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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": "2026-05-25 13:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (Rimouski\u2014La Matap\u00e9dia, BQ)",
"fr": "Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (Rimouski\u2014La Matap\u00e9dia, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9349269\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, in her speech, my colleague talked about the importance of affordability in the economic update. The economic update talks about the new initiative announced by the government, specifically Build Canada Homes. The government plans to build 26,000 new homes over the next few years, but the need is much greater. The Parliamentary Budget Officer reported that 690,000 homes need to be built.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9349270\" data-originallang=\"fr\">With that in mind, I would really like my colleague to explain something. The government is not meeting even 5% of the need. In her opinion, is that what it means to take care of people when it comes to housing affordability and accessibility?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9349269\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, dans son discours, ma coll\u00e8gue a parl\u00e9 de l'importance de l'abordabilit\u00e9 dans la mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique. Dans la mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique, on parle de la nouvelle cr\u00e9ature qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 annonc\u00e9e par le gouvernement, soit Maisons Canada. Le gouvernement pr\u00e9voit de construire 26 000 nouveaux logements dans les prochaines ann\u00e9es, mais les besoins sont beaucoup plus \u00e9lev\u00e9s. Le directeur parlementaire du budget nous a dit qu'il fallait en construire 690 000.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9349270\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Alors, j'aimerais vraiment que ma coll\u00e8gue m'explique ce qui suit. On ne r\u00e9pond m\u00eame pas \u00e0 5 % des besoins. Selon elle, est-ce que c'est vraiment \u00e7a, prendre soin des gens relativement \u00e0 l'abordabilit\u00e9 et \u00e0 l'accessibilit\u00e9 en mati\u00e8re de logement?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/5/25/maxime-blanchette-joncas-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/maxime-blanchette-joncas/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4716/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13514314",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act",
"fr": "Loi d'ex\u00e9cution de la mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique du printemps 2026"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Second Reading",
"fr": "Deuxi\u00e8me lecture"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/5/25/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F5%2F25%2F"
}
}