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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": "2024-05-29 15:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Pierre Poilievre (chef de l\u2019opposition, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8428580\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, he ranks 62nd out of 67 countries on fighting climate change. This is after he has brought in a 17\u00a2-a-litre carbon tax, a tax that he wants to nearly quadruple up to 61\u00a2 a litre if, God forbid, he is ever elected. We have two million people lined up at food banks. A quarter of Canadians are skipping meals because they cannot afford food. One in four adults is missing meals so they can feed their kids. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8428581\" data-originallang=\"en\">For God's sake, why will he not give Canadians a summer vacation from all his taxes and accept our common-sense plan?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8428580\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, son gouvernement se classe 62<sup>e</sup> sur 67 pays en mati\u00e8re de lutte contre les changements climatiques \u2014 ceci apr\u00e8s avoir instaur\u00e9 une taxe sur le carbone de 17 \u00a2 le litre, une taxe qu'il veut presque quadrupler pour la porter \u00e0 61 \u00a2 le litre si, Dieu nous en pr\u00e9serve, il est r\u00e9\u00e9lu. Entretemps, deux millions de personnes font la queue devant les banques alimentaires. Un quart des Canadiens se privent de repas parce qu'ils n'ont pas les moyens de se nourrir. Un adulte sur quatre saute des repas pour pouvoir nourrir ses enfants. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8428581\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour l'amour de Dieu, pourquoi n'accorde-t-il pas aux Canadiens un cong\u00e9 de taxes cet \u00e9t\u00e9 et n'accepte-t-il pas notre plan plein de bon sens?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/5/29/pierre-poilievre-25/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/pierre-poilievre/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4214/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12769922",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Taxation",
"fr": "La fiscalit\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/5/29/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F5%2F29%2F"
}
}