“I want to blame the Liberals for spending and borrowing too much. I want voters to think that the other party is expensive for them.”
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A debate on the federal budget and economic policy. The Conservative leader criticized the Liberal government for increasing the deficit, while the Prime Minister defended his government's spending and economic record. The debate was dominated by partisan rhetoric and personal attacks, with both sides accusing each other of being wrong on various issues, rather than substantive discussion of the budget itself.
“I want to blame the government for high prices. I want voters to think the government is making them pay too much to bankers instead of doctors.”
“That's not good. Liberals are spending too much money. Liberals are putting too much on the national credit card. Canadians have to pay more in interest. I want to know if they will ever stop spending so much money.”
“Justin Trudeau said the deficit would be $31 billion. Now it's $65 billion. 65 is bigger than 31. The Liberals are bad at math. They say more spending is less spending. They say wasting money is prudent. They say not preparing for a storm is good management.”
“This government spent too much. They said spending would make the economy grow. It didn't work. We have slow growth. Housing costs too much. People have a lot of debt. Business isn't investing. The Prime Minister wants to do the same thing again. More debt. More spending. It will cost Canadians more. The Prime Minister should say he was wrong.”
“This Prime Minister has been wrong on everything. Wrong about taxes. Wrong about oil. Wrong about pipelines. Wrong about inflation. Canadians are paying for his mistakes.”