“You haven't fixed it. Last guy must have been useless too.”
What they said. What they meant.
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“The last guy screwed up, didn't he? When will you admit nothing got better?”
“I'm going to name some programs and provinces instead of admitting the problem.”
“Why hasn't this problem fixed itself yet? Some provinces should fix it.”
“I don't like that question. Let me talk about something else that makes me look good.”
“I want Quebec to stop taking so many asylum seekers. I'm trying to whip up outrage by saying our large share is a bad thing.”
“I'm filling time with kind words about Quebec and saying nothing anyone could pin down later.”
“How can you call it a success when Quebec still gets nearly twice as many asylum seekers as it should? This situation is not good enough.”
“I already said we reduced the number of asylum seekers. We're working on it.”
“Whether the number went down doesn't matter. Quebec still takes too many asylum seekers. I don't care about any progress. Only Quebec's share today matters.”
“I want to dodge your point and look co-operative without actually changing anything.”
“I want to put you on the spot and make you admit your policy is failing.”
“We insist we're already fixing it. Don't look too closely.”
“The numbers still say Quebec is taking way more than its share. Try harder.”
“Quebec already gets lots of money for this. We're working on it.”
“It's still bad. Why won't you admit nothing has improved?”
“I already told you the committee is studying it. I'm stalling until they report back.”
“You should know Europe has ways to distribute asylum seekers. Why don't we do that?”
“I talked to people at the UN this month. We're still working on it.”
“Do you plan to copy Europe for how to distribute asylum seekers?”