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{
"time": "2026-02-13 11:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Michael Kram (Regina\u2014Wascana, CPC)",
"fr": "Michael Kram (Regina\u2014Wascana, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9153383\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, last month during the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister's</a> visit to Beijing, he announced that he finally had a deal to roll back that country's tariffs on Canadian canola. He even had a grandiose signing ceremony with Xi Jinping in front of Canadian and Chinese flags. Yesterday, however, the Chinese announced that they were postponing their decision until March 9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9153384\" data-originallang=\"en\">Is Beijing backing out of the deal, or was the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> misleading Canadian canola farmers in the first place?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9153383\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le mois dernier, lors de sa visite \u00e0 P\u00e9kin, le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> a annonc\u00e9 qu'il avait enfin conclu un accord pour \u00e9liminer les droits de douane de la Chine sur le canola canadien. Il a m\u00eame particip\u00e9 \u00e0 une c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de signature grandiose avec Xi Jinping devant des drapeaux canadiens et chinois. Les Chinois ont toutefois annonc\u00e9, hier, qu'ils reportaient leur d\u00e9cision au 9 mars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9153384\" data-originallang=\"en\">P\u00e9kin se retire-t-il de l'accord, ou le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> induit-il les producteurs canadiens de canola en erreur depuis le d\u00e9but?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/2/13/michael-kram-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michael-kram/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4511/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13361833",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "International Trade",
"fr": "Le commerce international"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/2/13/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F2%2F13%2F"
}
}