“I want you to talk about how our government is helping build houses. That will make our government look good.”
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A government initiative to build more housing faster, supposedly to make it more affordable. The Liberals patted themselves on the back for their plans and urged everyone to support it without much substantive debate.
“I want everyone to vote for our housing bill. Our government will look good if we pass a bill to build houses.”