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{
    "time": "2023-05-31 22:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7822310\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, many members of the Conservative Party have stood up tonight, despite the fact that this is simply a debate on the title, to talk about affordability for Canadians. However, one of the biggest challenges I have is that we see time and time again Conservatives voting against those things that would make life more affordable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7822311\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I am wondering if the member could speak a little bit about the fact that things like dental care make life affordable for Canadians and things like support for housing make things affordable for Canadians. Could the member talk about those things that would make things more affordable for Canadians and perhaps tell us, as much as she says that she likes child care and that she believes in child care, why she would not want the bill to go forward even in a flawed form knowing that it would provide child care to so many Canadian families?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7822310\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, beaucoup de d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs ont pris la parole ce soir pour parler d'abordabilit\u00e9, m\u00eame s'il s'agit uniquement d'un d\u00e9bat sur le titre. Cependant, ce qui me d\u00e9range le plus, c'est que, de fa\u00e7on r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9e, les conservateurs votent contre les mesures qui rendraient la vie des Canadiens plus abordable. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7822311\" data-originallang=\"en\"> J'aimerais que ma coll\u00e8gue parle un peu du fait qu'un r\u00e9gime de soins dentaires rend la vie des Canadiens plus abordable ou du fait que, par exemple, des mesures d'aide au logement rendent la vie des Canadiens plus abordable. La d\u00e9put\u00e9e peut-elle parler de ces mesures qui rendraient la vie des Canadiens plus abordable. Comme elle se dit en faveur des services de garderie, pourrait-elle nous expliquer pourquoi elle ne voudrait pas que le projet de loi soit adopt\u00e9, m\u00eame s'il est imparfait, afin que de nombreuses familles canadiennes aient acc\u00e8s \u00e0 de tels services? </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/5/31/heather-mcpherson-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/heather-mcpherson/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4571/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12249884",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur l'apprentissage et la garde des jeunes enfants au Canada"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Motion in Amendment",
        "fr": "Motion d'amendement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/5/31/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F5%2F31%2F"
    }
}