The federal government is talking about looking after home care, community services, strategies for youth, bursaries, pharmacare, ways to interest young people in science, a national school nutrition program, Canada wide benefits for poor children, a Canadian foundation for innovation, and a partridge in a pear tree.
The author is being somewhat sarcastic at the end of this statement. 
The statement ends with a partridge in a pear tree.  That's sarcasm.
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