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{
    "time": "2020-11-24 15:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Raquel Dancho (Kildonan\u2014St. Paul, CPC)",
        "fr": "Mme Raquel Dancho (Kildonan\u2014St. Paul, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6368931\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the <a data-HoCid=\"253396\" href=\"/politicians/marco-mendicino/\" title=\"Marco Mendicino\">immigration minister</a> recently said, \u201cit has never been easier for families to reunite.\u201d Meanwhile, hundreds of families have been unable to reunite since the onset of the pandemic. The Liberals promised these families would be reunited with a new 14-day processing deadline back in October, but hundreds of cases missed that deadline. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6368932\" data-originallang=\"en\">Graeme in Calgary is eager to reunite with his American fianc\u00e9e Courtney. The last time they saw each other was five months ago when she gave birth to their son. Apart from a bizarre request to provide proof of their relationship, they have not heard anything in over a month. Maybe the baby would be proof enough of that relationship. I am not sure. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6368933\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why did the Liberals break their promise to separated families?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6368931\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le <a data-HoCid=\"253396\" href=\"/politicians/marco-mendicino/\" title=\"Marco Mendicino\">ministre de l\u2019Immigration</a> a r\u00e9cemment d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que \u00ab la r\u00e9unification des familles n'a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 aussi facile \u00bb, mais cette r\u00e9unification est impossible pour des centaines de familles depuis le d\u00e9but de la pand\u00e9mie. Les lib\u00e9raux ont promis \u00e0 ces familles qu'elles seraient r\u00e9unies gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un nouveau processus de 14 jours en octobre dernier, mais des centaines de cas n'ont pu respecter cette \u00e9ch\u00e9ance. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6368932\" data-originallang=\"en\">Graeme, \u00e0 Calgary, est impatient de retrouver Courtney, sa fianc\u00e9e am\u00e9ricaine. Ils se sont vus en personne pour la derni\u00e8re fois il y a cinq mois, lorsqu'elle a donn\u00e9 naissance \u00e0 leur fils. Ils n'ont re\u00e7u aucune nouvelle depuis plus d'un mois, mis \u00e0 part une bizarre demande de preuve de leur relation. Le b\u00e9b\u00e9 pourrait peut-\u00eatre constituer une preuve suffisante, mais peut-\u00eatre pas. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6368933\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi les lib\u00e9raux ont-ils rompu leur promesse faite aux familles s\u00e9par\u00e9es?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2020/11/24/raquel-dancho-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/raquel-dancho/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4578/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11031917",
    "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/2020/11/24/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F11%2F24%2F"
    }
}