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{
    "time": "2025-10-09 13:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Taleeb Noormohamed",
        "fr": "Taleeb Noormohamed"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8906326\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, do I find it strange? No, not when there is a leader of a party who has never had to live on anything but the taxpayer dollar. I think it is difficult for the Conservatives to understand how an economy works, let alone how balancing books works, so it is of no surprise to me the degree to which they would have made expenditures without considering how they were going to pay for them. It is entirely in line with the Conservative opposition, which has never thought about the fiscal prudence and fiscal direction of the country, but only about populace slogans and trying to win votes.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8906326\" data-originallang=\"en\">Non, monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je ne trouve pas \u00e7a \u00e9trange, surtout que le chef du parti n'a jamais eu \u00e0 subvenir \u00e0 ses besoins avec autre chose que l'argent des contribuables. Je pense que les conservateurs ont du mal \u00e0 comprendre comment fonctionne l'\u00e9conomie, et encore plus comment on \u00e9quilibre un budget, alors je ne suis pas \u00e9tonn\u00e9 de toutes les d\u00e9penses qu'ils auraient faites sans se demander o\u00f9 ils allaient trouver l'argent. C'est tout \u00e0 fait dans la nature de l'opposition conservatrice, qui n'a jamais r\u00e9fl\u00e9chi \u00e0 la prudence financi\u00e8re ou \u00e0 l'orientation fiscale du pays, seulement aux slogans populistes et aux moyens de gagner des votes.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2025/10/9/taleeb-noormohamed-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/taleeb-noormohamed/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4628/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13171259",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Cost of Deficits",
        "fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Le co\u00fbt des d\u00e9ficits"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2025/10/9/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F10%2F9%2F"
    }
}