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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": "2026-05-07 15:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. David McGuinty",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. David McGuinty"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9313100\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, as my <a data-HoCid=\"318687\" href=\"/politicians/steven-mackinnon/\" title=\"Steven MacKinnon\">House leader</a> colleague was saying just a moment ago, it is a bit rich for a party that had funding for the Canadian Armed Forces and defence below 1% of GDP. Honestly, they should stand up and join us as we reinvest in the women and men of the Canadian Armed Forces.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9313100\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme l'a dit tout \u00e0 l'heure mon coll\u00e8gue, le <a data-HoCid=\"318687\" href=\"/politicians/steven-mackinnon/\" title=\"Steven MacKinnon\">leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre</a>, c\u2019est un peu fort de la part d\u2019un parti qui a maintenu le financement des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes et de la d\u00e9fense \u00e0 un niveau inf\u00e9rieur \u00e0 1 % du PIB. Franchement, ils devraient se lever et se joindre \u00e0 nous pour r\u00e9investir dans les membres des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/5/7/david-mcguinty-7/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/david-mcguinty/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1405/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13505978",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "National Defence",
"fr": "La d\u00e9fense nationale"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/5/7/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F5%2F7%2F"
}
}