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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2025-12-03 15:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Jo\u00ebl Lightbound (Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Jo\u00ebl Lightbound (ministre de la Transformation du gouvernement, des Travaux publics et de l\u2019Approvisionnement, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9037345\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, 10 years ago, every housing organization heaved a sigh of relief to see that Stephen Harper's 10-year reign was finally over, since the Conservatives completely neglected this issue and got out of the affordable housing game altogether. By way of evidence, their own leader oversaw the construction of only six affordable housing units. It is really unbelievable to see that these Quebec members have such an optimistic view of their own party. They are out of touch with reality.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9037346\" data-originallang=\"fr\">On this side of the House, we have invested historic amounts in affordable housing. The Parliamentary Budget Officer is not taking into account the continuation\u2014 </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9037345\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il y a 10 ans, il n'y a pas un organisme qui \u0153uvre en logement qui n'a pas pouss\u00e9 un soupir de soulagement en voyant que la d\u00e9cennie conservatrice de Stephen Harper prenait enfin fin alors que les conservateurs ont compl\u00e8tement n\u00e9glig\u00e9 ce domaine et qu'ils se sont compl\u00e8tement d\u00e9sengag\u00e9s en mati\u00e8re de logement abordable. \u00c0 preuve, leur propre chef a pr\u00e9sid\u00e9 \u00e0 la construction de seulement six logements abordables. C'est exceptionnel de voir les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du Qu\u00e9bec avoir une vision tellement jovialiste de leur propre parti. Ils font fi de la r\u00e9alit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9037346\" data-originallang=\"fr\">De ce c\u00f4t\u00e9-ci de la Chambre, nous avons investi des montants historiques en logement abordable. Le directeur parlementaire du budget ne prend pas en compte la poursuite des...</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/12/3/joel-lightbound-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/joel-lightbound/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4431/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13285742",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Housing",
"fr": "Le logement"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/12/3/",
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}
}