“I want to paint your department as incompetent. Picking favorites. Wasting money on the wrong people.”
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The Conservatives asked the Fisheries Minister about the government giving subsidies to a company that fired Canadian workers and hired illegal workers. The Minister said her decisions are balanced and based on department info and community consultations, but didn't directly address the subsidies issue.