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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2026-04-16 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Jacques Gourde (L\u00e9vis\u2014Lotbini\u00e8re, CPC)",
"fr": "Jacques Gourde (L\u00e9vis\u2014Lotbini\u00e8re, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9261930\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, my granddaughter Cl\u00e9mence, my eighth grandchild, was born last night. The Liberal federal government has gifted her with $44,716 in debt. What a great start to life. Luckily, the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> is offering her a four-cent reduction on a litre of diesel. Talk about ironic.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9261931\" data-originallang=\"fr\">How will those four cents help Cl\u00e9mence start her life with peace of mind?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9261930\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ma petite-fille Cl\u00e9mence, huiti\u00e8me de mes petits-enfants, vient de na\u00eetre la nuit pass\u00e9e. Elle re\u00e7oit comme cadeau une dette de 44 716 $ du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral lib\u00e9ral. \u00c7a, \u00e7a commence bien dans la vie. En plus, le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> lui offre 4 \u00a2 de r\u00e9duction sur le litre de di\u00e9sel. C'est ironique \u00e0 l'extr\u00eame.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9261931\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Comment ces 4 \u00a2 vont-ils aider Cl\u00e9mence \u00e0 commencer sa vie en toute s\u00e9r\u00e9nit\u00e9?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/4/16/jacques-gourde-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jacques-gourde/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4387/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13446614",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/4/16/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F4%2F16%2F"
}
}