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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2026-06-16 17:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Gregor Robertson",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Gregor Robertson"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9413252\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am stumped by the actions we just saw in the House from Conservatives, trying to adjourn the House for the day. They just voted to adjourn the House, but fortunately a majority of us are here to do the work and continue with the business of the House. We voted that adjournment motion down.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9413253\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We welcome the debate, in the case of this bill, to advance the work on housing supply. Housing is in a crisis across Canada, and we need to make sure affordability is paramount. The bill is about investing $1.7 billion in provinces and territories to boost their housing supply. It is a very simple, straightforward bill. There have been hours of debate on it. We can contrast that opportunity for members to speak to the bill with what happened yesterday in the House, when the Conservative member for <a data-HoCid=\"317906\" href=\"/politicians/brad-vis/\" title=\"Brad Vis\">Mission\u2014Matsqui\u2014Abbotsford</a> filibustered for hours, preventing many other members from being able to speak in the debate in the House. I know there are lots of games being played around adjournment and filibustering.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9413254\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The bill is about getting funding to the people on the ground in our country who need affordable housing.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9413252\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis sid\u00e9r\u00e9 par ce que nous venons de voir \u00e0 la Chambre de la part des conservateurs, qui tentent d'ajourner les travaux pour la journ\u00e9e. Ils viennent de voter pour que la Chambre s'ajourne. Heureusement que nous sommes une majorit\u00e9 ici pour assurer la poursuite des travaux de la Chambre. Nous avons vot\u00e9 contre cette motion d'ajournement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9413253\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous accueillons le d\u00e9bat sur ce projet de loi afin de faire progresser les efforts visant \u00e0 offrir plus de logements. Il y a une crise du logement partout au Canada, et nous devons nous assurer que l'abordabilit\u00e9 est au centre de nos efforts. Le projet de loi vise \u00e0 investir 1,7 milliard de dollars dans les provinces et les territoires pour accro\u00eetre leur offre de logements. Il est tr\u00e8s simple et direct. Nous en avons d\u00e9battu pendant des heures. Nous pouvons comparer cette occasion pour les d\u00e9put\u00e9s de s'exprimer sur le projet de loi \u00e0 ce qui s'est pass\u00e9 hier \u00e0 la Chambre, lorsque le d\u00e9put\u00e9 conservateur de <a data-HoCid=\"317906\" href=\"/politicians/brad-vis/\" title=\"Brad Vis\">Mission\u2014Matsqui\u2014Abbotsford</a> a fait de l'obstruction pendant des heures, emp\u00eachant ainsi de nombreux autres d\u00e9put\u00e9s de prendre la parole. Je suis pleinement conscient des diverses manigances entourant l'ajournement et l'obstruction.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9413254\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le projet de loi a pour but de fournir du financement aux gens chez nous, dans notre pays, qui ont besoin de logements abordables.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/16/gregor-robertson-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gregor-robertson/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4848/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13586622",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Government Business No. 11\u2014Proceedings on Bill C-26",
"fr": "L'affaire \u00e9manant du gouvernement no 11 \u2014 Les d\u00e9lib\u00e9rations sur le projet de loi C\u201126"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Motion That Debate Be Not Further Adjourned",
"fr": "Motion portant que le d\u00e9bat ne soit plus ajourn\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/16/",
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}
}