“I want to say Canadians are facing rising costs and there is more financial fraud. Seniors in my riding are being defrauded. I want the government to block scam calls and hold businesses accountable. I want victims to have support. I want the government to treat this as a big problem and fight fraud to protect Canadians.”
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The Conservatives moved a motion criticizing the government's economic record. They claimed Canada has the only economy in recession in the G7, the worst household debt, the worst housing costs, and the second highest unemployment. But most of the debate consisted of MPs speechifying about their own qualifications, bragging about their ridings, sparring over procedure, and accusing each other of lacking substance. Very little time was spent actually discussing and debating the specific economic issues raised in the motion.
“We made a ministry. We are very serious about AI. I want to say my government wants to safely use AI. We want to protect Canadians. We want to use AI to its full potential to go after the Conservatives.”
“I want the Prime Minister to make a plan to fix the economy. The Prime Minister hasn't talked about the recession. The government should spend less. I want to get rid of Liberal policies. They tax too much and spend too much. That's bad for the economy. I want the government to be responsible with money.”
“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later. I want the Conservative to cheer for a government program in his riding. That would make the government look good. I don't want to say if there is a recession or not. I just want to change the topic to something positive.”
“I want the other politician to feel bad. I want him to think about children. Maybe that will make him agree with me. I say the government spends too much and that's bad. But I don't want to say how I would spend less.”