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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2025-10-31 11:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Steven MacKinnon (Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Steven MacKinnon (ministre des Transports et leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8956244\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, let me point out to my colleague that the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, representing 22 ridings, has made 36 billion dollars' worth of demands, along with additional expenses payable by Canadian taxpayers.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956245\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Yes, we are listening. Yes, we are working with all the opposition parties. Yes, we obviously want this budget to pass and avoid a Christmas election.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956246\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I have a question for my colleague. Will he support the budget or will he vote against it in favour of a Christmas election in Quebec?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8956244\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, ce que je soulignerai \u00e0 mon coll\u00e8gue, c'est qu'effectivement, le Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois a formul\u00e9, fort de ses 22 circonscriptions, 36 milliards de dollars en demandes et en d\u00e9penses additionnelles que devront payer les contribuables canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956245\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Oui, nous sommes \u00e0 l'\u00e9coute. Oui, nous travaillons avec l'ensemble des partis de l'opposition. Oui, nous voulons \u00e9videmment que ce budget passe et que nous \u00e9vitions une \u00e9lection \u00e0 No\u00ebl.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956246\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'ai une question pour mon coll\u00e8gue. Va-t-il appuyer le budget ou voter contre pour qu'il y ait une \u00e9lection \u00e0 No\u00ebl au Qu\u00e9bec?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/10/31/steven-mackinnon-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/steven-mackinnon/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4422/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13215185",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Finance",
"fr": "Les finances"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/10/31/",
"related": {
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}
}