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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": "2025-10-22 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Eric Lefebvre (Richmond\u2014Arthabaska, CPC)",
"fr": "Eric Lefebvre (Richmond\u2014Arthabaska, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8930135\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, this is embarrassing. The Prime Minister has the nerve to talk about economics lessons. His Minister of Public Works and Procurement wants to give lessons? Deal. I will take the deal, and Canadians can judge for themselves.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8930136\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Here are the facts. The CRA's operating costs were $4.1 billion in 2015. After nine years of Liberal mismanagement, they are now $6.9 billion, a 70% increase. In response to that, today, the government is saying that it is going to increase the budget.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8930137\" data-originallang=\"fr\">They have missed the point entirely. This is Canadian taxpayers' money. When will they start managing it wisely?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8930135\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est g\u00eanant. Le premier ministre ose parler de le\u00e7ons \u00e9conomiques. Son ministre des Travaux publics et de l'Approvisionnement veut donner des le\u00e7ons? <em>Deal</em>; je vais prendre le <em>deal</em> et on va laisser les Canadiens et les Canadiennes juger.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8930136\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Voici les faits. Le co\u00fbt de fonctionnement de l'Agence du revenu du Canada se chiffrait \u00e0 4,1 milliards de dollars en 2015. Apr\u00e8s neuf ans de mauvaise gestion lib\u00e9rale, il se chiffre \u00e0 6,9 milliards de dollars, ce qui repr\u00e9sente une augmentation de 70 %. La r\u00e9ponse qu'on donne aujourd'hui, c'est qu'on va augmenter le budget.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8930137\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ils n'ont rien compris. C'est l'argent des Canadiens et des Canadiennes. Quand vont-ils en faire une saine gestion?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/10/22/eric-lefebvre-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/eric-lefebvre/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4715/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13186436",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada Revenue Agency",
"fr": "L'Agence du revenu du Canada"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/10/22/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F10%2F22%2F"
}
}