“I cheer for our government. We have the best deal. We talk to many, many people. Everyone in Canada works together and agrees. We will make Canada strong.”
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International Trade
A House of Commons debate on international trade. The Conservatives criticized the Liberal government for failing to remove U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, while the Liberals defended their approach of seeking the best trade deals and working to diversify Canada's trade partners beyond the U.S. Much of the discussion focused on the impacts of tariffs on specific industries and regions in Canada.
“Canada relies too much on trade with one country. We will make it strong by signing random deals with every country we can. I will list many deals to sound busy.”
“The government wants you to think increasing exports a little more to China is good. They hope touting a plan to sell more things to more countries will make you forget that we still haven't dealt with the U.S. tariffs.”
“We won't tell you the plan. We are doing some work. We will get a good trade deal eventually. We're negotiating secretly. That's all you need to know.”
“I deny we're to blame. Deflect to other programs. Our programs are good. I say we are helping workers. I don't accept your premise.”
“We have a trade deal. It's called CUSMA. We are at the table talking. We won't settle for a bad deal. We will support impacted industries and workers. The Conservatives would have folded in 2018.”
“I ignore your point about trade with the US being valuable. I say it's good that we make many agreements with other countries. I want everyone to praise us for those instead.”
“The tariffs are lower than you said. We've made some changes to help the industry. We should keep doing that.”
“I'm filling time by talking about how great things are instead of answering the question. I want help, but I'm not actually saying how we'll get a better trade deal.”