周四，保守党领袖皮埃尔·普里布瓦和众议院议长史蒂文·麦克尼南就《宋飞正传》相关言论互相攻击。普里布瓦以本周在蒙特利尔举行的加欧峰会为引子，抛出第一个问题。
Regular question period viewers got a little more than the usual "yada, yada, yada" on Thursday as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Government House leader Steven MacKinnon traded Seinfeld-related jabs. Poilievre kicked off the reference contest with a question about the Canada-EU summit taking place in Montreal this week.
“这难道只是另一个《宋飞正传》峰会？一场关于什么都没有的会议？”普里布瓦问道，并回溯这部90年代情景喜剧被冠以“关于什么都没有的节目”之名。
"Is this just another Seinfeld summit? A meeting about nothing?" Poilievre asked, referencing the '90s sitcom that was billed as a show "about nothing."
麦克尼南随即回击，引用热门剧集台词，称反对党领袖“每天重复同一个噩梦”。
MacKinnon shot back at Poilievre by riffing on a line from the hit show, saying that the opposition leader "lives the same recurring nightmare every single day."
保守党领袖继续引述，将总理马克·卡尼比作杰森·亚历山大饰演的乔治·科斯坦扎，称他“在办公室到处跑，假装很忙，却在现实世界一事无成”。
The Conservative leader kept the references going by arguing that Prime Minister Mark Carney acts like Jason Alexander's character George Costanza, "running around the office trying to look busy while achieving nothing at all in the real world."
随后麦克尼南又试图把普里布瓦比作另一角色科斯特罗· Kramer，称保守党领袖“每次走进房间就说些奇怪的话”。该剧于1998年播完九季后停播。
MacKinnon then tried to cast Poilievre as another character, Cosmo Kramer, suggesting that the Conservative leader "just walks into the room every time and says something weird." The sitcom went off the air in 1998 after nine seasons.
这场交锋之际，卡尼正与欧盟代表会面，旨在加强与27个成员国的关系。
The back-and-forth comes as Carney is meeting with representatives of the European Union in an effort to strengthen ties with the 27-member bloc.
尽管总理坚称新协议的内容才是关键，但关于新联盟名称的疑问不断涌现。
While the prime minister has insisted that the substance of a new agreement with the EU is what matters, questions have swirled around what the label of the new alliance will be.
据CBC News周三报道，联合声明中已删除“关联成员资格”一词，但欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩仍沿用该措辞。
CBC News reported on Wednesday that words "associate membership" were removed from a joint statement expected to be released at the summit, but that hasn't stopped European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen from using that branding.
保守党一直质疑与欧盟更紧密的关系意味着什么。普里布瓦表示，卡尼应集中精力推动九个落后者批准《加欧综合经济与贸易协定》。
Conservatives have continuously raised questions about what a closer relationship with the EU would mean. Poilievre says Carney should focus on getting nine laggard countries to ratify the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.