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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2026-02-12 10:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Raquel Dancho",
"fr": "Raquel Dancho"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9150854\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I find the question from the NDP quite perplexing. Is he suggesting we should not be supporting our auto workers in the gas-powered sector of our economy? The vast majority of auto workers in this country, well over 100,000, are directly employed by gas-powered cars. Despite $52 billion in taxpayer commitments from the Liberal and Ontario governments, the EV sector is failing in this country. Writedowns are in the billions from companies saying that despite all the generous subsidies from the taxpayer on behalf of the Liberal government, the wheels are falling off the bus. I find it odd that the member is not standing up for the gas-powered auto workers in this country and instead only perhaps for one plant that is building electric vehicles. I find it odd that the NDP would take that position.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9150854\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, la question du d\u00e9put\u00e9 n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrate me laisse assez perplexe. Veut-il dire nous ne devrions pas soutenir les travailleurs du secteur des automobiles \u00e0 essence de notre \u00e9conomie? La grande majorit\u00e9 des travailleurs de l'automobile du pays, soit bien plus de 100 000 personnes, sont directement employ\u00e9s par des constructeurs de voitures \u00e0 essence. Malgr\u00e9 les 52 milliards de dollars engag\u00e9s par les gouvernements lib\u00e9ral et ontarien \u00e0 m\u00eame l'argent des contribuables, le secteur des v\u00e9hicules \u00e9lectriques au Canada bat de l'aile. Les entreprises enregistrent des pertes qui se chiffrent en milliards et, selon elles, malgr\u00e9 toutes les g\u00e9n\u00e9reuses subventions financ\u00e9es par les contribuables au nom du gouvernement lib\u00e9ral, tout s'en va \u00e0 vau-l'eau. Je trouve \u00e9trange que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 ne se porte pas \u00e0 la d\u00e9fense des travailleurs du secteur automobile \u00e0 essence du pays, \u00e0 l'exception peut-\u00eatre de ceux d'une seule usine qui construit des v\u00e9hicules \u00e9lectriques. Je trouve \u00e9trange que le NPD adopte cette position.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/2/12/raquel-dancho-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/raquel-dancho/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4578/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13356419",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Automotive Strategy",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 La strat\u00e9gie automobile"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/2/12/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F2%2F12%2F"
}
}