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This is a single
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": "2025-11-07 10:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Todd Doherty (Cariboo\u2014Prince George, CPC)",
"fr": "Todd Doherty (Cariboo\u2014Prince George, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8978263\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, to my hon. colleague across the way, 500 pages were tabled just the other day. Over 50,000 Canadians have died from overdose since 2016. More Canadians have died from overdose than died in World War II, yet there is no new money for addictions in this budget. Mental health was only mentioned five times. We are now spending more money servicing our debt than we do in health care transfers to provinces. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8978264\" data-originallang=\"en\">How does the member rationalize this generational crisis with absolutely no new money?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8978263\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, \u00e0 ma coll\u00e8gue d'en face, 500 pages ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9pos\u00e9es il y a quelques jours \u00e0 peine. Plus de 50 000 Canadiens sont d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9s d'une surdose depuis 2016. Plus de Canadiens sont morts d'une surdose que pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale; pourtant, ce budget ne pr\u00e9voit aucun nouveau financement pour la lutte contre la toxicomanie. La sant\u00e9 mentale n'a \u00e9t\u00e9 mentionn\u00e9e que cinq fois. Nous d\u00e9pensons actuellement plus d'argent pour le service de la dette que pour les transferts en sant\u00e9 aux provinces. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8978264\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comment la d\u00e9put\u00e9e justifie-t-elle cette crise g\u00e9n\u00e9rationnelle sans aucun financement suppl\u00e9mentaire?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/11/7/todd-doherty-a-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/todd-doherty/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4225/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13231619",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Budget",
"fr": "Le budget"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Financial Statement of Minister of Finance",
"fr": "L'expos\u00e9 financier du ministre des Finances"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/11/7/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F11%2F7%2F"
}
}