“I don't like your economic statement. It doesn't fix the problems I care about. Why didn't you just cancel it? An email would have been simpler.”
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A bill to implement the Spring Economic Update, mostly by modifying various tax breaks, deductions, and rates. During debate, the Conservatives accused the Liberals of excessive spending and economic mismanagement, while the Liberals defended their record and accused the Conservatives of obstruction and divisiveness.
“I want the Green Party to complain more about all the ways this government is bad for the environment. Maybe that will make the government look bad.”
“You and I have something in common. We both come from Créditiste regions. The economic statement has done nothing to help people in the steel and aluminum sector. What do you think about that? Also, how is your hockey pool going?”
“You're ignoring me. I want to change the topic and try to get you with a gotcha question.”
“You like talking, but you keep changing sides. You stood with us on culture bills like C-11. Now your government turned its back on culture and caved to American tech giants on taxes. You picked taxpayers to pay instead of making streaming services pay their share. You flipped sides and took the wrong one. You profit from them now and make us pay.”
“This bill is bad. The government wanted every department to cut 15% to maybe balance the budget someday. But agriculture was the only one to actually cut research. That's not good for innovation. I'm worried we won't have safe food. And they're approving pesticides they said were bad before. What do you think of that?”