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{
    "time": "2022-05-19 14:50:00",
    "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=\"7171190\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is really interesting to hear the Conservatives talk about the dream of home ownership, because every time they get a chance to actually do something about it, they vote against it. When we brought in measures to increase housing supply, what did they do? They voted against it. When we brought in measures to enable first-time homebuyers to save up to $40,000, what did they do? They voted against it. When we put together a plan to top up an extra $500 to support vulnerable renters in Canada, what did they do? They voted against it. They can say one thing here, but Canadians can see through their rhetoric.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7171190\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il est tr\u00e8s int\u00e9ressant d'entendre les conservateurs parler du r\u00eave de l'accession \u00e0 la propri\u00e9t\u00e9, car chaque fois qu'ils ont l'occasion de faire quelque chose \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard, ils votent contre. Lorsque nous avons propos\u00e9 des mesures pour accro\u00eetre le parc de logements, qu'ont-ils fait? Ils ont vot\u00e9 contre. Lorsque nous avons propos\u00e9 des mesures visant \u00e0 permettre aux acheteurs d'une premi\u00e8re propri\u00e9t\u00e9 d'\u00e9conomiser jusqu'\u00e0 40 000 $, qu'ont-ils fait? Ils ont vot\u00e9 contre. Lorsque nous avons mis en place un plan visant \u00e0 verser un suppl\u00e9ment de 500 $ aux locataires vuln\u00e9rables au Canada, qu'ont-ils fait? Ils ont vot\u00e9 contre. Ils peuvent dire ce qu'ils veulent ici, mais les Canadiens voient clair dans leurs discours creux.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2022/5/19/ahmed-hussen-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ahmed-hussen/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4358/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11702302",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Housing",
        "fr": "Le logement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2022/5/19/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2022%2F5%2F19%2F"
    }
}