“I want to blame the government for damaging the environment and health. I'll say this change is the worst thing ever, even if it's not. I want you to think this is a scandal.”
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A massive bill covering many topics like extending tax breaks, lowering fuel taxes for a few months, changing employment insurance, exempting some bank transactions from approval processes, reducing Canada Pension Plan contributions, and overriding normal approval processes for some pesticides if the government declares an economic or food security emergency. In the limited debate allowed, the Green party complains about weakening pesticide regulation being slipped into a huge unrelated bill with almost no discussion, while the Liberals say the government can handle multiple priorities at once.
“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later.”