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{
    "time": "2022-02-07 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Lib.)",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Ahmed Hussen (ministre du Logement et de la Diversit\u00e9 et de l\u2019Inclusion, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6916829\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, what is remarkable is the astronomical gap between the Conservatives' rhetoric and their voting record. They voted against every single measure to build more affordable housing, to put more money in the pockets of Canadian renters to help them pay their rent, to build more housing for the most vulnerable and, yes, to allow more young Canadians to access their dream of home ownership through the first-time homebuyer incentive. Instead of offering leadership, they vote against affordable housing policies every single time, yet get up in the House of Commons and pretend to care about housing. We see through their rhetoric and so do Canadians.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6916829\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ce qui est remarquable, c'est l'\u00e9norme discordance entre ce que disent les conservateurs et ce que leurs votes d\u00e9montrent. Les conservateurs se sont oppos\u00e9s \u00e0 chacune des mesures visant \u00e0 favoriser la construction de logements abordables suppl\u00e9mentaires, \u00e0 mettre plus d'argent dans les poches des Canadiens pour les aider \u00e0 payer leur loyer, \u00e0 construire plus de logements pour les personnes les plus vuln\u00e9rables et, oui, \u00e0 permettre \u00e0 davantage de jeunes Canadiens de r\u00e9aliser leur r\u00eave d'acc\u00e9der \u00e0 la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'Incitatif \u00e0 l'achat d'une premi\u00e8re propri\u00e9t\u00e9. Au lieu de faire preuve de leadership, ils votent contre chacune des politiques propos\u00e9es en mati\u00e8re de logement abordable. Pourtant, dans leurs discours \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, ils pr\u00e9tendent se soucier du logement. Nous voyons clair dans leur jeu, tout comme les Canadiens, d'ailleurs.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2022/2/7/ahmed-hussen-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ahmed-hussen/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4358/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11499472",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Housing",
        "fr": "Le logement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2022/2/7/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2022%2F2%2F7%2F"
    }
}