Hon. Joël Lightbound

“I want taxpayers to spend $10 billion on my preferred programs in Quebec. I want the government to give money to Quebeckers. I want the government to spend money for Quebec City. I want the government to give families money for groceries. The other party doesn't spend enough money in Quebec.”

“You criticized our leadership, but where is your plan? We will make businesses invest and be more productive. We signed some trade deals and spent money on ports. Those are good numbers. That's my answer.”

“I want Quebec voters to choose our party. We promise them money for local projects. An independent Quebec government would be bad for business. You know that. The Bloc thinks it wouldn't need Ontario. I disagree. Listen to us instead.”

“That is a good question. I want it to look like my department is working hard to solve this problem.”

“Thanks for working together. I want to look good. I won't give you a real answer about the lake. Let's change the subject to a different, big, expensive project! We spend lots of money on other things. This other project will be great. I still won't say anything about that lake. Talk to you later!”

“I won't apologize for spending a lot of money fast. More money must go to projects I claim Quebec wants.”

“I want to say the Conservatives are pretending to care. They vote against everything we propose. The Canada child benefit gave $80 million to families in your riding. That has a big impact. My program is good and you should support it.”

“Maybe if I talk about other things no one will notice I didn't answer the question about used cars.”

“The Bloc accused us of threatening Quebec culture. But they didn't vote for our budget that gave $700 million to culture! They don't really care about culture. They just want to complain. And they think Canada isn't friends with Europe. But everyone else knows we are friends with Europe.”

“I'm going to ignore your real person, Rogelio, and list off a big pile of numbers and dollars from big government programs instead. I hope this makes me look good. You should vote to spend more money on my programs!”

“I'm going to say nice things about the ombud and the Auditor General. They're important! But I won't answer why we're muffling his oversight while we award ourselves more power over contracts. Just trust us.”

“That makes me sad. The other party should spend even more of your money on my preferred programs in Quebec.”

“You're attacking a program that helps a lot of seniors. But you know what? You want to take away dental care from healthy seniors. That's way worse than changing some grant rules. You should be ashamed.”

“I want you to think the Conservatives are against progress and technology. Europe has high-speed trains and farms, so Canada can too. Conservatives should support this train project. It will change the country!”

“I don't like that. We should find a balance. I want more foreign workers in my province. And I want to change the subject by talking about another language.”

“We're here to support businesses. The US is being mean with their tariffs. But we're investing in innovation and diversifying markets. Look at this huge project in Quebec City. It's going to create jobs and money. The Conservatives don't like it for some reason.”

“I want to limit debate time on the Build Canada Homes Act. I'm giving notice that the government will move to impose a time limit at the next sitting.”

“The government gave millions of people an extra benefit to help buy groceries. This program will continue to cost a lot of money. I think this is good news. I also want to say the economy created many new jobs.”