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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2024-11-20 19:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Mark Gerretsen",
"fr": "M. Mark Gerretsen"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8719147\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I never once said that this debate was not important and was meaningless. I started my speech by talking about the Conservatives using the House in a meaningless way, because they are doing that through their filibuster on the other issue. Then, after the member who just asked me a question rose on a point of order to bring me to relevance, and rightly so, I started talking about the importance of housing and the federal government's role in it. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8719148\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I seriously reject the notion that I suggested this is not an important topic. It is actually one of the very few important topics that I have had the opportunity to stand up and speak to since we came back in September. I appreciate having the opportunity to contribute to a debate on such an important matter. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8719147\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je n'ai jamais dit que ce d\u00e9bat n'avait aucune importance ou aucun sens. J'ai commenc\u00e9 mon discours en disant que les conservateurs utilisent la Chambre d'une mani\u00e8re d\u00e9nu\u00e9e de sens, parce qu'ils font de l'obstruction \u00e0 propos de l'autre question. Ensuite, quand la d\u00e9put\u00e9e qui vient de me poser une question a invoqu\u00e9 le R\u00e8glement pour me rappeler l'importance de la pertinence, \u00e0 juste titre, j'ai commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 parler de l'importance du logement et du r\u00f4le du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8719148\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je rejette fortement l'id\u00e9e selon laquelle j'aurais dit qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un sujet important. En fait, c'est l'un des tr\u00e8s rares sujets importants sur lesquels j'ai eu l'occasion de prendre la parole depuis notre retour en septembre. Je suis heureux d'avoir l'occasion de contribuer \u00e0 un d\u00e9bat sur un enjeu aussi crucial.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/11/20/mark-gerretsen-18/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/mark-gerretsen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4311/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13001154",
"h1": {
"en": "Concurrence in Committee Reports",
"fr": "Adoption de rapports de comit\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Committees of the House",
"fr": "Les comit\u00e9s de la Chambre"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities",
"fr": "Ressources humaines, d\u00e9veloppement des comp\u00e9tences, d\u00e9veloppement social, condition des personnes handicap\u00e9es"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/11/20/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F11%2F20%2F"
}
}