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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2026-05-25 13:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (Rimouski\u2014La Matap\u00e9dia, BQ)",
"fr": "Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (Rimouski\u2014La Matap\u00e9dia, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9349306\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, my colleague spoke to us about the importance of Toronto, which receives a large number of visitors. She mentioned $28 million per year. However, the problem in Toronto, aside from the housing crisis, is the mobility crisis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9349307\" data-originallang=\"fr\">People can no longer even afford to buy houses right downtown. They have to move to the suburbs, yet the federal government cut $5 billion from the Canada public transit fund in its latest budget. Moreover, in the most recent economic update, the $3 billion that had been allocated is no longer earmarked for the Canada public transit fund, but has instead been folded into the generalized funding pot for infrastructure.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9349308\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would like my colleague to tell us frankly, for the benefit of the people she represents, whether she truly believes her government is supporting public transit when it cuts funding and reallocates dedicated public transit funding to infrastructure in general.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9349306\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ma coll\u00e8gue nous a parl\u00e9 de l'importance de Toronto, qui re\u00e7oit un grand nombre de visiteurs. Elle a parl\u00e9 de 28 millions de dollars par ann\u00e9e. Cependant, le probl\u00e8me \u00e0 Toronto, outre la crise du logement, c'est la crise de la mobilit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9349307\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Les gens ne sont m\u00eame plus capables de s'acheter des logements en plein centre-ville. Ils doivent aller dans les banlieues, mais le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, lui, dans le dernier budget, a coup\u00e9 5 milliards de dollars dans le Fonds pour le transport en commun du Canada. De plus, dans la derni\u00e8re mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique, les 3 milliards de dollars qui \u00e9taient investis ne sont maintenant plus r\u00e9serv\u00e9s au Fonds pour le transport en commun, mais sont plut\u00f4t inclus dans l'enveloppe pour les infrastructures en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9349308\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'aimerais que ma coll\u00e8gue nous dise franchement, au b\u00e9n\u00e9fice des gens qu'elle repr\u00e9sente, si elle pense vraiment que son gouvernement aide le transport collectif quand il coupe des montants et qu'il r\u00e9affecte \u00e0 des infrastructures g\u00e9n\u00e9rales les sommes r\u00e9serv\u00e9es au transport collectif.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/5/25/maxime-blanchette-joncas-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/maxime-blanchette-joncas/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4716/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13514480",
"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"
}
}