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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2026-02-06 11:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Peter Fragiskatos (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)",
"fr": "Peter Fragiskatos (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre de l\u2019Immigration, des R\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et de la Citoyennet\u00e9, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9136226\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Madam Speaker, we have gone back to the script.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9136227\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We have an opportunity. If Conservative members do not want to listen to Liberals, as I advised just a few days ago in question period, they can listen to their former leader. Former prime minister Harper made it clear that we have an opportunity to rise above partisanship now. At a moment of crisis and at a moment of rupture, to use that appropriate term, nostalgia is not a strategy. We cannot look to the past.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9136228\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We have to build for the future. We have to diversify our economy and our trade relationships. We have to focus on defence like never before. We have to focus on housing like never before. What will we do?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9136226\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, la cassette est repartie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9136227\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons une occasion \u00e0 saisir. Si les d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs ne veulent pas \u00e9couter les lib\u00e9raux, comme je le leur ai conseill\u00e9 il y a quelques jours \u00e0 peine \u00e0 la p\u00e9riode des questions, ils peuvent \u00e9couter leur ancien chef. L'ancien premier ministre Harper a en effet dit ouvertement que nous avons maintenant l'occasion de transcender la partisanerie. En p\u00e9riode de crise et de rupture, pour utiliser un terme opportun, la nostalgie n'est pas une strat\u00e9gie. Nous ne devons pas vivre dans le pass\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9136228\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous devons b\u00e2tir l'avenir. Nous devons diversifier notre \u00e9conomie et nos relations commerciales. Nous devons nous concentrer sur la d\u00e9fense comme jamais auparavant. Nous devons nous concentrer sur le logement comme jamais auparavant. Que ferons-nous?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/2/6/peter-fragiskatos-6/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/peter-fragiskatos/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4754/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13344441",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/2/6/",
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}
}