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{
    "time": "2024-11-19 15:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Sean Fraser (ministre du Logement, de l\u2019Infrastructure et des Collectivit\u00e9s, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8717201\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, something is interesting. Over the course of the last couple of days, the few times that Conservatives have actually shown any interest in the housing file, they have manipulated statistics to try to paint a false picture. If we look at the report from CMHC that came out this week, we will see that housing starts are up this month. They are up this year due to the investments that we are making directly in communities. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8717202\" data-originallang=\"en\">What is fascinating is the member has been banned by his leader from advocating for his community. His constituents have sent him to this House, and his response is to ignore their needs and, instead, do whatever his leader asks him. That is not representation. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8717201\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il y a quelque chose d'int\u00e9ressant. Au cours des derniers jours, les rares fois o\u00f9 les conservateurs se sont int\u00e9ress\u00e9s au dossier du logement, ils ont manipul\u00e9 les statistiques pour tenter de dresser un faux portrait. Si nous examinons le rapport que la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 canadienne d'hypoth\u00e8ques et de logement a publi\u00e9 cette semaine, nous constatons que les mises en chantier sont en hausse ce mois-ci. Elles sont en hausse cette ann\u00e9e gr\u00e2ce aux investissements que nous r\u00e9alisons directement dans les collectivit\u00e9s. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8717202\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est fascinant de constater que le chef du d\u00e9put\u00e9 lui a interdit de d\u00e9fendre les int\u00e9r\u00eats de sa circonscription. Ses concitoyens l'ont \u00e9lu pour si\u00e9ger \u00e0 la Chambre, et sa r\u00e9ponse consiste \u00e0 ignorer leurs besoins et \u00e0 faire plut\u00f4t tout ce que son chef lui demande. Ce n'est pas ce que j'appelle de la repr\u00e9sentation.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/11/19/sean-fraser-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/sean-fraser/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4447/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12997694",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Housing",
        "fr": "Le logement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/11/19/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F11%2F19%2F"
    }
}