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Meet Your Liberal Team Meet Your Liberal Team liberalref.ca “The Liberal Party believes that terrorists should get to keep their Canadian citizenship … because I do, Commitment to And I’m willing to take on anyone who disagrees with that.” -JUSTIN TRUDEAU Truth & Transparency “ There’s a level of admiration I actually have for All data and information in this booklet is true and China. Their basic dictatorship is actually allowing fully referenced. Scan this QR code with your phone to review all the reference material, links them to turn their economy around on a dime.” and documents or go to LiberalRef.ca -JUSTIN TRUDEAU Find additional material and videos at LiberalRef.ca “ I don’t read the newspapers, I don’t watch the news. I figure, if something important happens, someone will tell me.” -JUSTIN TRUDEAU “Our plan creates a truly open and transparent government that will put an end to the secrecy and scandals of the Harper decade.” - JUSTIN TRUDEAU, LIBERAL “REAL CHANGE” VIDEO 2015 “Sunny ways my friends, sunny ways. This is what “Honour killings shouldn’t be called “barbaric”.” positive politics can do.” -JUSTIN TRUDEAU -JUSTIN TRUDEAU 2 3 The Road to Canada’s liberalref.ca Covid-19 Outbreak Review all the reference material at LiberalRef.ca Timeline of federal government’s failure to slow the virus Trudeau Tells Canadians: Canada Gives Away PPE Dr. Theresa Tam Liberal Health Minister “I can reassure Canadians “Canada has deployed recommends that Patty Hajdu says of that the health risk to approximately 16 tonnes Canadians wear Canada’s border controls: Canadians continues to of personal protective face masks. Canadian Military warns “Measures to mitigate the be low. We are taking all equipment, such as Trudeau government risk of introduction and necessary precautions clothing, face shields, about Sars-Cov 2 Wuhan, China is spread of diseases like the to prevent the spread of masks, goggles and gloves” a specialized Canadian Locked Down new coronavirus in Canada infection. to China. - Foreign Affairs Forces unit warns Chinese government are in place.” Minister François-Philippe government of the locks down the Champagne’s department. situation in Wuhan, China. entire city of Wuhan, population 19 million. Canada closes it’s borders. JAN 20, MAR 13, MAR 30, JAN 2020 JAN 23, JAN 25, JAN 29, FEB 4, 2020 MAR 17, 2020 MAY 20, 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 Dr. Theresa Tam says that masks are “not beneficial” Health Minister Issues Statement on for asymptomatic people Dr. Teresa Tam Releases Statement Lib Gov’t allows 58,000 Border Closures. “Canadians think we and could be dangerous by “It is important to take this seriously, and Travelers From Wuhan, China can stop this at the border, but what giving people a false sense be vigilant and be prepared. But I don’t to Fly into Canada between, we see is, this is a global pandemic of security think there’s reason for us to panic or be Jan 22, 2020 and Feb 18th, only meaning that border measures are overly concerned.” 63 were stopped for further highly ineffective and in some cases screening. can create harm.” - Patty Hajdu 4 5 Vaccines & liberalref.ca managing covid-19 Review all the reference material at LiberalRef.ca While the Trudeau Government mismanages Canada’s finances and response to the pandemic, they lose months pursuing a vaccine from China while the virus marches though our country. Early Vaccine Ottawa Spends $240B Procurement Failures on COVID-19 in Just 8 Months While the United States, the UK, From CBC: Isreal and the European Union “The Office of the Parliamentary were well on their way vaccinating Budget Officer and through their citizens, Justin Trudeau was access to information requests recovering from a failed contract indicate that Ottawa made $240 with Chinese vaccine maker billion in payments and transfers CanSino Biologics Inc. The project to individuals, businesses, collapsed in August 2020 leading organizations and government to panic buying from Pfizer, entities between the beginning Moderna and other companies. of the lockdown on March 13 and This cost Canadians months in Nov. 20, 2020.” securing vaccines. “…few details are being provided Former Liberal MP Frank Baylis SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. Awarded about who has received the Telecom Companies Take Trudeau Receives $237 Million Dollar $150-Million Contract for Field payments and in what amounts.” Gov’t Wage Subsidies - Layoff Contract Hospitals “The CBC News analysis has Workers Former Liberal Party MP, Frank SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. received tracked $105.66 billion in Canada’s big three telecom Baylis, receives a $237 million a sole-sourced, $150-million federal payments to individuals; companies Bell, Rogers and dollar contract to deliver 10,000 contract from Justin Trudeau’s $118.37 billion that has gone Telus, have collectively received ventilators to Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Government to build to businesses, non-profits and more than $240 million from Liberal Government at a cost pandemic field hospitals. The charitable organizations; and a the federal government’s wage of $23,000 each. A staggering contract featured no fixed further $16.18 billion in transfers subsidy program while continuing $10,000 per unit more expensive delivery date and a cash advance to provinces, territories, to pay out billions of dollars in than competing makers. of $26 million dollars. No formal municipalities and government dividends to shareholders. request was made by any agencies.” province for the hospitals nor have any been deployed. 6 7 Managing Canada’s liberalref.ca Finances Review all the reference material at LiberalRef.ca Even before Covid, Canada was drowning in debt as a result of gross mismanagement and corruption. These are only a few examples. Gov’t Audit of $187 Billion Infrastructure Spending Find 20,000 Missing Projects Minister of Infrastructure, Catherine McKenna is unable or unwilling to produce evidence of over 20,000 projects funded by the Federal Government 2020 Project Deficit through the Infrastructure Ministry. Budget Officer Yves Giroux said he could find no records on more than a third of the projects “started or completed”, Budget Balance Projected (PBO) C$ 0B a total 20,000. “We’ve asked the department and have been able to find information for 33,000 of these projects,” said Giroux. “We have not been able -50 to see a list that includes all these 52,000 or 53,000 projects, only 33,000 of these projects.” To date, these 10’s of billions and 10’s of thousands of projects Trudeau Elected -100 have not been identified or found. 2008 Global Financial Collapse -150 Justin Trudeau and His Taxpayer Funded Vanity Projects The Liberals built a temporary ice hockey rink on the lawn of the parliament -200 buildings costing 8.2 million dollars, just 500 meters away from the world’s largest skating rink the Rideau Canal Skateway. -250 $212,000 on a Cover Page -300 Justin Trudeau and Bill Morneau spent $212,000 on the cover photo of the 2017 -350 government budget document. A small home in New Brunswick can be purchased for the ‘08 ‘10 ‘12 ‘14 ‘16 ‘18 ‘20 same price. This is exclusively a Justin Trudeau behavior, the Conservative Government spent Fiscal Year Beginning about $600 for it’s budget covers. Source: Dept. of Finance, Parliamentary Budget Officer, BNN Bloomberg The Most Expensive Election in History The Trudeau Government is Drowning Canada in Debt Despite two more years in his mandate, and full cooperation from the NDP and According to the Canadian Debt Clock, the national debt in increasing by the Bloc, Justin Trudeau forced Canada into an election that no one wanted $454 million dollars EVERY DAY. The Federal Gov’t alone will pay over $20 but him. In the throws of the pandemic and the collapse of Afghanistan where billion in interest this year. That means they have to tax Canadians to cover Canadian allies and citizens are being killed, the Liberals called an election that cost, just to pay the interest. destined to be the most expensive in Canadian history at $610 million dollars. An unnecessary distraction and addition to Canada’s devastating deficit. 8 9 Incompetence liberalref.ca & Corruption Review all the reference material at LiberalRef.ca Justin Trudeau Guilty of Violating Four Sections of the Ethics Law After Just One Year in Office A registered lobbyist, the Aga Khan We Charity Scandal Military Sex Scandals had received $50 million dollars in The WE Charity scandal was Our women in the military are, and federal funding in 2016 a political scandal regarding have been, at risk. A string of sexual Shortly after that, Justin Trudeau the awarding of a federal sole- misconduct allegations have been and his family accepted a private sourced contract to WE Charity in the news as of late. Shockingly, island vacation from that same to administer the $912 million these allegations were ignored by lobbyist worth over $200,000. Canada Student Summer Grant Liberal MP and Defense Minister Trudeau was the first Prime program (CSSG). Justin Trudeau’s Harjit Sajjan. Among others, Major Minister in Canadian history to be family members were paid to General Dany Fortin, our military found guilty of ethics violations. attend WE Charity events and leader on Covid-19 logistics has Further investigation into the there we indications of a close been charged with sexual assault. affair was blocked by the Liberal relationship with the WE Charity Minister Sajjan also had to issue a majority, contrary to Trudeau’s founders. Justin Trudeau escaped public apology for conduct referred promises of a transparent and ethics violations but his Finance to as “stolen valor” for taking scandal free government. Minister, Bill Morneau didn’t. He credit for Canada’s most high- was found guilty of 3 separate profile operation in Afghanistan, SNC Lavalin Scandal ethics violations.
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