Oral Questions
The Economy
“You should agree with us and stop getting in the way. The government is helping people!”
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
Hon. Patty Hajdu
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.
“We are the good guys. We put in programs to help with people's jobs. It would be bad if the other side stopped our programs.”
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Employment
“The member's numbers are wrong. Businesses don't use temporary foreign workers as much anymore. Those businesses now hire Canadians like they should. We made it harder to hire foreign workers in places with high unemployment. That's what we did even though some of the member's friends complained.”
“I want to keep spending on the TFW program. They have rules and inspectors. I don't want to cut it. Some businesses like it.”
Oral Questions
The Economy
“I want you to feel excited about government spending. I think spending will be good for the economy. I'm going to talk about all the ways we are spending money.”
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The Economy
“I want to blame the other party for voting against my programs. I'm cherry-picking one nice quote from the report to downplay how many people are struggling.”
“We spent money when things were bad. If you don't vote for our spending, you're ignoring workers.”
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Labour
“I don't need to answer your question. I'm very important and very busy. You've never had my job so you wouldn't understand.”
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The Economy
“I'm filling time by listing popular spending. You vote against everything, even popular programs! What would you vote for? Your voters must be so disappointed.”
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Rail Transportation
“People in my riding are happy that government is spending more on dental care. Families are saving money on child care. Conservatives are bad.”
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Labour
“I want the NDP to vote for our budget. It includes lots of money for unions. That should make unions happy.”
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The Economy
“I went to a mining town. They thanked me for spending money on mines. I'm giving government credit for the mining boom. My party helps resource projects. We spend money on training. I think that guy doesn't get it.”
“That's okay, I paid for our lunch. I just want to cheer for this program that spends money on construction jobs. It will be great!”
“I'm filling time by talking about my lunch.”
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Employment
“I'm the important minister for jobs. You aren't doing your job. If you visited the area like I do, people tell me they want us to spend money to create jobs. They want more government spending in their area. I want this bill to pass so the government can claim it is helping families.”
“I'm excited about a bill that spends $6 billion on working people and unions. The opposition doesn't know what working-class people want. Working-class people want the government to spend money on their communities and families. That's what our government is doing.”
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Youth
“I don't like the proposals you suggested. I think my party's child care program is good. I want you to stop criticizing and vote for our programs. Our programs are big and helpful for families.”
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Finance
“I want taxpayers to spend more money. I want taxpayers to create jobs in my area.”
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Taxation
“We're helping families and creating jobs. The Conservatives don't support that.”
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The Economy
“I don't want to table anything. I want to talk about how much money the government is spending in everyone's riding instead.”