“I want American web giants to fund francophone arts. The Prime Minister didn't get enough for it. I think he made a bad deal.”
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A debate about funding for Canadian culture, where Liberal ministers praised their own funding announcements while Bloc Quebecois MPs accused the government of capitulating to American tech giants and failing to secure web streaming levies. The discussion was peppered with personal insults, linguistic corrections, and unrelated tangents, while sidestepping the core issue of how much taxpayer money should go to cultural subsidies at all.
“I want to change the subject to the Bloc's political problems. I hope it distracts from our real issue.”
“You didn't answer my question. Let me list grievances instead. I don't like how you deal with America. I want you to fight them more.”
“I want to talk about all my spending on culture instead. I don't want to talk about your grievances with America.”
“You won't make America pay. You're letting them walk all over us. I want taxpayers to make American tech companies pay instead.”
“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later.”