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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": "2025-10-28 14:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Dominic LeBlanc (President of the King\u2019s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade, and One Canadian Economy, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Dominic LeBlanc (pr\u00e9sident du Conseil priv\u00e9 du Roi pour le Canada et ministre responsable du Commerce Canada\u2013\u00c9tats-Unis, des Affaires intergouvernementales, du Commerce int\u00e9rieur et de l\u2019Unit\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00e9conomie canadienne, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8945793\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, I can imagine the frustration the Leader of the Opposition feels when he sees a <a data-HoCid=\"322130\" href=\"/politicians/pierre-poilievre/\" title=\"Pierre Poilievre\">Prime Minister</a> elected to take this serious economic and sovereignty challenge with all of the seriousness it deserves. This is why Canadians thought the Leader of the Opposition was not up to that task. This is why Canadians chose a Prime Minister who takes serious issues seriously, who will defend Canadian workers and Canadian businesses, and stand up for the right deal for Canada.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8945793\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je peux imaginer la frustration que ressent le chef de l'opposition lorsqu'il voit un <a data-HoCid=\"322130\" href=\"/politicians/pierre-poilievre/\" title=\"Pierre Poilievre\">premier ministre</a> \u00e9lu pour relever, avec tout le s\u00e9rieux requis, ce d\u00e9fi qui menace gravement notre \u00e9conomie et notre s\u00e9curit\u00e9. C'est pourquoi les Canadiens ont pens\u00e9 que le chef de l'opposition n'\u00e9tait pas \u00e0 la hauteur de la t\u00e2che. C'est pourquoi les Canadiens ont choisi un premier ministre qui prend au s\u00e9rieux les questions qui le m\u00e9ritent, qui d\u00e9fendra les travailleurs et les entrepreneurs canadiens et qui se battra afin d'obtenir le bon accord pour le Canada.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/10/28/dominic-leblanc-8/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/dominic-leblanc/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1314/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13203063",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/10/28/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F10%2F28%2F"
}
}