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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": "2024-04-19 11:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo\u2014Ladysmith, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo\u2014Ladysmith, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8336647\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, pay the bills or buy the groceries; this is the dilemma for too many Canadians. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8336648\" data-originallang=\"en\">Big oil and gas are doing just fine by gouging Canadians at the pumps and making record profits. Why is this? It is because the government lets them. Liberals caved to lobbyists and stepped back instead of making big oil pay what it owes. We cannot expect better from Conservatives, because they are focused on taking Canadians' dental care and free medication. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8336649\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why is the government letting ultrarich CEOs rip off Canadians?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8336647\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, payer les factures ou faire l'\u00e9picerie, tel est le dilemme d'un trop grand nombre de Canadiens. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8336648\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les grandes soci\u00e9t\u00e9s p\u00e9troli\u00e8res et gazi\u00e8res se portent tr\u00e8s bien en exploitant les Canadiens \u00e0 la pompe et en r\u00e9alisant des b\u00e9n\u00e9fices record. Pourquoi est-ce ainsi? C'est parce que le gouvernement les laisse faire. Les lib\u00e9raux ont c\u00e9d\u00e9 aux lobbyistes et fait marche arri\u00e8re au lieu d'exiger que les grandes p\u00e9troli\u00e8res paient leur d\u00fb. On ne peut s'attendre \u00e0 mieux de la part des conservateurs, car ils sont occup\u00e9s \u00e0 priver les Canadiens de soins dentaires et de m\u00e9dicaments gratuits. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8336649\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi le gouvernement laisse-t-il les PDG ultrariches faire les poches des Canadiens?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/4/19/lisa-marie-barron-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/lisa-marie-barron/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4613/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12693421",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Oil and Gas Industry",
"fr": "L'industrie p\u00e9troli\u00e8re et gazi\u00e8re"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/4/19/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F4%2F19%2F"
}
}