“I want the minister to say nice things about how our government's spending is good. That will distract from the Conservatives attacking us about the economy.”
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Typical question period where the Liberals grandstand about how great they are, dodge any substantive policy discussion, and the Conservatives try to poke holes but don't get anywhere. The Liberals bragged about spending lots of taxpayer money.
“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later. Conservatives are bad. Our budget spends a lot of money.”