles
Frank Knowles
@Jeff LeBlanc
Good old 13th round draft pick. One of the former Harper Minions that gave Canada some of it's worst years on record. Scheer promised to run a nasty election campaign and it's already begun.

Jeff LeBlanc
Jeff LeBlanc
@Frank Knowles ha I love the analogy

David Amos
David Amos
@Frank Knowles Methinks everybody loves a circus and it would not be much of a show without the clowns N'esy Pas?









 Stephen Long
Stephen Long
Will Scheer correct any audience member who uses the word mankind instead of humankind?


David Amos
David Amos
@Stephen Long Methinks he called it peoplekind N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-peoplekind-bad-joke-1.4524233








 Marc Martin 
Marc Martin
*Scheer said his carbon plan would "reduce emissions" but he did not reveal any specifics.8

Of course he does not know, even if they are in power there will still be a carbon tax plan. Funny he offers no solution but he stills whines over and over about Trudeau...


Colin Seeley
Colin Seeley
@Marc Martin

Of course you would know there is a Carbon Tax in B.C.

Emissions have increased year over year for the past 5 years and Govt has abandoned revenue neutral concept.

daryl doucette
daryl doucette
@Marc Martin carbon tax is simply a tax grab. Weather changes continuously. a big scam.

David Amos
David Amos
@daryl doucette I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir

Pierre LaRoches
Pierre LaRoches
@Marc Martin As always platforms are released when writs drop. This has been going on all your life, including when your Liberals buddies are in opposition. You know this, you pretend not to know it so you can slag on the opposition. You are the worst kind of hypocrite.

cheryl wright
cheryl wright
@Marc Martin its better than just saying "do it" and making everyone else figure it out for you

Rosco holt
Rosco holt
@Marc Martin
"Scheer said his carbon plan would "reduce emissions"".

What, he will keep mouth shut.

Rosco holt
Rosco holt
@daryl doucette
Something has to be done to cut down pollution.

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@cheryl wright

The Federal government is investing tons of money into Green projects and innovation, so you see no one is making anyone else figuring it by itself.

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Colin Seeley

Of course there is, as there should be, they are polluting everything in North America, its also proven that the Tar oil is the responsible for most of the cancer from Quebec across the Atlantic provinces.

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@daryl doucette

Maybe it is, I know for a fact tone of money are re-invested into Green projects trough federal money grants.

cheryl wright
cheryl wright
@Marc Martin the only green projects going on with the federals are the "green" being put into their own pockets. or maybe snc lavalin's ...

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Pierre LaRoches

For your information I always vote for the party that gives me the most. When I was younger I voted conservative. Last Federal election I voted Liberal because they gave more to the average person then your CoRservatives did. Unlike you I am not blinded by color and will not vote for the same color, you well you probably wear blue panties, blues shirts everyday...

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@cheryl wright

You still have no answered me why the province funded the Steves party reunion ?
cheryl wright
cheryl wright
@Marc Martin i looked at that but was not able to find any answers. i am sure it is the same reason why the government is paying for the leblanc reunion this year coming; even though the government site clearly states that family reunions are ineligible for funding

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@cheryl wright

But you where the one saying that the government only paid for French family reunion ?









 Marc Martin 
Mary MacKenzie
Nice to see unvetted questions.


Ronald Parker
Ronald Parker
@Mary MacKenzie dont get me wrong I am not a fan of Trudeau but the fact that Scheer has not been in power means he can give with ever fluffy answers he thinks will get the best response.

Harold Benson
Harold Benson
@Mary MacKenzie Another Trumpism

David Amos
David Amos
@Mary MacKenzie "Nice to see unvetted questions"

Yea Right

Rosco holt
Rosco holt
@Mary MacKenzie
Everything the federal conservatives do is scripted, just like when they screen those who attend their town hall.









 Marc Martin 
Colin Seeley
Refreshing. And “ selfies” did not seem to be the priority.


David Amos
David Amos
@Colin Seeley Methinks only you would want a selfie with your buddies Mr Higgs and Rob Moore N'esy Pas?





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Methinks everybody knows why I am looking forward to running against Mr Scheer's lawyer buddy Rob Moore again N'esy Pas?




https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fredericton-andrew-scheer-town-hall-live-1.5014675



Scheer tells N.B. town hall 'job #1' as PM would be to repeal carbon pricing





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David Amos
David Amos
Methinks everybody knows why I am looking forward to running against Mr Scheer's lawyer buddy Rob Moore again N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276



David Amos 
David Amos
"Donald Wright, a political scientist at the University of New Brunswick, said the party needs to find strong local candidates to ensure they aren't shut out again in Atlantic Canada."

Political scientist EH? Well it certainly ain't rocket science. Methinks many Maritimers can name at least a half a dozen ridings that Andy could be a blue coat on a dog and it would win next time N'esy Pas?



David Amos
David Amos
"On Tuesday, he speaks to a business audience in the morning before meeting with Tory N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs and his cabinet and holding a policy brainstorming session with Conservatives from across Atlantic Canada"

Too Too Funny

Methinks a lot of folks would love to witness Conservatives having a brainstorm Perhaps its just like monstrous headache N'esy Pas?




David Amos
David Amos
Methinks Mr Scheer should have a interesting conversation on CBC in Fat Fred City this morning after having fun with his friends last night N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/andrew-scheer-fredericton-town-hall-1.5015318

Scheer sees friendly faces at Fredericton town hall

Federal opposition leader answered questions Monday night
CBC News · Posted: Feb 12, 2019 4:00 AM AT







David Amos
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David Amos
Its 7:22 AM and Seguin of CBC just quizzed Andy Baby about Energy East Pipeline and his nonsense about the Irving Clan upgrading their refinery and I chuckled. However methinks folks must find it strange that Andy and Seguin failed to mention the fact that Trudeau The Younger bought a pipeline out west that is going nowhere fast N'esy Pas?


John Nelson
John Nelson
@David Amos Can you stop ending all your posts with N'esy Pas since N'esy Pas isn't a phrase in any language?

David Amos
David Amos
@John Nelson Methinks just did the job for you with this comment N'esy Pas?








greg howard
greg howard
"As innovations take place and as companies invest in different types of power sources, those types of things will be occurring, in some cases, naturally as part of the economy progresses, and society progresses," he said. "And government can absolutely play a role in encouraging innovation as well."

Talk about bafflegab!!!! He thinks companies will just switch to 'greener' energy out of the goodness of their hearts?? Just like the investments they made when the taxpayers gave them corporate tax breaks?
Oh wait, they didn't did they? They just sat on the extra cash!!!!!!
No plan is just that, no plan. Meanwhile dogwhistle politics at its best/worst here.


David Amos
David Amos
@greg howard "Talk about bafflegab!!!!"

I have not doubt his fans loved it. However you must recall Trudeau claimed the budget would balance itself. Methinks that is exactly the same type of bafflegab and yet he is the PM N'esy Pas?


Roland Wippel
Roland Wippel
@David Amos Except that the comment about the budget was pulled out of context from a much longer sentence, which you conveniently ignore. The actual full sentence was, if the right economic environment is created, the budget will balance itself.

John Nelson
John Nelson
@greg howard Every great advancement made throughout history has been the result of capitalism. It will be in this case as well. Perhaps if you studied up, you might understand this a little better.

Garry Hiebert
Garry Hiebert
@greg howard
Tax tax tax deficits deficits deficits the liberal mantra. Nice to see other options to reduce emissions it is better to use the carrot the beat them with a stick. The carbon tax is nothing but a tax grab and the money will be spent on everything but emission control.

David Amos
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David Amos
@John Nelson "Can you stop ending all your posts with N'esy Pas since N'esy Pas isn't a phrase in any language?"

Methinks just did the job for you with the comment you chastised me about Amirite? (That ain't a word either according to you but lots of people use it N'esy Pas?)


David Amos
David Amos
@Roland Wippel Methinks both the liberals and the conservatives are the champs at conveniently ignoring things N'esy Pas?

Perhaps Trudeau will tell you who within his beloved peoplekind which he now oversees is missing from this article

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276


David Amos
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David Amos
@John Nelson "Can you stop ending all your posts with N'esy Pas since N'esy Pas isn't a phrase in any language?"

Methinks you have never been down to the Bay of Fundy to parlie in Chiac N'esy Pas?








Don Pooley  
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allen simpson
Baby Sneer crying again, the cons have no plans for anything to do with the environment so they have to dump their garbage on the liberals.


David Amos
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David Amos
@allen simpson Methinks the former speaker was not crying on CBC infomorning in Fredericton minutes ago Perhaps he will go down the hill to Federal Court and pull my file and then start crying N'esy Pas?










Don Pooley  
Robert Brannen
Both Scheer and Trudeau need to find a copy of James Hansen's book "Storms of My Grandchildren" and give it a reading. The book outlines a proper carbon tax plan.
The Trudeau carbon tax plan applies the tax at the incorrect level; Scheer just refuses to get his head out of the sand and face reality.


David Amos
David Amos
@Robert Brannen "Scheer just refuses to get his head out of the sand and face reality."

Methinks the same should be said of Trudeau N'esy Pas?











Mar Pell  
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Mar Pell
The cons must spend the night whining.

I pity then for being so gullible.


David Amos
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David Amos
@Mar Pell Methinks everybody knows gullible is what liberal supporters are as well N'esy Pas?












William Ben  
William Ben
Only the naive think paying Trudeau’s carbon tax will stop the floods the fires and the tornados.

Scheer is right to stop this heinous tax grab in save the planet clothing.


Robert Brannen
Robert Brannen
@William Ben

The naïve also believe that Canada's forests are a net carbon sink and exempt Canadians from being net contributors to the problem of carbon dioxide emissions.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/canada-forests-carbon-sink-or-source-1.5011490

David Amos
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David Amos
@William Ben "Only the naive think paying Trudeau’s carbon tax will stop the floods the fires and the tornados."

Mais Oui


David Amos
David Amos
@William Ben Methinks its strange that I cannot agree with you in the other official language and the Anglos don't like my employment of Chiac N'esy Pas?











William Ben 
William Ben
Job number one is to remove our not so transparent PM.


David Amos
David Amos
@William Ben YUP











Neil Gregory
Neil Gregory
Job #1 for Canadian voters is to make sure that Scheer and his reformacons do not get elected.

Canada can't afford another mess like the one the Harper government left us.

Joyce Hope Shortell
Joyce Hope Shortell
@Neil Gregory , What mess? He didn't divide the country the way Trudeau has.

David Amos
David Amos
@Joyce Hope Shortell Methinks they both did N'esy Pas?











Don Pooley 
mo bennett
vote green! sleep at night!


Craig Macneil
Craig Macneil
@mo bennett im voting green,enough of the mafia style libs and cons.

William Ben
William Ben
@mo bennett you six fine people in this LPC echo chamber will give the greens a huge boost!

David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett YO MO Methinks you are in for many restless nights N'esy Pas?










Don Pooley 
Craig Macneil
Thats millions of votes Scheer just lost.The greenies are a huge amount of voters on Canada.I don't think he understands much.


William Ben
William Ben
@Craig Macneil the greens I doubt they are viable.

David Amos
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David Amos
@William Ben The Greens are a joke

David Amos
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David Amos
@Craig Macneil Methinks there are many things greenies don't understand either N'esy Pas?




David Amos
David Amos
@William Ben "the greens I doubt they are viable."

I so then why does CBC support them?









Don Pooley 
mo bennett
Canada wood be better off with San Fernando Red as PM.


David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett YUP








Don Pooley 
mo bennett
Canada doesn't want a mini-steve. get over it!


David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett YO MO Is San Fernando Red available?











Don Pooley 
mo bennett
PM is merely an acronym for pre- menopausal.


David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett Go back to bed










Don Pooley 
mo bennett
yo! andy! methinks it's time for a visit to Buford's milliner, messy paws?


David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett YO MO I see you are up early and having fun with my expressions 2 boot. Methinks it is a sincere form of flattery N'esy Pas?











Don Pooley 
mo bennett
the ambulance chaser will never be PM of anything.


David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett YO MO Methinks you must been dreaming about lawyers last night Whereas the only two wannabe PM ambulance chasers are Max and Jaggy one of them must have upset you N'esy Pas?











Don Pooley 
Patrick Dool
University Professors claim the Conservatives are a Western Canada party? Please.
Ontario has kicked the Provincial Liberals to non-party status. Ontario has moved decisively to the Right and completely against carbon taxes.
The Trudeau Liberals are next, but we do have some pockets of Socialist/NDP (like University Professors) who stubbornly advocate Government control of everything but it's maybe 10%. The media should ask the working-man and woman.


David Amos
David Amos
@Patrick Dool Methinks everybody knows there is supposed to be a BIG difference between Harper's Federal Conservative Party and the Provincial Progressive Conservative Parties kinda kinda like the Provincial Liberals in BC versus the Federal ones N'esy Pas?


Neil Gregory
Neil Gregory
@Patrick Dool

How soon the right-wing, Conservative posters forget that just a couple of decades ago their party had only TWO seats in the house of Commons. The reason? Brian Mulroney! McGuinty and Wynne were just Ontario's version of Mulroney and Harper. So, like a bad penny the Liberals will return to haunt us once again.

Neil Gregory
Neil Gregory
@David Amos

Those differences are only cosmetic window dressing. Their basic philosophies are remain just as they have always been.

David Amos
David Amos
@Neil Gregory Why else would I run for public office six times thus far?










Don Pooley 
Mr Scheer does not appear to accept that the climate change issue is serious and demands concerted action sooner rather then later. Relying on random innovation is not going to do it. It is a fact that carbon pricing is acknowledged as the most efficient way to lower carbon emissions among economists, especially given the tax will be mostly refunded. Canada has to do it's part for climate change.


David Amos
David Amos
@ Methinks we all should ask WHO ARE YOU N'esy Pas?




 



Don Pooley  
William James
A Carbon Tax with out any alternatives is just a tax, not the virtuous climate change game changer that a certain conceited fellow would have us believe.


David Amos
David Amos
@William James True








Don Pooley 
keat Grant
Hey Scheer what's your plan to lower egg and dairy prices


keat Grant
keat Grant
@keat Grant Btw he has no plan!

David Amos
David Amos
@keat Grant Whats Trudeau's?










JOHN MCTAGGART
JOHN MCTAGGART
"Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer told a town hall tonight that his first job as prime minister would be to repeal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's climate change plan."
THE STORY

Yet again Blandy Andy sets off down the wrong path.

Will he never learn the world has passed him by?


David Amos
David Amos
@JOHN MCTAGGART Will you?










Don Pooley 
James Ruslin
Removing the disposable income of the working class will stop the planetary climate cycle about as well as prayer.

The Carbon Tax is a giant tax grab wrapped in delusional virtue.


David Amos
David Amos
@James Ruslin YUP











Don Pooley 
Robert Tyre
You would think job 1 would be to restore democracy and rule of law. Sounds like old Andrew is not all that upset about the way things operate behind the scenes with donours and political friends as long as they are his friends


David Amos
David Amos
@Robert Tyre "You would think job 1 would be to restore democracy and rule of law."

Methinks that is your job and mine because politicians never will do their job N'esy Pas?









Don Pooley 
Lucas Williams
If the revenue generated from Trudeau's carbon pricing policies could be proven to ameliorate the effects of global warming, I'm sure most Canadians would go for it, but we all know that it is merely a Liberal tax grab which Trudeau will continue wasting on non-Canadian interests and additional self-serving global initiatives


David Amos
David Amos
@Lucas Williams YUP








Don Pooley 
Lucas Williams
As the article states, "...Scheer's base is in Western Canada and he will need to raise his profile in the Maritimes..."
This already has been started and will grow as the Liberals continue to fall from grace as their unrelenting self-destruction continues due to their inability to avoid their unethical quagmires that will be their undoing in the upcoming election.

David Amos
David Amos
@Lucas Williams Welcome to the Circus










Mike Fisto
Mike Fisto
"The national price on carbon is "a tax on commuters and a free pass for polluters". Congrats Mr Scheer, you just described Frod's plan for Ontario. Did you discuss that with him? Doesn't understand carbon control at all. Just not ready.

David Amos
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David Amos
@Mike Fisto Methinks Mr Butts should ask Mr Dressup to explain carbon tax to his fellow Maritimers real slow N'esy Pas?


David Amos
David Amos
@David Amos Methinks that was a rather telling thing Obviously I struck a nerve N'esy Pas?










Don Pooley 
Peter Pier
Is he going to cut the tens of billions of dollars of subsidies to climate change-causing tar sands industry or is he going to keep allowing the oil companies to privatize the profits and socialize the environmental costs?


Robert Tyre
Robert Tyre
@Peter Pier and the well clean up costs

David Amos
David Amos
@Peter Pier What is Trudeau doing about such things right now?










Don Pooley 
Lucas Williams
"...The Scheer Reformers platform is simply to be against anything you could call Liberal..."

Sounds good to me...

Hurry up October 21...


Mike Fisto
Mike Fisto
@Lucas Williams Elections are won by good policy. Opposition for the sake of opposing is very obvious, and very boring.

Lucas Williams
Lucas Williams
@Mike Fisto

let us have this discussion again after October 21...

Lucas Williams
Lucas Williams
@Lucas Williams

"...against anything you could call Liberal..." being the previously proven unethical conduct and the current Liberal ethical scandals that will put them out of office...

Robert Tyre
Robert Tyre
@Mike Fisto elections SHOULD be won on good policy. In Canada though it is more a matter of tossing out the Libs for the Cons or tossing out the Cons for the Libs. Policy matters not because their policies differ so little

David Amos
David Amos
@Robert Tyre What good is a good policy when they don't really mean to support it once they are elected?

David Amos
David Amos
@Lucas Williams It should be an interesting day EH?










Don Pooley 
Don Pooley
The Scheer Reformers platform is simply to be against anything you could call liberal or progressive.
That's all Folks!

David Amos
David Amos
@Don Pooley Sounds about right









Brian Hughes 
Brian Hughes
Scheer once again is showing that he and his Party ares unfit for government in the 21st century. Climate change is an overwhelming threat to human existence as outlined by world class climate experts. And yet, Scheer refuses to take the issue seriously and instead engages in dishonest political games.
His backbiting comments about the new NAFTA trade deal is also dishonest. He has refused to acknowledge that the deal was the result of trying to negotiate with an unhinged President and the gang of weirdos that have collected around him.
It's very disappointing to have an opposition leader who does not offer thoughtful and considered criticism.


Mike Fisto
Mike Fisto
@Brian Hughes I wonder if Scheer has discussed the new NAFTA with Harper and Ambrose. They were bound to go to the US to "help" get an agreement. They've gone silent, and Scheer doesn't discuss their input. Selective memory?

David Amos
David Amos
@Mike Fisto "Selective memory?"

Methinks it is a common trait among all politicians N'esy Pas?











Troy Mann 
Troy Mann
So Andy has no plan
Andy stated clearly long ago he would have capitulated to Trump on NAFTA and now he has the gall to say he thinks it was a bad deal... Wow...

Why did Andy shut down an investigation into a major leak of private information to a gun lobby? You only close an investigation when you have the guilty party yet Andy refuses to be transparent and tell us who is guilty or hold the guilty party accountable!!!


David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann Methinks Andy should ask the RCMP to launch an investigation into all the money the liberals squandered on the gun registry Oh Yea the RCMP wanted it so that would go nowhere fast N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann I have a better idea why not launch an investigation of the investment industry Methinks that is something you know a lot about Nesy Pas?


Mike Fisto
Mike Fisto
@David Amos The public, particularly in Quebec, were yelling for a gun registry, so they spent some money. Then, as anticipated by most gun owners, it turned into a money pit, a boondoggle that cost us big bucks to try to implement. IMO, most Canadians want common sense gun control and the system attempted was NOT that. It's a political rule of thumb: create an agency that not ALL of the people want, and watch it turn into a money pit. Need I mention the repeated requests for more time and more money for the inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women? Same old story. Gimme gimme gimme, more time, more money. At least the government knew when to say "enough already". The CPC, to give credit where its due, warned us that it would be costly and resolve nothing.

David Amos
David Amos
@Mike Fisto Clearly you don't know who I am











Troy Mann 
George Penner
Why doesn't Scheer come right out and admit it that just like his predecessor Harper and his buddies Ford and Trump, Scheer is a climate change denier.


Adam Mashinter
Adam Mashinter
@George Penner - Probably because you just made that up.

David Amos
David Amos
@Adam Mashinter Touche

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Adam Mashinter

I heard it from an anonymous source so it is truth

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann You would not believe what I heard about you










Gerry Manley 
Gerry Manley
"Conservatives, job #1 will be to repeal the carbon tax."

Good thing Scheer Nonsense will never be PM.


David Amos
David Amos
@Gerry Manley Methinks if that were true then I should ask why is Trudeau the current PM N'esy Pas?


Mike Fisto
Mike Fisto
@David Amos Trudeau is PM because he beat the hell our of the other parties. BTW, your fracturing of the French language is not funny, but is offensive.

Gerry Manley
Gerry Manley
@Mike Fisto

I agree and I see no humor in the French comment either.

David Amos
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David Amos
@Mike Fisto Methinks you forgot to ask me if I cared about what you think N'esy Pas?


David Amos
David Amos
@Gerry Manley Methinks you forgot to ask me if I cared about what you think N'esy Pas?










Troy Mann 
Eileen Kinley
So, Scheer complains that a price on carbon is a tax on commuters and free pass for polluters.

Ignoring for now that most of us will get back more than we paid...

How will he make polluters pay? What is he telling the oil patch and large emitters across the country? Because those industries will tell him that if they pay they won't be "competitive".

CAPP is pushing for an increase in emissions:

"CAPP’s recommendations advocate for a strong growth scenario for the oil and natural gas industry in Alberta, increasing its competitiveness in the global energy market and attracting investment back to the province. CAPP’s Energy Platform sets goals to ensure the rate of Alberta’s oil and natural gas supply doubles in growth and helps meet global demand; "

Note that global demand will be dropping if it lives up to the Paris Agreement.

We've been waiting 20-30 years for industry to get their act in gear. Obviously they won't do it voluntarily. And apparently they don't want the world to meet the Paris Agreement.


David Amos
David Amos
@Eileen Kinley Who is "we" ?










Troy Mann 
Norm Head
Scheer is the man for who's plan is not having a plan. "Industry will do it." Just like they do low cost affordable housing. All these things the private sector was supposed to accomplish really didn't pan out. The Government will provide "incentives" , to the good friends of the Conservative party. The other 60% of the population will be shut out. Just like in Harper's day.


Doug Sanden
Doug Sanden
@Norm Head Agreed - can't absolutely count on private sector to hit Paris targets voluntarily - public companies have a duty to shareholders to maximize shareholder value within laws and regulations, and unless they can earn some good will from customers to offset price increases for decarbonizing at net cost, they are unlikely to. Small business are usually in a dogfight with near competitors, and can't usually voluntarily decarbonize at net cost and pass the price on without losing businesses to dirtier competitors, A carbon tax makes that fair again.

David Amos
David Amos
@Norm Head "Scheer is the man for who's plan is not having a plan."

Methinks at least it can't be a bad plan N'esy Pas?

Doug Sanden
Doug Sanden
@David Amos It is worse for most canadians if it costs more and/or does less than the federal backstop or provincial plans.

David Amos
David Amos
@Doug Sanden Promising to remove a tax is not a bad plan in my book


Doug Sanden
Doug Sanden
@David Amos A carbon tax is the _cheapest_ way to accelerate decarbonization. Every other way costs more for less. Do you want to pay more, or do less?

David Amos
David Amos
@Doug Sanden Do you know who I am?

Tatyana Sivak
Tatyana Sivak
@Doug Sanden Decarbonization? Don’t mix pollution with CO2 (carbon dioxide).
CO2 is not a pollutant.
CO2 is an essence of life. "The theory of life, in brief, is such that carbon dioxide is the basic nutrition of every life form on Earth... It acts as the regulator of all functions in the organism, it maintains the internal environment of the organism, it is the vitamin of all vitamins." Dr. K. P. Buteyko
"Carbon dioxide is, in fact, a more fundamental component of living matter than is oxygen. Carbon dioxide is the chief hormone of the entire body; it is the only one that is produced by every tissue and probably acts on every organ." Yandell Henderson, Ph.D. The function of our respiratory system is not just to push air in and out but to maintain a very specific ratio of oxygen to carbon dioxide. HOW MUCH CARBON DIOXIDE DO WE NEED?
THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE CONTAINS 200 TIMES LESS CARBON DIOXIDE THAN WE NEED AND 10 TIMES MORE OXYGEN THAN WE NEED. Low carbon dioxide causes stress on all the body's organ systems.


Doug Sanden
Doug Sanden
@Tatyana Sivak Correct/right/agreed - decarbonization is a common short hand term for reducing/minimizing/eliminating anthropogenic/human-cause net GHG greenhouse gas emissions - mostly from fossil fuel combustion

David Amos
David Amos
@Doug Sanden "Fossil fuel" Yea Right

Do you really believe that oil comes from dead dinosaurs?


Mike Fisto
Mike Fisto
@David Amos OK. Why not ask that the taxes that pay for your safety net should be reduced/removed?

Mike Fisto
Mike Fisto
@David Amos I doubt very much that anyone here CARES who you are.

Mike Fisto
Mike Fisto
@Tatyana Sivak Old news. We've heard this crap repeatedly, and its been wrong every time.

JOHN MCTAGGART
JOHN MCTAGGART
@Mike Fisto

I do not!

David Amos
David Amos
@Mike Fisto "I doubt very much that anyone here CARES who you are."

So you say EH?








Troy Mann 
Doug Sanden
Kill carbon tax? I want it - economists agree its the _cheapest_ way to accelerate decarbonization -as measured in $/tonne abated or % GDP. Every other way costs more for less. Including incentives (will need a tax grab to pay for them, or they will be piddly marginal stuff). And I'm in 66 tonne/capita AB (Canada averages 15 tonnes/capita) - AB has a long way to decarbonize, we need the cheapest way.


David Amos
David Amos
@Doug Sanden Methinks economists would agree to anything you pay them to agree to N'esy Pas?

Doug Sanden
Doug Sanden
@David Amos No one is paying them for a specific answer. Academics publishing studies in journals are trying to come with the right / true answer. And EU, US and Canadian academic economists agree broad based carbon pricing -including cap & trade and carbon tax - is the most efficient / cheapest per tonne abated. That's because those with the lowest marginal cost of abatement will abate first. See ecofiscal.ca for studies by economists on carbon pricing.

David Amos
David Amos
@Doug Sanden Trust that i didn't just fall off the turnip truck.

Methinks all the liberals, Mr Scheer and his former boss know I caused a hearing at the Senate Banking Committee in Washington the year before I ran for a seat in the 38th Parliament and 5 years before the economy collapsed in 2008 N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos


Mike Fisto
Mike Fisto
@David Amos And where are you now? Yapping on CBC and insulting every French person in Canada. How the mighty have fallen.

JOHN MCTAGGART
JOHN MCTAGGART
@David Amos

I feel really sad for you!

What was all that supposed to prove?








Troy Mann 
Randy A. Selkirk
Integrity malfunctions are happening in the PMO and people are pointing fingers . Wow . All partisan loyalties aside , this guy Trudeau, well he is simply the real Donald !


David Amos
David Amos
@Randy A. Selkirk Nobody holds a candle to The Donald.

Methinks many would agree that that Yankee is in a league of his own N'esy Pas?









Troy Mann 
Robert Brannen
"Wright said Scheer's base is in Western Canada and he will need to raise his profile in the Maritimes."

The problem being that Prairie populism (a.k.a. Conservatism) is recognized as Liberalism in the Atlantic Provinces. Too much emphasis on individual freedom; not enough concern for the greater good of society at large. Policy that would span the divide between the two camps would be truly amazing to read.


David Amos
David Amos
@Robert Brannen Good luck with that wish coming true









Troy Mann 
Ian Newell
"As innovations take place and as companies invest in different types of power sources, those types of things will be occurring, in some cases, naturally as part of the economy progresses, and society progresses," ……….empty again.


David Amos
David Amos
@Ian Newell Methinks the crickets loved it N'esy Pas?









Troy Mann 
Carey Turner
I just say Peter MacKay on CBC talk about INTEGRITY, WOW, surprised he knew the word.


Al Marsden
Al Marsden
@Carey Turner. Isn't this the same guy who had a government helicopter take him on a personal fishing trip?
Or was that someone else?

David Amos
David Amos
@Carey Turner "INTEGRITY, WOW, surprised he knew the word."

FYI My legal argument in Federal Court in Fredericton began with Peter MacKay

Methinks you may enjoy Googling the following N'esy Pas?

"Integrity ya right David Amos Peter MacKay"

Adam Mashinter
Adam Mashinter
@Al Marsden - No, that was the Aga Kahn's helicopter, it was Tiny Potatoes, and he lied to us about it for over a year.

Not sure if he went fishing.









Troy Mann 
Peter Steffler
I remember when Andy's mentor characterized the Maritime provinces as "The culture of defeatism."


Al Marsden
Al Marsden
@Peter Steffler. That comment was correct.
Sometimes the truth hurts.

David Amos
David Amos
@Peter Steffler Lest we forget

David Amos
David Amos
@Al Marsden Oh My








Troy Mann  
HankBurnaby
Before repealing the carbon tax, try to understand why it is around. Remember, we - all humans - are jeopradizing our future for the sake of the corporations - if it isn't too late already.


David Amos
David Amos
@HankBurnaby Methinks liberals can call all it whatever they wish but it is just another tax that will nothing for the planet N'esy Pas?

Norm Head
Norm Head
@David Amos
And the conservatives have a plan that will do something for the planet? Now I'm laughing.

David Amos
David Amos
@Norm Head Me Too









Troy Mann  
Peter Steffler
Job #2 for Andy would be to reinstate Tony Clements member back into the caucus.


Al Marsden
Al Marsden
@Peter Steffler. Clever comment!

David Amos
David Amos
@Peter Steffler Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?









Troy Mann  
Jim Redmond
I would repeal the carbon revenue expropriation scheme 5 minutes after I was sworn in as PM. Think about it folks --- there's a reason why it's called revenue expropriation.


David Amos
David Amos
@Jim Redmond YUP









Troy Mann  
Helen Kochanik
scheer you fake. you cannot even run a country. you are reformer conservatives. hope you get lost. will not vote for you.


Denis Dalore
Denis Dalore
@Helen Kochanik I will.

David Amos
David Amos
@Helen Kochanik @Denis Dalore Thats music to my ears






Dawn Lee
Dawn Lee
Scheer gave good answers. No drama, no whining, just straight talk. All he needs is a sweater vest :)


David Amos
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David Amos
@Dawn Lee Methinks all Trudeau the Younger has to do is roll up his sleeves and you know he means business N'esy Pas?


David Amos
David Amos
@David Amos and the editing begins for the benefit of you know who










Troy Mann  
Graham Greene
AKA, disregarding a future of the country.

Yesterday's man in a boys costume.


David Amos
David Amos
@Graham Greene Harper's history However methinks all the young dudes he appointed to wear old men's costumes in the courts throughout the county will be around for years N'esy Pas?








Troy Mann 
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Roger Jerome
What...no platitudes, lecturing or finger wagging like Mr, Dressup?


Al Marsden
Content disabled.
Al Marsden
@Roger Jerome. No Bollywood gear?
No dancing?

David Amos
Content disabled.
David Amos
@Roger Jerome Methinks Andy is relying on his dimples to win the day over sunny ways N'esy Pas?











Troy Mann 
Myles Grant
This is why Scheer will never be prime minister. All the things that need fixing in this country, and he thinks carbon pricing is job 1? Voting out Andrew Scheer will be job 1.


David Amos
David Amos
@Myles Grant Methinks he has to be voted in before he is voted out Hence it would be job 2 for you if in fact he ever won N'esy Pas?










Troy Mann 
Carey Turner
Andy, for the last time, the earth is not flat and is more than 6,000 years old. Serious !

David Amos
David Amos
@Carey Turner I suppose you are gonna tell us that the Yankees didn't walk on the moon either.

Carey Turner
Carey Turner
@David Amos I think it's 50/50 .

David Amos
David Amos
@Carey Turner I never touch the stuff









Troy Mann 
Brent Grywinski
Another invitation only gathering?


David Amos
David Amos
@Brent Grywinski Hard telling not knowing for sure but trust that I was not invited. The Cons must know that I would not go even if I were invited.

Methinks Mr Higgs and everybody else understands the old adage "If you run with turkeys then you are a turkey" N'esy Pas?

Carey Turner
Carey Turner
@Brent Grywinski , In true SH style, all questions scripted, non believers removed.

sian maccauley
sian maccauley
@David Amos

Enough N'esy pas already, N'esy pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@sian maccauley Never











Mar Pell 
Mar Pell
Hope he wears strong adult perfume sprayed in the hall.


David Amos
David Amos
@Mar Pell That comment went over my head Methinks I am not alone perhaps you should explain it so we can all enjoy your joke N'esy Pas?










Troy Mann 
Neil Austen
Canadians need to pay attention to the difference between the tonality of Conservatives and Liberals messages they paint for you.
Conservatives are always against something, fear of something, angry at something, blaming somebody.
Liberal are striving for something, improving something, or helping somebody.
Choose what you want Canada to be.
We do not want Trump-Harper style government in Canada.


Dan Reid
Dan Reid
@Neil Austen why you don't like a truly strong economy?

Brent Grywinski
Brent Grywinski
@Dan Reid
67 000 jobs created in January. We have had a great economy for the last three years. Canada is not going back to low growth and high unemployment under Harper.

David Amos
David Amos
@Neil Austen "We do not want Trump-Harper style government in Canada."

Methinks everybody in Fat Fred City knows a majority of Canadians would agree with you. However another majority ain't too impressed with Trudeau the Younger and his sunny ways Hence the next election is gonna be a circus N'esy Pas?

Myles Grant
Myles Grant
@Brent Grywinski Not true. There was very high employment -- of TFWs-- under Harper and his good buddy Jason Kenney.

Tony Belmore
Tony Belmore
@Dan Reid We got one today. And oil is around $50.00

Carson Brook
Carson Brook
@Neil Austen
maybe the angry attacks would be understandable in angry people if there was anything like policy or platform to balance off the wild vitriol. But there isn't. All Andrew Scheer has is his vengeance against Trudeau and his comfort zone with attacking... big thing is that the media gives him so much leeway - tabloid coverage seems to bring in the health insurance ads like crazy

David Amos
David Amos
@Carson Brook "All Andrew Scheer has is his vengeance against Trudeau and his comfort zone with attacking."

Methinks the same could be said of your attacks on me N'esy Pas?










Troy Mann 
Neil Austen
Let's remind Canadians what happened last time an antiquated Conservative party was in charge of Canada. All the new depths they dragged Canada down to, all those new ‘firsts’ for the country.

First time Canada had TWO recessions in under 8 years.
First Canadian Prime Minister held in CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT when Stephen Harper misappropriated tens of millions of dollars. Canadian hard earn tax dollars vanished.
First time Canada rescinded environmental protection for thousands of Canadian waterways and arboreal forests.
First time in history, Canada reduced civil rights and privacy of its citizens with an anti-terror bill and giving up Canadian privacy on the internet.
First time in history, Canada became a mouthpiece for Isreal and funding their border security in the tune of well over half a BILLION dollars under the guise of ‘foreign aid’.
First time in all of Canada’s history, the country could not garner the votes from the international community for a seat on the UN Security Council.
First time in Canada’s history gun lobbyists bragged about their free and easy access to Canadian top government.
First time in history, Canada became an environmental pariah in the international community.
First time a Canadian PM accrued $184 billion of debt for the country and then made $50 billion of it vanish from the books by simply using accounting tricks (google it) so he could claim a faux balance budget on an election year.
First time a Canadian PM made war on the free press to such a degree that Canadian reporters had to implore a visiting Chinese reporter to ask a question of Harper for them.
Etc, etc, etc,
I shiver to think what new depths another Conservative government will drag Canada down to.


David Amos
David Amos
@Neil Austen Methinks you work quite hard for the liberal party N'esy Pas?

Carson Brook
Carson Brook
@David Amos time to google David R Amos NB again n'esy pas

David Amos
David Amos
@Carson Brook Please do and add your name to the search line as well

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Neil Austen

Sheer is following up with closing an investigation into a major leak of private information to the gun lobby.

Who closes an investigation into such a crime with out a guilty person? No one
Why is Andy not telling Canadians who leaked the private information to the gun lobby?
Why is Andy refusing to be transparent?

No plan Andy


mo bennett
mo bennett
@Neil Austen look on the bright side, at least they didn't make us suffer thru another epidemic of the plague!!

William Ben
William Ben
@Neil Austen let us discover how quickly the LPC became corrupt and decided to operate outside of the rule of law. No confidence whatsoever in Trudeau and his party.

William Ben
William Ben
@Troy Mann the allegations could not be proven let’s see how Mr. Trudeau does with Lavalin and Norman before we continue on with this theme.

William Ben
William Ben
@Neil Austen contempt of parliament is a technical violation. It’s not illegal just frowned upon and objectionable, unlike the illegal stuff Trudeau likes to do.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@William Ben

Contempt of Parliament is the most serious “crime” in Parliamentary democracy.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "Contempt of Parliament is the most serious “crime” in Parliamentary democracy."

Methinks you recalled our phone conversation and now understand why I sued the Crown in Federal Court in Fredericton while running for seat in the 42nd Parliament N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@William Ben "contempt of parliament is a technical violation"

Methinks you should explain your opinion to the ghost of Louis Riel or Mr Harper because I think you have no idea what you are talking about and obviously just told you so. Trust that the former Speaker Mr Scheer knows I am the guy who sued the Crown for being falsely accused of being in contempt of parliament while running for public office 6 times and counting N'esy Pas?












Troy Mann
Robert Morris
Scheer takes questions from a group of wealthy businessmen........they did not ask him about the missing stabilizers on the hero class ships or the phoenix failure or the con plan to reduce carbon emissions......all they wanted to hear was how Scheer was going to cut taxes for the rich and make the rest of us pay for it......


David Amos
David Amos
@Robert Morris Methinks this is the real reason for the secret meeting with the wealth dudes N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-tories-fundraing-target-prepare-election-1.5014472

Ruling PCs set ambitious fundraising target of $1.6M









Troy Mann 
Daryl McBride
Canada's next PM, keep up the good work.

Myles Grant
Myles Grant
@Daryl McBride Barf bag, please.


David Amos
David Amos
@Daryl McBride Dream on


Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Daryl McBride

The Libs up by 4 in today’s Nanos poll.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp I bet that made your day eh?











Dwight Williams 
Dwight Williams
Mediocre Trudeau looks pretty bad, until you listen to Andy Scheer speak.

Then 'a rock and a hard place' springs to mind.


David Amos
David Amos
@Dwight Williams YUP









Dwight Williams 
Dwight Williams
Scheer:

"Id like to give you an in-depth talk about all of the principles I hold firm to and will be campaigning on. And 'll do that as soon as my corporate masters and pollsters tell me what they are".


David Amos
David Amos
@Dwight Williams Oh my my Please say it ain't true









Troy Mann 
Ivan Bannatyne
Perhaps he will disclose what he has to offer as a leader; not much has shown up so far.


Richard Dunn
Richard Dunn
@Ivan Bannatyne Are you a fan of the current PM?
Not trying to be smart.....just cuirous what you are looking for in a leader.

Irv Millar
Irv Millar
@Richard Dunn Someone who does not take orders from Steve Harper or any other rogue consultants would be a start.

David Amos
David Amos
@Irv Millar BINGO



Richard Dunn
Richard Dunn
@Irv Millar You seem to be a typical Trudeau liberal and cannot make a sentence without using the word Harper.
How about we look for a PM that.....
-has not broken the law, is not an embarrasement on the world stage

Gerard Groenewegen
Gerard Groenewegen
@Ivan Bannatyne Ivan, Scheer doesn't need to say much. The Trudeau Liberals are defeating themselves. Scheer is better off not releasing his platform until the election and let the next few months be about the Trudeau Liberals and its various boondoggles.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Dunn Methinks you are not aware of what went down between the former Speaker Mr Scheer and I N'esy Pas?









Troy Mann 
Richard Edmonds
Between trudeaus SNC scandal and the Norman case anyone with any sense would never vote for trudeau. All the dumpster fires trudeau has started all on his own over the three plus years. Well that should be enough for any intelligent person to totally forget about voting liberal. Now our coast guard ships need a refit because they are to unstable. Weren’t they just build, didn’t some one say there was a problem before they built them. They roll so much the crew gets sea sick really. Can’t wait for those used F18s to start running up costs for maintenance on the avionics, airframe, weapons system, and engines just to start.


Gerry Manley
Gerry Manley
@Richard Edmonds

So who do you suggest to vote for? Scheer Nonsense, Mad Max, Singh...…?
I don't think so.

David Amos
David Amos
@Gerry Manley Methinks folks should finally consider the Independent Candidates. It would not hurt to have few folks in the house that won't follow the orders of fools N'esy Pas?






Scheer sees friendly faces at Fredericton town hall

Federal opposition leader answered questions Monday night

Andrew Scheer takes photos with supporters after a town hall at the Fredericton Inn Monday night. (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)


The federal Conservative party leader took questions from a roomful of supporters in Fredericton Monday night.

Andrew Scheer stopped at the Fredericton Inn on his cross-country town-hall tour as the federal election draws close. The crowd of more than 500 people greeted Scheer with a standing ovation, and clapped after every answer.

Premier Blaine Higgs was in the front row, and received a few shout outs from Scheer throughout the night, including thanking him for joining "the fight against the carbon tax."

It was standing room only at the Fredericton Inn ballroom during Andrew Scheer's town hall. (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)
 
 
Scheer started the town hall with a short speech in which he reiterated his disapproval of the carbon tax, his support for the Energy East pipeline and his attacks on Justin Trudeau's ethics.

Scheer said his carbon plan would "reduce emissions" but he did not reveal any specifics.

He took unscripted questions from the crowd on topics such as veterans' affairs, mental health waitlists and free trade.

Cannabis and mental health


A man identifying himself as a family doctor asked Scheer what he would do about possible mental health issues brought about by cannabis legalization.

Scheer started his answer by saying Conservatives would not recriminalize cannabis, but would conduct more research to find out the effects.

"What we need I believe is a huge amount of research to track this," he said. "There's no question that this is going to have ramifications so we need a government that's investing and making sure that we have the capacity to do studies." 

Andrew Scheer thanked New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs for 'joining the fight against the carbon tax' at Monday night's town hall. (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)
 
 
Another person asked Scheer about mental health waitlists, especially in New Brunswick where some people wait months or years to see a mental health professional without paying the expensive fees. She asked in particular what Scheer plans to do to protect transgender people who might be more likely to experience anxiety and depression.

"We need to absolutely have a partnership between federal government, provincial government, local health authorities to start looking at that," he said. "It's no less important than physical challenges someone's facing."

One questioner cited the case of Gerard Comeau, the man who lost a legal battle to move beer across the Quebec-New Brunswick border. 

Scheer said stopping free trade across provincial borders is a mistake.

"I don't believe the federal government should be empowering provincial protectionism," he said, telling people to "stay tuned."

"We're going to have a series of policies that speak to tearing down provincial trade barriers not just because in terms of goods and services but also to allow companies in one province to work in another province."

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Scheer tells N.B. town hall 'job #1' as PM would be to repeal carbon pricing

Scheer promises plan aimed at "incentivizing investments in energy efficiencies"


Leader of the Opposition Andrew Scheer holds an end-of-session news conference in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa Thursday, December 13, 2018. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)


Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer told a town hall tonight that his first job as prime minister would be to repeal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's climate change plan.

The national price on carbon is "a tax on commuters and a free pass for polluters," Scheer said. "Our plan will speak to reducing emissions by incentivizing investments in energy efficiencies. It will not be a punishment on hard-working families."

"Conservatives, job #1 will be to repeal the carbon tax."






Scheer made the comments in Fredericton, N.B. Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs was in the audience and was welcomed by Scheer, who thanked him for "joining the fight" against the carbon tax.

Scheer's is taking a campaign-style swing through a province that shut his party out in the last federal election.

The Liberals captured all 32 federal seats in Atlantic Canada during the 2015 election, including 10 in New Brunswick, something Scheer said his party will reverse in the fall election.
Scheer also accused Trudeau's government of signing an updated NAFTA trade deal that made concessions while getting nothing in return. The Conservative leader said the deal was especially bad for Canada's dairy farmers.

"I could not believe, though, when I saw the details about what Trudeau agreed with in terms of limiting what Canada can export to other countries," Scheer.

"This is the first free trade deal I've ever seen between two countries where one country agrees not to sell to a third country, to leave space for their competitors to fill that. And that was part of what Trudeau signed on to, giving away our sovereignty to seek out export markets."

Scheer said his party will closely examine a planned compensation plan for dairy farmers.

Interprovincial trade


Asked what he would do to help Canada make a swift transition to a low-carbon economy, Scheer replied by saying that industry should play a leading role.

"As innovations take place and as companies invest in different types of power sources, those types of things will be occurring, in some cases, naturally as part of the economy progresses, and society progresses," he said. "And government can absolutely play a role in encouraging innovation as well."

Scheer said his party will unveil a policy to break down interprovincial trade barriers, "not just in terms of goods and services but also people, allowing companies in one province allowed to be able to compete for work in another province. That creates competition, that creates better products for consumers."

The Conservative leader said that provinces should look inward at reducing trade barriers and that the federal government should play a leadership role in that effort.

Provincial tour


On Tuesday, he speaks to a business audience in the morning before meeting with Premier Higgs and his cabinet and holding a policy brainstorming session with Conservatives from across Atlantic Canada.

Donald Wright, a political scientist at the University of New Brunswick, said the party needs to find strong local candidates to ensure they aren't shut out again in Atlantic Canada.

Wright said Scheer's base is in Western Canada and he will need to raise his profile in the Maritimes.
He said he expects the Conservatives will target a number of key issues, including the Liberals' carbon tax plan.
With files from the Canadian Press

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