Mr. Speaker,
  'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house 
 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. 
 Then came Scrooge's call through the PM's headset
 “You owe me repayment on the national debt.” 
 
 “But, Scrooge, Christmas is for Santa and cute elves 
 Candy canes and budgets that balance themselves.” 
 “No”, snapped Scrooge, “Santa is in debtors' jail 'til you pay. 
 I'll leave him there and ruin Christmas Day.” 
 
 “I need cash in a flash”, cried out JT 
 Perhaps speaking fees from friends at WE. 
 The central bank will make our dollars double 
 Reducing by half my money troubles. 
 
 Doubling the number of each coin will make us more 
 Turning loonies to toonies and toonies to fours. 
 Each party will chip in some coins for free 
 If it's loonies we need, they're in the NDP. 
 
 We'll host Liberal fundraisers, social distanced no doubt 
 That's easy enough; Liberals are always spaced out.
 Meanwhile at the North Pole was a plan under way 
 To set Santa free and save Christmas Day. 
 
 Out of a helicopter an air force vet ran 
 A dashing and handsome, slightly balding man.
 “Goodness”, asked St. Nick, “who's this man on a mission? 
 My gosh, it's the leader of the opposition.”
 
 The leader cut the bars and set Santa away 
 Who wasted no time and ran straight for his sleigh. 
 But as he jumped on, a reindeer did buck 
 Santa stubbed his big toe and yelled, “Oh, shucks.” 
 
 Then off and away his chariot soared
 Our children's dreams renewed and restored. 
 Proving again, Christmas dreams can come true 
 As Santa and all change their colours to blue. 
  
