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{
"time": "2025-11-18 14:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Maninder Sidhu (Minister of International Trade, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Maninder Sidhu (ministre du Commerce international, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8994463\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the Conservative leader continues to stand against support for Canadian workers and businesses. He has refused to support our government's plan to double non-U.S. exports over the next decade. In fact, he called Canadian exports other than oil \u201cpixie dust\u201d. Does the Conservative leader think our $5 billion in beef exports is pixie dust, or the LNG headed to South Korea from B.C.? What about the 7.6 billion dollars' worth of fish and seafood caught by hard-working Canadians? Whether it is imaginary taxes or pixie dust, the Conservative leader needs to get on board and out of the way. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8994463\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le chef conservateur continue de s'opposer aux mesures de soutien pour les travailleurs et les entreprises du Canada. Il a refus\u00e9 d'appuyer le plan du gouvernement qui vise \u00e0 doubler les exportations vers des pays autres que les \u00c9tats\u2011Unis au cours de la prochaine d\u00e9cennie. En fait, il a qualifi\u00e9 de \u00ab poudre de perlimpinpin \u00bb les exportations canadiennes autres que le p\u00e9trole. Le chef conservateur pense-t-il que les 5 milliards de dollars d'exportations canadiennes de b\u0153uf sont de la poudre de perlimpinpin ou que c'est le cas du gaz naturel liqu\u00e9fi\u00e9 de la Colombie\u2011Britannique destin\u00e9 \u00e0 la Cor\u00e9e du Sud? Qu'en est-il des 7,6 milliards de dollars de poissons et de fruits de mer p\u00each\u00e9s par les travailleurs canadiens? Qu'il s'agisse de taxes imaginaires ou de poudre de perlimpinpin, le chef conservateur doit se rallier \u00e0 nous et nous laisser le champ libre.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/11/18/maninder-sidhu-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/maninder-sidhu/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4525/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13242385",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "International Trade",
"fr": "Le commerce international"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/11/18/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F11%2F18%2F"
}
}