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{
"time": "2023-09-28 15:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park\u2014Fort Saskatchewan, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park\u2014Fort Saskatchewan, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7933321\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, on May 29, the Liberal-NDP coalition voted against a Conservative motion to sue the companies responsible for the opioid crisis for all damages and devote the money received to prevention, treatment and recovery.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7933322\" data-originallang=\"en\">Liberals sided with McKinsey and big pharma against the victims of the opioid crisis. However, McKinsey just agreed to pay another $230 million in damages in the U.S.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7933323\" data-originallang=\"en\">While American victims are collecting big time from these corporate drug dealers, why did the government vote against bringing home full compensation for victims here in Canada?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7933321\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le 29 mai, la coalition lib\u00e9rale\u2014n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrate a vot\u00e9 contre une motion conservatrice visant \u00e0 poursuivre les entreprises responsables de la crise des opio\u00efdes pour tous les dommages inflig\u00e9s et \u00e0 consacrer l'argent re\u00e7u \u00e0 la pr\u00e9vention, au traitement et au r\u00e9tablissement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7933322\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les lib\u00e9raux se sont rang\u00e9s du c\u00f4t\u00e9 de McKinsey et des grandes soci\u00e9t\u00e9s pharmaceutiques contre les victimes de la crise des opio\u00efdes. Cependant, McKinsey vient d'accepter de payer 230 millions de dollars suppl\u00e9mentaires en dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats aux \u00c9tats\u2011Unis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7933323\" data-originallang=\"en\">Alors que les victimes am\u00e9ricaines re\u00e7oivent beaucoup d'argent de ces soci\u00e9t\u00e9s narcotrafiquantes, pourquoi le gouvernement a-t-il vot\u00e9 contre la proposition d'indemniser pleinement les victimes ici, au Canada?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/9/28/garnett-genuis-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/garnett-genuis/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4383/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12345501",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Health",
"fr": "La sant\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2023/9/28/",
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}
}