“I am moving the motion that you all vote for the government's new spending. This will pass because my party has the most votes.”
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A proposal to approve more government spending for this year. The Liberals moved to pass it quickly, the Conservatives asked if it was in the usual form, and the Bloc agreed to vote in favour. No real discussion of what the money would be spent on.
“I want the House to approve more spending.”
“I want the House to keep reviewing this spending plan.”
“I'm making a routine request to check if this spending bill is in the normal format.”
“Nothing unusual here. This spending bill looks exactly like the last one.”
“If we could just vote the same way as last time, that would be great. You know, with my team all voting yes.”
“I'm told to vote yes so I'm voting yes.”