“I want praise for my government's plans. Praise us for supporting trade and business. The government should get credit for helping business. Tell everyone how great we are.”
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The Liberals patted themselves on the back for making new trade deals with the UK and Indonesia, claiming they'll help small businesses. They seemed pretty pleased with themselves, but didn't go into much detail on the actual substance of the deals or how much they'll really help regular Canadians.
“I want everyone to cheer for our government. Cheer for our trade deals. Cheer for more trade with other countries. More trade is good. More deals mean more chances to sell things. Selling more things means more money. More money is good for our government.”