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{
"time": "2019-05-02 15:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Matt DeCourcey (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Matt DeCourcey (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre de l\u2019Immigration, des R\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et de la Citoyennet\u00e9, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5886114\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives have finally seen the merit in consulting Canadians, but they did not listen to what Canadians have to say about immigration in this country. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5886115\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Conservatives think that immigration is a bad thing, but we, on this side of the House, know that immigration is a positive force for Canada's economic growth. Take, for example, our global skills strategy, which helped create 150,000 jobs in this country. We know that immigration is important for the economy and for communities across Canada.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5886114\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, finalement, les conservateurs ont vu le m\u00e9rite de consulter les Canadiens, mais ils n'ont pas \u00e9cout\u00e9 au sujet de la question de l'immigration dans ce pays. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5886115\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Eux, ils pensent que l'immigration est une force n\u00e9gative, mais de ce c\u00f4t\u00e9-ci, nous savons que l'immigration est une force positive pour la croissance \u00e9conomique de ce pays. Regardons seulement notre Strat\u00e9gie en mati\u00e8re de comp\u00e9tences mondiales, qui a aid\u00e9 \u00e0 cr\u00e9er 150 000 emplois dans ce pays. Nous savons que l'immigration est importante pour l'\u00e9conomie et pour les communaut\u00e9s partout au Canada.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2019/5/2/matt-decourcey-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/matt-decourcey/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4295/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10595676",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship",
"fr": "L'immigration, les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et la citoyennet\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2019/5/2/",
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}
}