“I want to spend more of your tax dollars on training programs. It's essential to make people think this looks productive. You wouldn't want untrained workers, would you?”
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Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act
A bill to implement the government's spring economic update, which involves more government spending. During discussion, the Liberals praised their affordability measures while the Conservatives criticized the growing debt and interest costs. The Bloc accused the government of ignoring the forestry industry. Much of the debate involved partisan attacks and talking points rather than substantive discussion of the bill's provisions.
“That guy wants to cut things. I want to spend more on the military. Do Conservatives want to spend more too? Yes or no.”
“My Conservative opponent said something extreme. Starving? Oh please. Canada is not broken. Conservatives lie all the time. Ignore them.”
“You criticized the government's record. I want to change the subject. Tell me whether your party supports oil pipelines. I want to make the debate about that instead.”
“I want to shut down this debate. Stop saying things that make my party look bad.”
“The NDP should admit that many workers benefit from government money going to the private sector and oil companies.”
“I'm going to talk a lot about my feelings of pride. I'm humble and proud at the same time. I went door to door and people talked about the cost of living. But my constituents know it's not our fault.”
“People in my riding are struggling. They need these programs. The government should spend money on these programs. I want the government to spend money in my riding.”
“I went door to door and people talked to me about the environment. Our party has done the most to protect the environment. We are proud. The government is spending money to help businesses. Canadians should give money to the government's fund. The government will do things with the money.”
“You say we spend too much. Child poverty is lower now. We are spending to help people. Why do you complain? Where would you cut spending? Tell me that.”
“I want you to say that people like us spending. Our spending is good. I want you to say that everyone likes it when we spend.”
“I will give you the answer we like: People love it when we spend lots of money! My voters all love our spending and think it helps them. Only we can spend money to fix everything. The other guys don't want to spend as much as us so they must be bad.”
“I don't like that. You should vote for us instead. We will spend money to fix the problems we say exist. We are better at spending money than them.”
“I want to cheer for our high spending. The IMF says it's fine. Investment is spending. I think Canadians like the government spending a lot.”
“I want to skip ahead so we can debate the part I care about.”