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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": "2026-05-29 13:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Doug Eyolfson (Winnipeg West, Lib.)",
"fr": "Doug Eyolfson (Winnipeg-Ouest, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9368964\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, we hear the phrase \u201cGovernment should get out of the way.\u201d Whenever I hear that phrase, I think that someone has been reading a little too much Ayn Rand.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9368965\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would like to ask the hon. member this: In the face of the punishing tariffs from the United States, what would be happening to Canadian businesses if government got out of the way?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9368964\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, on entend souvent dire que \u00ab le gouvernement devrait s'\u00e9carter du chemin \u00bb. Chaque fois que j'entends cette phrase, je me dis que quelqu'un a lu un peu trop Ayn Rand. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9368965\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je voudrais poser la question suivante au d\u00e9put\u00e9: face aux droits de douane punitifs impos\u00e9s par les \u00c9tats-Unis, qu'adviendrait-il des entreprises canadiennes si le gouvernement s'\u00e9cartait du chemin? </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/5/29/doug-eyolfson-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/doug-eyolfson/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4799/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13535963",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 2",
"fr": "Loi no 2 d'ex\u00e9cution du budget de 2025"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/5/29/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F5%2F29%2F"
}
}