Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2022-02-15 21:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan\u2014West Kootenay, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Richard Cannings (Okanagan-Sud\u2014Kootenay-Ouest, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6940855\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the hon. member made a comment wondering why the NDP is always running around fixing Liberal mistakes. Well, it is because the NDP is focused on one thing, and that is helping Canadians. When the pandemic first hit, people were suffering. It was the NDP that pushed for supports for seniors and people with disabilities. The Liberals were not there and the Conservatives were not there. It was the NDP that was pushing for that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6940856\" data-originallang=\"en\">If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it is that we have the ability in the House to make decisions to help Canadians, and we have the capacity to do that. One thing that would really accomplish that, which would go a long way to help seniors and people with disabilities, is a guaranteed livable basic income. We have a private member's bill on that, Bill <a data-HoCid=\"11498374\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-223/\" title=\"An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income\">C-223</a>, which is on the docket.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6940857\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am wondering, if Conservatives care about seniors, if they will support that bill.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6940855\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la d\u00e9put\u00e9e a fait part de son observation sur le NPD. Elle se demandait pourquoi ce parti cherche toujours \u00e0 corriger les erreurs des lib\u00e9raux. Eh bien, c'est parce que le NPD n'a qu'une seule priorit\u00e9, celle d'aider les Canadiens. D\u00e8s que la pand\u00e9mie s'est abattue sur notre pays, les Canadiens ont souffert. C'est le NPD qui a fait pression pour que des mesures d'aide soient mises en place pour les a\u00een\u00e9s et les personnes handicap\u00e9es. Les lib\u00e9raux n'y songeaient pas, ni les conservateurs. Ce sont les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du NPD qui ont demand\u00e9 \u00e0 ce que de telles mesures soient instaur\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6940856\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si la pand\u00e9mie nous a appris quelque chose, c'est que la Chambre des communes a la capacit\u00e9 de prendre des d\u00e9cisions pour le bien des Canadiens. L'une des mani\u00e8res d'y arriver serait d'instaurer un programme de revenu de base garanti. Un tel programme contribuerait grandement \u00e0 soutenir les a\u00een\u00e9s et les personnes handicap\u00e9es. \u00c0 cet effet, il y a le projet de loi \u00e9manant d'un d\u00e9put\u00e9, le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"11498374\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-223/\" title=\"An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income\">C\u2011223</a>, dont l'\u00e9tude a d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 entam\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6940857\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je me demande si les conservateurs ont \u00e0 c\u0153ur le bien-\u00eatre des a\u00een\u00e9s et s'ils sont pr\u00eats \u00e0 appuyer le projet de loi pour le d\u00e9montrer.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2022/2/15/richard-cannings-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/richard-cannings/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4216/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11527383",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Old Age Security Act",
        "fr": "La Loi sur la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la vieillesse"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2022/2/15/",
    "related": {
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    }
}