“The IMF praised Canada's economy. I want the minister to say this helps him get more money from investors.”
What they said. What they meant.
Plain-language translations from the House of Commons.
Recent debates
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Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act
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Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act
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Housing
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Business of Supply
A wide-ranging bill to implement the Spring 2026 Economic Update, touching on everything from tax deductions for tradespeople to aviation fuel taxes to beer excise duty rates. In 5 hours of debate, MPs mostly grilled the Finance Minister on unrelated topics like ride-sharing regulation, StatsCan data collection, and election promises from 2015. Some substantive questions were asked about domestic investment levels and the bill's housing provisions, but mostly talk went in circles without many direct answers.
“I want everyone to cheer. The IMF says we're good. Look, Canada's economy grew more than many countries. Even my opponents should cheer for Canada's economy.”
“I want to cheer for a program that spends money in my riding. Ask the minister to say nice things about it too.”
“I want more people to invest through the government's program. I'll make it sound nice by calling it 'collective wealth' and 'building Canada strong.'”
“I don't want to answer you. I'm repeating that I did nothing wrong.”
“I'm repeating myself. I said I complied with the law. I'll answer questions at the committee. That's all I have to say.”
“Look, I'm going to hide behind this technicality so I don't have to answer your real question.”
“I want to keep quoting the letter that says I don't need an ethics screen. But don't worry, I put one up myself. I'll explain more at committee later.”
“I'm just going to repeat myself and avoid the question.”
“I'm repeating myself. I already said I followed the rules.”
“I want to keep quoting this letter over and over so I don't have to give a real answer about that one specific clause.”
“I'm going to keep reading quotes until everyone forgets the question you actually asked.”
“I'm going to keep quoting my talking points instead of giving a direct answer to your question.”
“I sent that letter somewhere else. I won't give it to you. I say I followed the rules and that's the end of it.”
“You're an experienced guy. You know better than to throw around allegations like that. Be careful what you say about your colleagues in this House.”
“I am a very honourable man. Do not accuse me of anything.”
“I don't want to answer your question. Look it up yourself.”
“I'm going to talk about respect instead of answering the question.”
“I'm not going to answer the question about buying land before consultations are finished. Instead I'll just talk about how our government is spending a lot of money on infrastructure. It's all part of our big plan in the budget so it must be good.”
“I want to direct this question to someone else so I don't have to answer it.”