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{
    "time": "2025-10-31 11:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "G\u00e9rard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent\u2014Akiawenhrahk, CPC)",
        "fr": "G\u00e9rard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent\u2014Akiawenhrahk, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8956257\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, after 10 years of Liberal government, 10 years of chronic deficits, Canada's debt has doubled. Running a deficit is like adding fuel to the fire of inflation. Unfortunately, that is why prices are skyrocketing in Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956258\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We have a government that says one thing and does another. It is telling young people that they need to make sacrifices while it is spending $20 billion on consultants, on government cronies.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956259\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Will the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> stop asking Canadians to make sacrifices and instead table an affordable budget for an affordable life?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8956257\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, apr\u00e8s 10 ans de gouvernement lib\u00e9ral, apr\u00e8s 10 ans de d\u00e9ficits compulsifs, la dette a doubl\u00e9 au Canada. Un d\u00e9ficit, c'est jeter de l'huile sur le feu de l'inflation. C'est pour \u00e7a que les prix augmentent de fa\u00e7on faramineuse au Canada, malheureusement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956258\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Nous avons un gouvernement qui dit une chose, mais qui fait le contraire. Il dit aux jeunes qu'il faut faire des sacrifices, mais, de l'autre c\u00f4t\u00e9, lui, il fait des d\u00e9penses de 20 milliards de dollars pour des consultants, pour les petits amis du gouvernement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956259\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Est-ce que le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre </a> peut arr\u00eater de demander aux Canadiens de faire des sacrifices et plut\u00f4t pr\u00e9senter un budget abordable pour une vie abordable?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2025/10/31/gerard-deltell-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/gerard-deltell/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4706/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13215197",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Economy",
        "fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2025/10/31/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F10%2F31%2F"
    }
}