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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2025-10-20 14:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Philip Lawrence (Northumberland\u2014Clarke, CPC)",
"fr": "Philip Lawrence (Northumberland\u2014Clarke, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8921890\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, if more government spending were the solution, then Canada would have the most prosperous economy in the G7. The result is that we have the slowest in the G7. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8921891\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Liberals can call it what they want. They can call it government spending, government investment or the fluffy kitten fund, but the result is the same. It comes out of the pockets of hard-working Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8921892\" data-originallang=\"en\">Once again, will the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> keep his promise and keep the deficit under $42 billion?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8921890\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, si l'augmentation des d\u00e9penses publiques \u00e9tait la solution, le Canada aurait alors l'\u00e9conomie la plus prosp\u00e8re du G7. C'est au contraire la plus an\u00e9mique du G7.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8921891\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les lib\u00e9raux peuvent bien utiliser l'\u00e9tiquette qui leur convient. Ils peuvent parler de d\u00e9penses publiques, d'investissements publics ou de fonds pour les chatons, mais le r\u00e9sultat est le m\u00eame. L'argent vient des poches des travailleurs canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8921892\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je r\u00e9p\u00e8te, le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> tiendra-t-il sa promesse de maintenir le d\u00e9ficit sous les 42 milliards de dollars?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/10/20/philip-lawrence-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/philip-lawrence/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4767/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13178761",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Finance",
"fr": "Les finances"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/10/20/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F10%2F20%2F"
}
}