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Seniors

A debate on seniors' issues. The Conservatives criticized the government's handling of seniors' poverty and called out the Liberals' arrogance in their responses. The Liberals mostly listed off various programs and funding amounts they claim to have provided for seniors, without addressing the specific issues raised.

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Gérard Deltell

Conservative
“I want to make people angry at the government because their lives are hard. I say it's the Prime Minister's fault.”
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Luc Berthold

Conservative
“The Liberals are arrogant. They say they're helping seniors, but really life is getting harder. Seniors can't afford food and the cost of living keeps going up. The Prime Minister and his expensive budgets are the problem. Stop spending money we don't have and making the debt bigger!”
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