Falk looking forward to federal election in 2025

Member of Parliament for Provencher Ted Falk is looking forward to the new year as it will bring an election.

“The really good news that I take away this year is that Pierre Poilievre has been able to articulate a clear vision that the Conservative Party of Canada has and that is to axe the carbon tax, build homes, fix the budget and stop the crime,” he said.

How Poilievre will achieve those goals Falk didn’t say, but he did say that he thinks the Conservatives will lead the country after the next election, adding he can’t think of one thing that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has done right.

“He has created division right across the country on every single issue.”

Issues and events that came to mind for Falk through 2024, included the pause on the expansion of MAID (Medical Assistance In Dying) early in the year. Also, the federal court ruling that Trudeau’s use of the emergency act two years ago to squash the trucker protests in Ottawa was unlawful. The protests disrupted the capital city and temporarily blocked border crossings crucial to the economy.

The ArriveCan scandal was also brought up. ArriveCan is a digital app used by the Canada Border Services Agency for travellers to make their declarations on purchased goods and submit documents originally as a response to the COVID pandemic. The initiative was supposed to cost $80,000, according to Falk, but ballooned to almost $60 million.

“There seems to have been a very significant misappropriation of funds by the Liberal government,” said Falk.

In the last two-and-a-half months parliament has been debating Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and its $1 billion green fund, according to Falk. The federal foundation gave small to medium-sized businesses in the clean tech sector support. It was audited by the auditor general and found the SDTC violated its conflict of interest policies 90 times, awarded $59 million to 10 projects that were not eligible and frequently overstated the environmental benefits of its projects, according to media reports.

“So parliament actually had debated earlier and voted that these documents should be made public and the RCMP should be investigating to see if criminal charges should be laid because it appears as though there should be,” said Falk, noting the Liberals refuse to release the documents.

Falk brought up the Conservative Party’s “Axe the (Carbon) Tax” messaging and said the Conservatives will deal with climate change by rewarding people that “come up with technology that would reduce emissions.”