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{
"time": "2014-09-18 15:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. John McCallum (Markham\u2014Unionville, Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. John McCallum (Markham\u2014Unionville, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3825549\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, in a move that is symptomatic of the Conservatives' callous disregard of family reunification, they have cut off the entry of spouses into Canada for the rest of the year because they have hit their quota.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3825550\" data-originallang=\"en\">Never mind that the spouses have already been waiting an average of 19 months, twice as much as before. Never mind that the government allowed the quota to be exceeded back in 2006-2007.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3825551\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why will the minister not simply do the right thing and let these spouses into Canada?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3825549\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, dans un geste qui est caract\u00e9ristique du m\u00e9pris insensible des conservateurs \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de la r\u00e9unification familiale, ceux-ci ont interrompu l'entr\u00e9e de conjoints au Canada pour le reste de l'ann\u00e9e parce qu'ils ont atteint leur quota.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3825550\" data-originallang=\"en\">Peu importe que les conjoints attendent d\u00e9j\u00e0 depuis 19 mois en moyenne, c'est-\u00e0-dire deux fois plus longtemps qu'auparavant. Peu importe que le gouvernement ait permis qu'on surpasse le quota en 2006-2007.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3825551\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi le ministre ne fait-il tout simplement pas ce qui s'impose et ne laisse-t-il pas entrer ces conjoints au Canada?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2014/9/18/john-mccallum-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/john-mccallum/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1387/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8441141",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Citizenship and Immigration",
"fr": "La citoyennet\u00e9 et l'immigration"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2014/9/18/",
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}
}