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{
    "time": "2026-02-10 12:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Amanpreet Gill",
        "fr": "Amanpreet Gill"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9141366\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Conservatives are not blocking the asylum system; we are just saying that we have to keep the criminals away. In the extortions in B.C., all the criminals who were caught by police claimed asylum, and that is what we have to change. We know that once criminals apply for asylum, they will have a few years and will keep doing crimes, making our streets unsafe. We want safe streets for Canadians, and that is what our approach is.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9141366\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les conservateurs ne cherchent pas \u00e0 emp\u00eacher l'octroi de l'asile; nous disons simplement qu'il faut emp\u00eacher les criminels d'y avoir acc\u00e8s. En Colombie\u2011Britannique, tous les criminels arr\u00eat\u00e9s par la police dans des affaires d'extorsion ont demand\u00e9 l'asile. Il faut faire quelque chose. Une fois que des criminels ont demand\u00e9 l'asile, ils ont quelques ann\u00e9es devant eux pour continuer \u00e0 commettre des crimes, ce qui rend nos rues dangereuses. Nous voulons rendre les rues s\u00e9curitaires pour les Canadiens: voil\u00e0 notre approche.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2026/2/10/amanpreet-s-gill-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/amanpreet-gill/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4812/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13351006",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Serious crimes and refugee claims",
        "fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Les crimes graves et les demandes d'asile"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2026/2/10/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F2%2F10%2F"
    }
}