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Mario Simard Bloc Québécois
“We vote on the whole budget, not just the parts we like. If a meal has good potatoes but rotten fish, you do not eat it. We voted against the budget because too much of it was bad.”
“Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that a budget contains a lot of things and that, ultimately, we vote on the whole package. Members cannot just pick one part like that and ask why we voted against the budget when the rest of it is unpalatable. If I were to offer my colleague rotten fish and tell her that the potatoes were good, would she eat the whole dish? I do not think so. The same applies when it comes to voting on a budget: When a significant portion of it is rotten, people vote against it.”
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Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that a budget contains a lot of things and that, ultimately, we vote on the whole package. Members cannot just pick one part like that and ask why we voted against the budget when the rest of it is unpalatable. If I were to offer my colleague rotten fish and tell her that the potatoes were good, would she eat the whole dish? I do not think so. The same applies when it comes to voting on a budget: When a significant portion of it is rotten, people vote against it.