“The Conservatives are making connections that do not exist. They keep bringing up by-elections, even though their own members caused some of them by leaving their party. Our government is working hard to protect Canadian workers and businesses, and we will keep doing that.”

“Mr. Speaker, speaking of some positions that never change, there are the attempts of the Conservative Party to connect a series of dots that do not exist. I am surprised the Conservatives continually talk about by-elections. I am not sure it is going to be something they will like to talk about in a few weeks. Some of them, in fact, were caused by members of their own party evacuating the caucus. I understand our friends on the other side want to connect a series of dots. They know very well our government is hard at work to defend workers and businesses in Canada, and we will continue to do that.”

“The Conservatives are making up bad reasons for our actions. When the Americans put unfair and illegal tariffs on our businesses and workers, Canadians expected us to stand up to them. The Conservatives would never have done that. They always make excuses not to defend our workers.”

“Mr. Speaker, again, we see members of the Conservative Party attempt to attribute a series of motivations in circumstances that do not exist. They know very well. Our government was very clear. When the Americans increased unjustified and illegal tariffs on Canadian businesses and workers, Canadians expected our government to take a strong position, something the opposition would never have done, because they continually find excuses as to why Canada should not have stood up to the Americans and done the right thing to defend workers.”

“The Conservatives are wrongly connecting events that have nothing to do with each other. We called the by-elections so those areas have members to represent them. We will stand up to the Americans for Canadian workers and businesses, which the Conservatives would never do.”

“Mr. Speaker, I am not sure whether my colleagues would agree, but hearing the member talk about theatrics seems a bit ironic, considering his behaviour in this place. Once again, the Conservatives are trying to connect a series of events that they know full well are completely unrelated. Yes, we called by-elections, because those ridings deserve to be represented in the House of Commons by strong members of Parliament. Yes, we will stand up for Canadian workers and businesses. We will stand up to the Americans. These are things the Conservatives would never do.”