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{
"time": "2024-12-02 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Irek Kusmierczyk (Windsor\u2014Tecumseh, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Irek Kusmierczyk (Windsor\u2014Tecumseh, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8753552\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address a puzzle in our politics.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8753553\" data-originallang=\"en\"> For years, the <a data-HoCid=\"278241\" href=\"/politicians/pierre-poilievre/\" title=\"Pierre Poilievre\">Conservative leader</a> and his party have lectured Canadians about the virtues of tax cuts, yet when given the chance to support a GST tax break that puts money in the pockets of working families, what do the Conservatives do? They vote against it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8753554\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The <a data-HoCid=\"278241\" href=\"/politicians/pierre-poilievre/\" title=\"Pierre Poilievre\">Conservative leader</a> carefully crafts an image of caring for Canadians, but when given the chance to support them with tangible relief, he turns his back on them, voting against dental care for seniors and voting against the school food program for kids.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8753555\" data-originallang=\"en\">With each vote, we see the puzzle taking shape: a Conservative leader so fixated on politics that he has forgotten the people.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8753556\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u201cCanada first\u201d works only when one puts actual Canadians first.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8753552\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je prends la parole afin de tenter de r\u00e9soudre une \u00e9nigme de la politique canadienne. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8753553\" data-originallang=\"en\">Depuis des ann\u00e9es, le <a data-HoCid=\"278241\" href=\"/politicians/pierre-poilievre/\" title=\"Pierre Poilievre\">chef conservateur</a> et son parti n'arr\u00eatent pas de vanter les m\u00e9rites des r\u00e9ductions de taxes et imp\u00f4ts aupr\u00e8s des Canadiens. Or, quand ils ont eu l'occasion d'appuyer un cong\u00e9 de TPS qui laissera plus d'argent dans les poches des familles de travailleurs, qu'ont fait les conservateurs? Ils ont vot\u00e9 contre la mesure. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8753554\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Le <a data-HoCid=\"278241\" href=\"/politicians/pierre-poilievre/\" title=\"Pierre Poilievre\">chef conservateur</a> peaufine son image de personne qui se soucie du sort des Canadiens, mais quand il a l'occasion de les aider en soutenant une mesure qui leur donnera v\u00e9ritablement du r\u00e9pit, il leur tourne le dos. Il a vot\u00e9 contre les soins dentaires pour les a\u00een\u00e9s et contre le programme d'alimentation dans les \u00e9coles. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8753555\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 chaque vote, la r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 cette \u00e9nigme prend forme: le chef conservateur est tellement concentr\u00e9 sur la politique qu'il en a oubli\u00e9 la population. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8753556\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour qu'un plan \u00ab le Canada d'abord \u00bb fonctionne, il faut r\u00e9ellement s'assurer de d\u00e9fendre les int\u00e9r\u00eats des Canadiens d'abord. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/12/2/irek-kusmierczyk-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/irek-kusmierczyk/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4524/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13032554",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada",
"fr": "Le chef du Parti conservateur du Canada"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/12/2/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F12%2F2%2F"
}
}