Hon. Mélanie Joly

“I have a big vision that the government should build a high-speed train. Never mind the cost. The government controlling and building big projects means creating wealth. Wealth is whatever the government builds.”

“The Prime Minister is so serious and competent. He's talking to all kinds of important people. We created jobs despite a trade war the opposition won't mention. Our trade surplus is the highest in a long time.”

“You're wrong. We're working hard. We stopped steel dumping. Trust us. We'll spend money to help businesses.”

“The government is fighting a trade war with tariffs by spending money to prop up favoured industries.”

“I want to say the numbers are good today, even though my colleague said they're bad. We created lots of jobs. Youth unemployment went down. I can show him Statistics Canada numbers to prove it. The Prime Minister is trying to make things more affordable. That's good.”

“I want to blame the Americans for an economic problem hurting an industry. I promise my government will spend a lot of taxpayer money to look like we're helping.”

“I want to talk about our announcement for the aluminum sector instead of answering the question about the economy. I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing about whether the Prime Minister's economic management failed.”

“I want to thank my friend for asking me to cheer for the economy. Tariffs and U.S. integration are a concern, but Canada is still making job-creating investments -- our plant will produce the world's greenest aluminum. Even with tariffs, the government is capable of creating jobs.”

“We feel bad for those workers. The government has plans for those other products. The Minister of Natural Resources and I are figuring out if those plans can work for forestry too. I want to work with you on this.”

“We will spend lots of taxpayers' money on favored businesses. I talked to those businesses and they like it. We'll be here spending while we work on more agreements.”

“The Prime Minister is too polite to just say this to your face, but I'll say it. You don't have a plan. You're insulting the media to try to distract from that. Well, it won't work, because our plan is working splendidly and we have the numbers to prove it. I hope you're taking notes.”

“We want consumers to know their rights. We want more competition in groceries and telecoms. We'll protect groups like Option consommateurs.”

“I want to make our recession look less bad by bragging about a few specific companies that added jobs.”

“I'm saying my plan works because the government is giving money. New jobs are good news! Thank you to our MP who is fantastic.”

“I claim Canada is a top place for foreigners to invest. I say one foreign company making planes with a Canadian company proves me right.”