A bill to modernize Canada's weights and measures system. During discussion, members traded anecdotes about Measurement Canada's current processes. The Conservatives asked to send it to committee for further analysis.
“You want Canadians to trust government programs. But the government knew about broken grocery scales for years and did nothing to protect consumers. The government didn't even fine the big grocery companies. How can you expect Canadians to trust the system when the government clearly doesn't care about protecting them?”
“I need to argue with you about which party is better on energy. My party is better. We like all energy. Your party only likes some energy. You made energy too expensive in Ontario and that was bad. I really want to criticize your bad energy policy from before.”
“I don't want to be pinned down on the details. The bureaucrats are the ones causing problems. I'll pass the buck to a committee to make this problem go away.”
“I want to know if the government has looked at how much this will cost everyone, or if they're just making up rules without thinking about the price tag.”
“I don't know if the government has looked at the cost. I just found out about this whole bureaucracy. I want to make sure they don't spend even more money building another empire.”
“I'm going to talk a lot about weights and measurements so it makes me look smart. I want to make sure Canadians know that our party cares about fairness. But I also want them to know that we're worried about more government power, more taxes, and more debt. I'm going to say that Canadians are struggling, but I'm not going to talk about how we would fix it. Instead, I'm going to talk about how the other party is making it worse. We want Canadians to trust us, but we're not going to give them any real solutions.”
“I want Canadians to know that our party cares about consumer fairness too. We agree with the other party's bill but we want to do more. The other party is only getting rid of some of the carbon tax. We want to get rid of all of it. We think that would save families a lot of money. We don't want Canadians to have to rely on the government for help.”
“I agree that provincial jurisdiction should be respected. Committees should decide what to do with bills based on logic and the Constitution. Some things should be left to the provinces, and some things should be dealt with by the whole country.”
“We should spend less time on small bills like this one. The government should cut red tape that costs businesses $18 billion per year. The other party should bring forward bills to help with that.”
“You have a good point. We should stop debating and passing bills that create more red tape. Let's focus on results and actually help Canadians like we say we want to.”
