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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2025-05-30 11:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Steven MacKinnon (leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8834042\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, we know that, in this time of uncertainty around tariffs and trade with the United States, protecting our workers is critical.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8834043\" data-originallang=\"fr\">That is why we made EI easier to access. We eliminated the one-week waiting period for employment insurance. Also, severance and vacation pay and so on are no longer taken into account, thereby ensuring that workers can benefit from the employment insurance system that protects all our workers.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8834042\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous savons que dans cette \u00e9poque d\u2019incertitude en ce qui a trait aux droits de douane et au commerce avec les \u00c9tats\u2011Unis, il est essentiel de prot\u00e9ger nos travailleurs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8834043\" data-originallang=\"fr\">C\u2019est pour cela que nous avons rendu l\u2019assurance-emploi plus facile d\u2019acc\u00e8s. Nous avons \u00e9limin\u00e9 le d\u00e9lai de carence d\u2019une semaine avant d\u2019avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019assurance-emploi. De plus, les indemnit\u00e9s de d\u00e9part ou de vacances et les choses comme \u00e7a ne sont plus consid\u00e9r\u00e9es pour que les travailleurs puissent b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier du syst\u00e8me de l\u2019assurance-emploi qui prot\u00e8ge tous nos travailleurs.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/5/30/steven-mackinnon-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/steven-mackinnon/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4422/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13080075",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Employment Insurance",
"fr": "L\u2019assurance-emploi"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/5/30/",
"related": {
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}
}