This is how to translates the government's gerunds in their "messaging".
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- continuing - same as last year
- concluding, signing, or bringing into force - three separate opportunities of announcing something without actually accomplishing anything
- making progress - not actually making any progress
- launching - announcing the start of
- reforming - fixing up the mess we made in the first place
- making significant investments - including a sum of money in next year's budget
- announcing - announcing
- introducing - announcing
- supporting - announcing again
- transforming - destroying
- renewing - same as last year
- re-introducing - introducing once again
- adopting - a fourth opportunity to announce something
- lowering - continuing, but a bit less
- ceasing - stopping altogether
- investing - see 'making significant investments'
- finalizing - see 'concluding', etc.
- committing - announcing, without saying when or how
- passing - see 'adopting'
- taking decisive action - announcing
- providing - see 'investing'
- establishing - announcing
- making significant contributions - see 'investing', but knowing that the amount is not enough
- following - announcing, but after everybody else has
- initiating - announcing
- consulting - announcing meetings
- releasing an action plan - announcing, but louder
- announcing an intent to introduce - announcing a future announcement
- holding consultations - see ' consulting'
- working with - announcing that someone else will do something (but the government will take the credit)
- defending, committing to supporting, by addressing, providing, by requiring, taking steps - announcing, but with television advertising
- ensuring - announcing, but without television advertising
- advancing - announcing again
- promoting - see 'supporting'
- delivering results . . . by adopting - see 'adopting'
- bringing into force - see re-announcing
- filing a submission - announcing, but in writing to someone else (see 'working with')
- strengthening - see 'supporting'
- keeping the Prime Minister's 2007 commitment - see 're-announcing', but much later
- signing a new agreement - see 're-announcing'; and
- unveiling - announcing something everybody thought was dead.
- Special note: 'creating partnerships to prevent homelessness among veterans' is a special gender-neutral program to marry them off to rich widows
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