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{
"time": "2024-06-05 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)",
"fr": "M. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8457479\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I am speechless, Mr. Speaker.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8457480\" data-originallang=\"fr\">If the federal government thinks that $1 billion is a lot, then all it had to do was take care of asylum seekers sooner, rather than sit back and watch the bill get bigger and bigger. The government could have also kept the bill lower by doing its job, especially when it comes to work permits.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8457481\" data-originallang=\"fr\">According to Quebec, asylum seekers represent nearly 20% of social assistance recipients. It is not because they do not want to work. It is because Ottawa is not giving them permission. Minister Fr\u00e9chette confirmed that asylum seekers are receiving benefits for an average of 10 to 11 months while they wait for a work permit from the federal government. Minister Fr\u00e9chette said that. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8457482\" data-originallang=\"fr\">When will Ottawa stop driving asylum seekers into poverty?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8457479\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'en perds mon latin.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8457480\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Si le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral trouve que 1 milliard de dollars, c'est beaucoup, il avait juste \u00e0 s'occuper des demandeurs d'asile avant, au lieu de regarder la facture grimper. Il aurait aussi pu la r\u00e9duire en faisant son boulot, notamment avec les permis de travail.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8457481\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Selon Qu\u00e9bec, les demandeurs d'asile repr\u00e9sentent presque 20 % des gens qui sont b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires de l'aide sociale. Ce n'est pas parce qu'ils ne veulent pas travailler, c'est parce qu'Ottawa ne leur donne pas le droit de le faire. La ministre Fr\u00e9chette confirme qu'ils re\u00e7oivent des prestations pendant 10 \u00e0 11 mois en moyenne, en attendant un permis de travail du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral. C'est la ministre Fr\u00e9chette qui le dit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8457482\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Quand est-ce qu'Ottawa va cesser de les plonger dans la pauvret\u00e9?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/6/5/alexis-brunelle-duceppe-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/alexis-brunelle-duceppe/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4501/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12796249",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship",
"fr": "L'immigration, les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et la citoyennet\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/6/5/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F6%2F5%2F"
}
}