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Fisheries and Oceans

A debate about small craft harbours and their importance to coastal communities. Members mostly discussed the topic at hand, with the Liberals praising the importance of the harbours to the economy and their plan to invest more in them.

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Jessica Fancy

Liberal
“I'm filling time with nice words about my riding. I want to cheer for spending more money on small harbours. Then the government can claim it is helping fishermen.”
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Hon. Joanne Thompson

Liberal
“I'm saying nice things about a program that spends money in the other person's riding. I want taxpayers to spend almost $1 billion more to repair small harbours. I want to make it sound like we are investing in people.”
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