“I plan to use the U.S. trade issue to attack the Liberals. It's useful for making them look bad. I'm a real nationalist. Liberals are fake nationalists. Liberals should actually get a trade deal done. Liberals shouldn't exploit trade issues for their own political gain.”
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Government Business No. 12—Proceedings on Bill C-30
A sweeping bill to change tax laws and extend various federal programs. Among other things, it increases tax deductions for tradespeople, extends a tax exemption for selling businesses to employees, temporarily eliminates excise taxes on fuel, and changes Employment Insurance for seasonal workers. In debate, Conservatives criticized excessive spending while Bloc focused on Canadian sovereignty. Some Liberal speakers accused the opposition of filibustering.
“I want to praise my colleague before I complain. The government is talking a lot but not getting things done. I have a list of local problems I want to talk about: one bridge, and people living in RVs. I think the government should be solving this list of local problems in my area.”
“I want to call the other party names for ruining the country and high-fiving while families suffer. I am angry and I want them to be ashamed. I won't say how I'd fix anything, I just want to sound mad at them.”
“I want to look like I care about procedure and scrutiny, so I'm upset this bill won't get the full process. I'll list parts of the process it skips to sound smart. But I don't actually care about the substance, I just want to complain about the process. I want to delay this with more debate because I don't like it.”
“I want to talk about how much I like the other member's work, but I also want to bring up an old grudge about a past election. I'll say every word was excellent so I sound smart, but I'm really just complaining. I want to score political points by exaggerating the other side's mistakes.”
“I want to stop the opposition from delaying our bill. I will say they play games to make them look bad.”
“The government ignored the committee's changes and rammed through its own version of the bill. Now we have unintended consequences. The government is incompetent and doesn't respect the parliamentary process.”
“The government didn't listen before. I hope they listen to me now. I want the government to raise gas taxes and spend more on programs I like. That money belongs to us politicians, not you.”
“I want more time to debate. That's my job as the opposition. The government is being very mean.”
“I want to cheer for a hockey player from my riding. The government shut off cameras in committee. The government is playing games.”
“I want to complain and assign blame.”
“I want to complain about many Liberal promises and programs. Demand more money for my local projects. Blame everything on the other guys.”
“You play games too. That's why we always run out the clock on every bill, even ones everyone agrees on.”
“You needed that last bill. We agreed and helped you pass it to make the economy stronger. But you haven't even used it once. You can't get anything done even when we help you. I won't listen to you lecture me about cooperation.”
“You talk about being responsible with public money. But your party keeps quiet about subsidies for oil and gas companies. Those companies are making huge profits. Why don't you speak up against that? Couldn't that money be better spent on what Saskatchewan needs?”
“I can list many ways the government wastes money. Bloated programs and consultants and foreign aid. But I don't mention oil subsidies. I want to cut those other things so provinces have more money.”
“I'm happy you mentioned the Snowbirds. They didn't come to an airshow in my riding. That makes me sad. I want the government to spend money on the Snowbirds so they keep flying. My friend is fighting for that too.”
“I'm playing up this emotionally because I want to blame the government and make them look bad. The program should get more money!”
“I want to use a procedural rule to shut down debate.”
“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later.”