“I want my party to have more control over committees. I think we should get our way because that's how its been done before. Why can't you just agree with me?”
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“I want to excuse Liberals recruiting opposition MPs by saying it's good when people work together. I'll pretend Canadians love our leader. I'll even confuse by-elections with a full election. Everything about our power grabs is good and normal. The other MP should just agree with how we do things.”