{"id":206814,"date":"2019-03-26T01:25:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T05:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=206814"},"modified":"2019-03-26T01:52:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T05:52:24","slug":"trudeau-delivers-campaign-style-speech-while-introducing-candidate-taggart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/26\/trudeau-delivers-campaign-style-speech-while-introducing-candidate-taggart\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau delivers campaign style speech while introducing candidate Taggart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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FILE: Justin Trudeau takes the stage with Tamara Taggart, Liberal candidate in Vancouver Kingsway. #cdnpoli (Photo<\/a>: @marissenmark\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

VANCOUVER \u2014 Justin Trudeau delivered a feisty,\ncampaign-style speech in Vancouver-Kingsway Sunday night as he introduced\nformer TV news anchor Tamara Taggart as the riding’s Liberal candidate in the\nfall federal election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prime minister fired off a flurry of verbal jabs at\nConservative Party leader Andrew Scheer, and also former prime minister Stephen\nHarper, giving a glimpse of what could be a heated campaign for the October\nelection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInvesting in people and communities is the way to grow the\neconomy. Stephen Harper and the Conservatives still don’t get it. Andrew Sheer\ndoesn’t get it either,\u201d he said to a gym full of enthusiastic supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnder Stephen Harper, Canada had\nthe worst growth rate we’d had since the depths of the Great Depression under\nR. B. Bennett.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trudeau then accused Sheer’s Conservatives of hoping to\ncontinue Harper’s policies by giving tax breaks to the wealthy while cutting\nprograms for the middle and lower classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey still think the way to create economic growth for\neveryone is to cut programs and give advantages and benefits to the wealthiest,\u201d\nhe said. \u201cWell, that doesn’t trickle down to anyone and it didn’t work for 10\nyears.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trudeau pitched the upcoming election as an opportunity for\nall Canadians to step up and start talking about the kind of country they want\nto leave for their children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo we want to invest in the middle class \u2014 shine on the\nworld stage,\u201d he asked, before warning that Canada \u201dis seeing the\nrise of populism, aggressive, fear-based politics, just like the rest of the\nworld.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crowd roared its approval when the prime minister\nsuggested the best way to counter divisive populism is by recruiting \u201cstrong,\ncompassionate people who’ve focused their lives on bringing people together and\non empowering people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He lauded Taggart as one of those people from all walks of\nCanadian life who have invested in their communities in various ways to grow\nthe economy, respond to the challenges of climate change and put Canada on\nthe world stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taggart, admitted feeling a bit overwhelmed and emotional at\nbeing on stage, especially seeing her children holding up signs that read, \u201cTeam\nTamara.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Order of British Columbia recipient said she wants to be\nthe people’s voice in Ottawa, adding that her media career made her a good\nlistener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Taggart steered clear of talking about the specifics\nof her campaign platform at the event, she has previously said that she wants\nto focus on affordable housing, protecting the environment while boosting the\neconomy, and women’s health and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She’s likely to face a tough challenge in\nVancouver-Kingsway, which has been held by New Democrat MP Don Davies since\n2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as Taggart told her supporters, \u201ca woman can follow her\ndreams and achieve anything \u2014 anything she wants.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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