“The economy is in trouble. The Prime Minister is bad. I say he caused this trouble on purpose. The government spends too much money. Their own budget numbers are wrong. The government should stop blocking businesses. The government should tax less and let businesses keep more money. I want the government to do less and things will be better.”
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In a debate about the economy, the Conservative MP blamed the Prime Minister for plunging Canada into a recession, citing the Prime Minister's own definition of a recession and recent data from Statistics Canada confirming this. The MP also mentioned a report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer that was critical of the government's economic management. No other substantive statements were sampled from the debate.