Hon. Marc Miller

“You keep asking the same thing over and over. I already agreed with you -- maybe that's because all MPs should get a proper briefing. But now is the time for you to actually debate the bill. Do you have a question about the bill or not?”

“I'm proud of how I've handled this job. I won't play politics with language like those other guys. Now I'll give a long answer about all the things I won't do, so you'll forget what we were talking about and I can avoid the real question.”

“I want the opposition to stop complaining. It's their job to read and understand this bill. I don't think the government should have to brief them. They had three weeks. That's enough time. If they couldn't be bothered to read it, that's on them.”

“The Conservatives are attacking this defence spending. They attack our deficit spending too. They can't have it both ways. They need to thank us for investing more in armed forces. That's what Canadians pay taxes for. That's what they wanted.”

“I don't want anyone to make us slow down this spending. Move fast! Conservatives aren't allowed to debate this. They didn't debate before so they can't argue now.”

“I want to defend the government against accusations that we rushed the bill. The Bloc is supporting the budget, so their complaint seems odd. MPs had weeks to read the 300-page bill. Do they need the government to read it for them? I think MPs should be able to read.”

“I want to talk about the good things that people say about our budget instead of letting the Conservatives debate it more. I think they're being hypocrites for wanting more debate. See, these nice quotes show that our budget will be good for the economy. We're going to make big changes to help consumers and smaller lenders and innovators. We think that's really important for Canada.”

“I like spending your money on the arts. The budget must be prudent. I want to spend three quarters of a billion dollars anyway.”

“I'm ignoring your complaint about debate time. I just want to say you're hypocrites who spent years clapping for your own team and ignoring everyone else.”

“I'm filling time and saying nothing anyone could pin down later. They should shut up. They should ask a question but I won't answer it directly.”

“I don't want to answer your question. It might make me look bad. I want you to only talk about the good things in the budget. I'm filling time so it sounds like I care about the forestry industry.”

“I want to spend a lot of money on defence. There, I said what he wanted. Now he should vote yes and stop complaining.”

“I want to limit debate on this budget bill. MPs should have to vote on it quickly without making changes.”