This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2026-04-22 14:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Stephanie McLean (Secretary of State (Seniors), Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Stephanie McLean (secr\u00e9taire d\u2019\u00c9tat (A\u00een\u00e9s), Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9269476\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the government is controlling what it can. We know there are a lot of factors outside our control, but what we can control is ensuring that youth get a head start with the Canada summer jobs program, that Canadians get help with the fuel excise tax, that apprenticeships get a $75\u2011million injection in training and that Canadians get a groceries and essentials benefit that gives them up to $1,400 per year for a family of four to put food on the dinner table.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9269477\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are giving Canadians a boost today and a bridge to tomorrow, while the Conservatives fight\u2014</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9269476\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement agit l\u00e0 o\u00f9 il en a les moyens. Nous savons que de nombreux facteurs \u00e9chappent \u00e0 notre contr\u00f4le, mais nous pouvons appuyer les jeunes par l'entremise du programme Emplois d'\u00e9t\u00e9 Canada, aider les Canadiens gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la suspension de la taxe d'accise sur le carburant, injecter 75 millions de dollars dans la formation des apprentis, et offrir une allocation pour l'\u00e9picerie et les besoins essentiels, jusqu'\u00e0 concurrence de 1 400 $ par ann\u00e9e, afin d'aider une famille de quatre \u00e0 se nourrir. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9269477\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous donnons un coup de pouce d\u00e8s maintenant aux Canadiens tout en pr\u00e9parant l'avenir, alors que les conservateurs se battent...</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/4/22/stephanie-mclean-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/stephanie-mclean/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4830/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13460590",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/4/22/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F4%2F22%2F"
}
}