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{
    "time": "2021-05-11 16:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Ziad Aboultaif",
        "fr": "M. Ziad Aboultaif"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6699382\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for Edmonton Strathcona. Of course, it is good to see her.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6699383\" data-originallang=\"en\">My speech was focused on the fiscal anchors and what we can do to make sure we do not pile on debt with unnecessary spending. I was not talking about necessary spending. That is very clear. I was talking about unnecessary spending and the crazy promises that keep piling up. Where is the answer? Where is the government on telling Canadians what it is going to do with this debt? How long can we continue spending?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6699384\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We have to deal with the pandemic and of course with all of the mistakes the government has made, such as not being able to provide vaccines on time or test kits so we could get out of this as soon as possible. What we are talking about is why the government is not being responsible with how much debt it is bringing to Canadians, what we are going to do with it and how we will pay for it generation after generation.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6699382\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie ma coll\u00e8gue d\u2019Edmonton Strathcona. Bien s\u00fbr, je suis moi aussi heureux de la voir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6699383\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mon discours \u00e9tait ax\u00e9 sur les cibles budg\u00e9taires et sur ce que nous pouvons faire pour nous assurer de ne pas alourdir la dette par des d\u00e9penses inutiles. Je ne parlais pas des d\u00e9penses n\u00e9cessaires. C\u2019est tr\u00e8s clair. Je parlais des d\u00e9penses inutiles et des promesses folles qui s\u2019accumulent. O\u00f9 est la r\u00e9ponse? Quand est-ce que le gouvernement va expliquer ce qu\u2019il entend faire pour rembourser cette dette? Combien de temps pouvons-nous encore continuer \u00e0 d\u00e9penser?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6699384\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous devons faire face \u00e0 la pand\u00e9mie et, bien s\u00fbr, composer avec toutes les erreurs que le gouvernement a commises, comme le fait de ne pas \u00eatre en mesure de fournir \u00e0 temps les vaccins ou les trousses de test pour que nous puissions nous en sortir le plus rapidement possible. Ce que nous voulons savoir, c\u2019est la raison pour laquelle le gouvernement n\u2019agit pas de fa\u00e7on responsable en ce qui concerne la dette qu\u2019il impose aux Canadiens, ce que nous allons en faire et comment devront la payer les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations futures?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2021/5/11/ziad-aboultaif-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ziad-aboultaif/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4208/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11305640",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1",
        "fr": "Loi no 1 d'ex\u00e9cution du budget de 2021"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2021/5/11/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2021%2F5%2F11%2F"
    }
}