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{
"time": "2022-11-17 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer\u2014Lacombe, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer\u2014Lacombe, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7429090\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Kay is 71 years old. She lives in a seniors' lodge, and the lodge just raised her rent because of inflation. Her OAS and GIS are now $100 short of what her monthly rent is. She has moved up several flights of stairs just to save $300 a month, but that deal is going to end soon. She volunteers at the lodge because she gets, as a reward, a glass of cranberry juice, which she needs for nourishment. She orders meals on wheels every second day for $6 because that is all she can afford.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7429091\" data-originallang=\"en\">When will the Liberals end their inflationary spending and cancel their cruel tax increases so Kay can once again afford to live in the country she helped build?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7429090\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, Kay a 71 ans. Elle vit dans un foyer pour personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es qui vient d'augmenter son loyer \u00e0 cause de l'inflation. Avec les sommes qu'elle re\u00e7oit au titre de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la vieillesse et du Suppl\u00e9ment de revenu garanti, il lui manque maintenant 100 $ pour payer le loyer mensuel. Elle a d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 plusieurs \u00e9tages plus haut \u2014 autant d'escaliers suppl\u00e9mentaires \u00e0 monter \u2014 seulement pour \u00e9conomiser 300 $ par mois, mais cette entente prendra fin bient\u00f4t. Elle fait du b\u00e9n\u00e9volat au foyer parce qu'elle re\u00e7oit en guise de r\u00e9compense un verre de jus de canneberge, ce dont elle a besoin pour son alimentation. Elle commande des repas \u00e0 la popote roulante un jour sur deux pour 6 $ parce que c'est tout ce qu'elle peut se permettre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7429091\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand les lib\u00e9raux mettront-ils fin \u00e0 leurs d\u00e9penses inflationnistes et quand annuleront-ils leurs cruelles hausses de taxes afin que Kay puisse de nouveau avoir les moyens de vivre dans le pays qu'elle a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 b\u00e2tir?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2022/11/17/blaine-calkins-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/blaine-calkins/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4320/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11924528",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Seniors",
"fr": "Les a\u00een\u00e9s"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2022/11/17/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2022%2F11%2F17%2F"
}
}