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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 11:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Leslie Church (Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretaries of State for Labour, for Seniors, and for Children and Youth, and to the Minister of Jobs and Families (Persons with Disabilities), Lib.)",
"fr": "Leslie Church (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire des secr\u00e9taires d'\u00c9tat pour le Travail, pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse, et pour les A\u00een\u00e9s, et de la ministre de l'Emploi et des Familles (Personnes en situation de handicap), Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9368689\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, in that member's own riding, next Friday over 36,000 of her constituents are going to receive the groceries and essentials benefit. That is up to a $530 payment for a couple in her riding. That is part of this government's plan to make life more affordable for Canadians, part of a plan that includes efforts not only to make life more affordable but to grow our economy as well. I hope she asks some of those 36,000 constituents whether they appreciate receiving the groceries and essentials benefit. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9368689\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, vendredi prochain, dans la circonscription de la d\u00e9put\u00e9e, plus de 36 000 personnes recevront l'Allocation canadienne pour l'\u00e9picerie et les besoins essentiels. L'allocation pourrait atteindre jusqu'\u00e0 530 $ pour un couple de sa circonscription. Cela fait partie du plan du gouvernement pour rendre la vie plus abordable pour les Canadiens, un plan qui comprend des efforts non seulement pour rendre la vie plus abordable, mais aussi pour faire cro\u00eetre notre \u00e9conomie. J'esp\u00e8re que la d\u00e9put\u00e9e demandera \u00e0 certains de ces 36 000 concitoyens s'ils sont heureux de recevoir cette allocation.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/5/29/leslie-church-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/leslie-church/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4786/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13535539",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/5/29/",
"related": {
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}
}