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{
    "time": "2020-06-17 17:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Tim Uppal",
        "fr": "L'hon. Tim Uppal"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6205449\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, our global reputation definitely took a hit today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6205450\" data-originallang=\"en\">The <a data-HoCid=\"253386\" href=\"/politicians/bill-blair/\" title=\"Bill Blair\">minister of border security</a> announced on March 20 that Canada would turn away asylum seekers. Then, on April 20, he announced that fewer than 10 asylum seekers had crossed the border. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6205451\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why are the Liberals spending $200 million to house asylum claimants if they successfully closed the border?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6205449\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, notre r\u00e9putation mondiale a certainement \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9branl\u00e9e aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6205450\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"253386\" href=\"/politicians/bill-blair/\" title=\"Bill Blair\">ministre de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 frontali\u00e8re</a> a annonc\u00e9 le 20 mars que le Canada renverrait les demandeurs d'asile. Le 20 avril, il a annonc\u00e9 que moins de 10 demandeurs d'asile avaient travers\u00e9 la fronti\u00e8re.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6205451\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi les lib\u00e9raux d\u00e9pensent-ils 200 millions de dollars pour loger les demandeurs d'asile s'ils ont r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 fermer les fronti\u00e8res?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2020/6/17/tim-uppal-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/tim-uppal/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4562/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10890141",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Supplementary Estimates (A), 2020-21",
        "fr": "Le budget suppl\u00e9mentaire des d\u00e9penses (A) 2020-2021"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2020/6/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F6%2F17%2F"
    }
}