Même si nous tenons pour acquis (charitablement) que les libéraux essayaient simplement de venir en aide aux Canadiens à faible revenu, ou (cyniquement) qu'ils essayaient de faire des faveurs à autant de personnes que possible avant les élections, la situation est désastreuse.
Even if we assume (charitably) that the Liberals were simply trying to help low-income Canadians, or (cynically) that they were trying to butter up as many people as they could before the election, the execution was abysmal.