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{
    "time": "2020-10-23 12:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Salma Zahid (Scarborough Centre, Lib.)",
        "fr": "Mme Salma Zahid (Scarborough-Centre, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6300481\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, as the economy has begun to recover from COVID-19, we have seen that women are not returning to the workforce at the same rate as their male colleagues. One major reason is child care.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6300482\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Without access to safe and affordable child care, it will not be possible for both parents to choose to return to work, and most often it is the woman who will stay at home.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6300483\" data-originallang=\"en\">Could the <a data-HoCid=\"253812\" href=\"/politicians/adam-vaughan/\" title=\"Adam Vaughan\">Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development</a> tell us how the government is going to address this and finally make a Canada-wide early learning and child care system a reality?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6300481\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, \u00e0 mesure que l'\u00e9conomie commence \u00e0 se remettre de la COVID-19, on constate que les femmes ne retournent pas travailler au m\u00eame rythme que les hommes. La garde d'enfants explique en grande partie ce ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6300482\" data-originallang=\"en\">Sans acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des services de garde d'enfants \u00e0 la fois s\u00fbrs et abordables, les deux parents ne peuvent pas retourner au travail en m\u00eame temps, et la plupart du temps, c'est la femme qui reste \u00e0 la maison.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6300483\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Le <a data-HoCid=\"253812\" href=\"/politicians/adam-vaughan/\" title=\"Adam Vaughan\">secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre de la Famille, des Enfants et du D\u00e9veloppement social</a> peut-il nous dire comment le gouvernement compte s'attaquer \u00e0 ce probl\u00e8me pour que le Canada dispose enfin d'un syst\u00e8me national d'\u00e9ducation pr\u00e9scolaire et de garde d'enfants?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2020/10/23/salma-zahid-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/salma-zahid/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4345/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10968529",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Child Care",
        "fr": "La garde d'enfants"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2020/10/23/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F10%2F23%2F"
    }
}