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{
"time": "2026-02-27 11:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Leslie Church (Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretaries of State for Labour, for Seniors, and for Children and Youth, and to the Minister of Jobs and Families (Persons with Disabilities), Lib.)",
"fr": "Leslie Church (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire des secr\u00e9taires d'\u00c9tat pour le Travail, pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse, et pour les A\u00een\u00e9s, et de la ministre de l'Emploi et des Familles (Personnes en situation de handicap), Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9194605\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, that same report mentions how our government's investments in the Canada child benefit, in dental care and in child care are helping families lower their cost of living.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9194606\" data-originallang=\"en\">I welcome the Conservatives and the question, because it gives me an opportunity to talk about the supports we have in place to help all children. One child in poverty is too many, but that is why we have a Canada child benefit that is tax-free. A majority of the recipients of it are lone-parent families, and 90% are single moms. Those are the kinds of supports that the government is putting in place and enhancing, while the Conservatives continue\u2014</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9194605\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le m\u00eame rapport mentionne comment les investissements du gouvernement dans l'Allocation canadienne pour enfants, dans les soins dentaires et dans les services de garde aident les familles en r\u00e9duisant le co\u00fbt de la vie pour celles-ci.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9194606\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je remercie les conservateurs de leur question, parce qu'elle me donne l'occasion de parler des mesures de soutien que nous avons mises en place pour aider tous les enfants. Un seul enfant qui vit dans la pauvret\u00e9, c'est d\u00e9j\u00e0 trop. C'est pourquoi nous avons instaur\u00e9 l'Allocation canadienne pour enfants, qui est non imposable. La majorit\u00e9 des b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires sont des familles monoparentales, dont 90 % sont des m\u00e8res seules. Voil\u00e0 le genre de mesures de soutien que le gouvernement met en place et bonifie, tandis que les conservateurs continuent...</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/2/27/leslie-church-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/leslie-church/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4786/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13386031",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/2/27/",
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}
}