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{
"time": "2016-12-12 14:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Anne Minh-Thu Quach (Salaberry\u2014Suro\u00eet, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Anne Minh-Thu Quach (Salaberry\u2014Suro\u00eet, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4706301\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the Liberals boast about working on behalf of the middle class and being progressive.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4706302\" data-originallang=\"fr\">However, requests for food aid in Valleyfield have skyrocketed and organizations cannot afford to provide Christmas hampers this years. The use of food banks has increased 300%.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4706303\" data-originallang=\"fr\">In an effort to reduce the number of requests for food aid, Food Banks Canada and Les Banques alimentaires du Qu\u00e9bec are recommending a poverty reduction strategy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4706304\" data-originallang=\"fr\">How can the Liberals justify voting against the national strategy to combat poverty brought forward by my colleague from <a data-HoCid=\"214064\" href=\"/politicians/brigitte-sansoucy/\" title=\"Brigitte Sansoucy\">Saint-Hyacinthe\u2014Bagot</a>?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4706301\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les lib\u00e9raux se vantent de travailler pour la classe moyenne et d'\u00eatre progressistes. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4706302\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Cependant, les demandes d'aide alimentaire ont tellement explos\u00e9 \u00e0 Valleyfield que les organismes ne peuvent m\u00eame plus se permettre d'offrir des paniers de No\u00ebl cette ann\u00e9e; le recours aux banques alimentaires a augment\u00e9 de 300 %.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4706303\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pour diminuer le nombre de demandes, Banques alimentaires Canada et Les Banques alimentaires du Qu\u00e9bec recommandent une strat\u00e9gie de r\u00e9duction de la pauvret\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4706304\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Comment les lib\u00e9raux peuvent-ils justifier d'avoir vot\u00e9 contre une proposition de strat\u00e9gie nationale de lutte antipauvret\u00e9 de ma coll\u00e8gue de <a data-HoCid=\"214064\" href=\"/politicians/brigitte-sansoucy/\" title=\"Brigitte Sansoucy\">Saint-Hyacinthe\u2014Bagot</a>?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/12/12/anne-minh-thu-quach-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/anne-minh-thu-quach/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4347/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9312874",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Poverty",
"fr": "La pauvret\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/12/12/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F12%2F12%2F"
}
}