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{
"time": "2026-05-07 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Marc Dalton (Pitt Meadows\u2014Maple Ridge, CPC)",
"fr": "Marc Dalton (Pitt Meadows\u2014Maple Ridge, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9313121\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, British Columbians bought their homes, paid their mortgages and followed the law, but because the Liberal government directed its lawyers not to argue for property rights in the Cowichan case, the judge did not protect private property.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9313122\" data-originallang=\"en\">In 2019, the Liberal government issued a directive called litigation guideline number 14, which discourages federal lawyers from defending property rights in court. The Liberal <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> has kept that guideline in place. In fact, it is still on the government's website today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9313123\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why do the Liberals continue to tell lawyers not to defend homeowners?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9313121\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, des Britanno\u2011Colombiens ont achet\u00e9 une maison, rembours\u00e9 leur pr\u00eat hypoth\u00e9caire et respect\u00e9 la loi, mais comme le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a ordonn\u00e9 \u00e0 ses avocats de ne pas d\u00e9fendre les droits de propri\u00e9t\u00e9 dans l'affaire Cowichan, la juge n'a pas prot\u00e9g\u00e9 la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 priv\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9313122\" data-originallang=\"en\">En 2019, le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a publi\u00e9 la ligne directrice n<sup>o</sup> 14 sur les litiges, qui d\u00e9courage les avocats f\u00e9d\u00e9raux de d\u00e9fendre les droits de propri\u00e9t\u00e9 devant les tribunaux. Le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> lib\u00e9ral a maintenu cette ligne directrice. D'ailleurs, elle figure toujours sur le site Web du gouvernement aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9313123\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi les lib\u00e9raux continuent-ils de dire aux avocats de ne pas d\u00e9fendre les propri\u00e9taires?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/5/7/marc-dalton-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/marc-dalton/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4495/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13506007",
"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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}
}