Liberal/
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
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Blois frequently brings up his riding and praises his Atlantic region, angling for more federal money and laws to favour his local industries. He deflects criticism of the government by talking at length about unrelated positives or blaming external factors. He cheerleads enthusiastically for the government's spending plans in a partisan manner, but provides few specific details or answers to questions raised by opposition MPs.
“You want to remove GST from used cars. That's a real proposal to help Canadians. But Conservatives didn't help when we made many expensive programs before. Why do you vote against our big spending? Now you finally talk about helping Canadians afford things. That's good. Talk more about affordability. But you should vote for our big spending programs too.”
“Why do you vote against our plans to spend money on auto companies and other things? I like our plan to spend money to create jobs. You should vote for our plan.”
“Things are hard. We're giving out some money. Everything else is someone else's fault. Trust us.”
“We know people are struggling. That's why we made a new program to spend more of your money.”
“I'm filling time listing good news so I don't have to admit anything bad. Look, there were tariffs. That's a problem! Did you see that big jobs number? Debt? What debt? The credit people still like us. Canada is fine, and we're in charge. But I can't actually answer when we'll change course.”
“Our government knows there are problems. We're talking to the Americans. Unrelated good news: jobs! We won't ignore the problems though. We'll spend money to help. But also we're growing the economy everywhere!”
“I want to praise my party and talk about how we are helping the fishing industry in Atlantic Canada. The government should spend a lot of money on small craft harbours.”
“I want the minister to say Canada's finances are good so Canadians will like us.”
“I have so many wonderful colleagues. I'm going to praise them now. My colleagues are great champions. Let me ask a question. We need to change how we regulate food and pesticides. Many powerful agencies are involved. We want to add economic costs to their decisions. There are lots of important factors to balance. This is part of our broad economic plans. Our party is really focusing on this. We support farmers by looking at how our regulations work. Regulations are important to our plans. I want the minister to talk about this. This is part of our big agenda.”
“I want to brag about my riding. I like a subsidy for my wine makers. Spend money on my program. The minister should praise wine makers everywhere. Cheers to us!”
“I want to change the subject to talk about how great we are. We did a little thing with a few social programs. And there's a tiny change to how much we take from workers' paycheques. Isn't that great? I want the minister to agree with me that this tiny payroll tax cut is a big deal for small businesses. It's not much, but I want people to think we're helping.”
“I want to compliment the minister and ask for a small policy change. A company in my riding wants to use Canadian wind towers, but it's hard for them because of the surtax. Can the minister change the rule for companies that already have a contract? I know it's a difficult balance.”
“That's a good question. I'd rather not answer it directly. My government doesn't actually want to tell you what we think the right price should be.”
“The other team had higher gas prices too. Taxes pay for programs we like. You want to take away a tax that pays for things you use. Your idea is as bad as wanting lead in gas. Our idea helps farmers and clean energy.”
“I want to cheer for a regulation with my teammate. Farmers can use their crops to make clean fuel instead of leaded gas. I want to say the other party's idea is bad for farmers.”
“I'm happy that a Conservative crossed the floor to join our party. I want the Conservative Party to be more like us. I don't like that they want to cancel a regulation. I think our regulation for farmers is good.”
“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later. Liberals are doing good things with Quebec. I won't explain the Conservative views I was asked about.”
“I want to look like I'm helping. We cut gas taxes a bit. I'll change the subject to our spending programs. I want to avoid agreeing your tax cut would help people.”
“I want Canadians to see me as generous and caring about affordability. The other party just wants to tear down environmental policies. Our party's programs put money back in people's pockets. I'm highlighting all the ways we help families, students, and seniors. The other party isn't proposing real solutions, just criticizing us. We're the best choice to keep leading the country.”
“I don't like the opposition's plan for helping Canadians afford gas. I'm going to talk a lot about international events and past actions instead of their current proposal.”
