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{
"time": "2026-05-07 15:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Dan Albas (Okanagan Lake West\u2014South Kelowna, CPC)",
"fr": "Dan Albas (Okanagan Lake-Ouest\u2014Kelowna-Sud, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9313110\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, British Columbia land title certainty is foundational. Families buy homes, secure mortgages and plan their futures on the strength of our land registry. Today, homeowners in Richmond are being told that certainty no longer exists because of the Cowichan decision. That ruling followed a federal choice. The Liberal government instructed its lawyers not to defend private property rights in court. In 2019, the Liberals adopted litigation guideline number 14, telling federal lawyers to avoid defending property rights. That directive is still in force today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9313111\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why is the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> choosing Liberal ideology over British Columbian homeowners by continuing to tell federal lawyers not to defend their private property rights?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9313110\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la certitude des titres fonciers en Colombie\u2011Britannique est fondamentale. Les familles ach\u00e8tent des maisons, obtiennent des pr\u00eats hypoth\u00e9caires et planifient leur avenir en fonction de la solidit\u00e9 de notre registre foncier. Aujourd'hui, les propri\u00e9taires de Richmond se font dire qu'il n'y a plus de certitude \u00e0 cause de la d\u00e9cision Cowichan. Cette d\u00e9cision faisait suite \u00e0 un choix f\u00e9d\u00e9ral. Le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a ordonn\u00e9 \u00e0 ses avocats de ne pas d\u00e9fendre les droits de propri\u00e9t\u00e9 priv\u00e9e devant les tribunaux. En 2019, les lib\u00e9raux ont adopt\u00e9 la ligne directrice n<sup>o</sup> 14 sur les litiges, en disant aux avocats f\u00e9d\u00e9raux d'\u00e9viter de d\u00e9fendre les droits de propri\u00e9t\u00e9 priv\u00e9e. Cette directive est toujours en vigueur aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9313111\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> choisit-il l'id\u00e9ologie lib\u00e9rale plut\u00f4t que les propri\u00e9taires de la Colombie\u2011Britannique en continuant de dire aux avocats f\u00e9d\u00e9raux de ne pas d\u00e9fendre leurs droits de propri\u00e9t\u00e9 priv\u00e9e?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/5/7/dan-albas-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/dan-albas/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4841/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13505998",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Indigenous Affairs",
"fr": "Les affaires autochtones"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/5/7/",
"related": {
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}
}