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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2026-04-24 11:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Steven MacKinnon (Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Steven MacKinnon (ministre des Transports et leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9272458\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, we know that my colleague has a big heart. That is why we were a bit surprised that he voted against the OAS increase, the dental care program, the school food program and the Canada child benefit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9272459\" data-originallang=\"fr\">He voted against all that, despite his big heart. We have challenged the Conservatives to tell us what cuts they are proposing. Will my colleague table in the House of Commons a list of the cuts the Conservative Party is proposing?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9272458\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous savons que mon coll\u00e8gue a un grand c\u0153ur. C'est pour \u00e7a que \u00e7a nous laisse un peu perplexes qu'il ait vot\u00e9 contre l'augmentation du programme de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la vieillesse, les soins dentaires, l'alimentation scolaire, l'Allocation canadienne pour les enfants.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9272459\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il a vot\u00e9 contre tout \u00e7a malgr\u00e9 son grand c\u0153ur. Nous avons demand\u00e9 aux conservateurs et les avons mis au d\u00e9fi de nous pr\u00e9senter les coupes qu'ils proposent. Mon coll\u00e8gue va-t-il d\u00e9poser sur le bureau de la Chambre des communes les coupes propos\u00e9es par le Parti conservateur?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/4/24/steven-mackinnon-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/steven-mackinnon/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4422/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13469332",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Finance",
"fr": "Les finances"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/4/24/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F4%2F24%2F"
}
}