Oral Questions
The Economy
“I want construction unions to thank the government. I want young people to train in skilled trades that pay well. I don't like that you vote against what I want. You insult Canadians when you criticize the government.”
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
Hajdu spends her time in Parliament dodging direct questions with shallow talking points. She repeatedly accuses the Conservatives of voting against popular spending and being against 'working people' and 'families,' avoiding substance on actual economic policy. When she can, she brings up nice-sounding programs in her own riding.
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“I want construction unions to thank the government. I want young people to train in skilled trades that pay well. I don't like that you vote against what I want. You insult Canadians when you criticize the government.”
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“Youth programs are good. We're spending money on youth. Vote for us, youth in every riding.”
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“I want the Conservatives to stop voting against more spending. I think my daycare program is good. I want Canadians to thank me for it. I feel like I understand the economy better.”
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“I'm happy about a new vet school. The government should keep giving out student loans. You're in the way of more loans.”
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“Disabled Canadians face delays for income. Am I doing enough to meet my own timelines on disability applications? I'm going to ignore that and just say I'm working hard.”
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“I want to thank you for giving me political cover to spend more taxpayer money on my programs. We think taxpayers should create 100,000 jobs for young people this year. People in Atlantic provinces should get over 12,300 of them.”
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“I'm going to talk about helping each other because it sounds good. I don't want anyone to ask why more kids are going hungry under my government. Let me change the subject to nice Canadian values.”
“I won't defend our luxury spending. Instead I'll attack you. Why do you vote against our spending programs? I think our spending is good. You should want to spend more money too.”
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“I want to say nice things about this program. It is very nice when the government spends money to make young people work in the summer. Employers are happy with this program too. It is good when young people work in my riding and in other places.”
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“The Prime Minister shouldn't negotiate directly. Employers and employees should work it out themselves, like always. The government's role is just to provide mediation help. The member I'm talking to should already know that's how it works.”
“I want to correct one thing: Trudeau can't make this deal himself. The union and company have to figure it out together. Mediators from my government are helping them talk. The government is staying out of it.”
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“I want you to feel ashamed for opposing our increases to Old Age Security and other programs. You say you support seniors but your voting record shows the opposite. Your party has fought us every step of the way.”
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“Attacking my opponents' policies is more important than answering the question.”
“I don't like that you called my policy disastrous. I want to make you look bad by implying you don't care about hungry kids. I'm filling time with a story about my riding instead of actually answering whether the policy has downsides.”
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“Don't listen to her. She wouldn't vote for the money we already threw at this. She must not actually want to help.”
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“I want to cheer for the program I announced too. My government grew it. That's good.”
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“I want to change the subject. Look at all our nice goodies! I don't want to talk about fancy airplane food. Why do you keep voting against nice things?”
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“I am going to say nice things about my coworker. Look at this big number that makes us look good. The other team won't talk about this big number. We need to focus on making jobs.”
“I'll ignore how bad most numbers look and talk up the one youth number that looks good. Then I'll change the subject to a quote where BMO says Canada's economy is fine, to make that guy look like he's rooting against Canada. I want to keep talking about creating jobs for everyone.”
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“I want the government to let more people get disability money more easily. The government's great plans are very important.”