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{
"time": "2026-06-17 14:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Eric Lefebvre (Richmond\u2014Arthabaska, CPC)",
"fr": "Eric Lefebvre (Richmond\u2014Arthabaska, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416332\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, we will soon be adjourning for the summer and going home to our communities.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416333\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> says that the cost of living is the best it has been in decades. The reality is that the country is in a recession, and Canadians know it. Canadians know that grocery prices have gone up. Canadians know that food banks are overwhelmed. Canadians know that rents are unaffordable, on the eve of July 1. We know that 48,000 seniors are still waiting for their benefits because the C\u00faram system is a Liberal fiasco.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416334\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Will the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> admit that his first year in government has been a flop?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416332\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous arrivons \u00e0 la fin de la p\u00e9riode des travaux de la Chambre. Nous allons retourner dans nos communaut\u00e9s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416333\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> a affirm\u00e9, lui, que le co\u00fbt de la vie est au mieux depuis des d\u00e9cennies. La v\u00e9rit\u00e9, c'est que le pays est en r\u00e9cession et, \u00e7a, les Canadiens savent. Les Canadiens savent que le co\u00fbt de l'\u00e9picerie a augment\u00e9. Les Canadiens savent que les banques alimentaires d\u00e9bordent. Les Canadiens savent que les loyers sont inabordables \u00e0 l'aube du 1<sup>er</sup> juillet. Ce qu'on sait, c'est que 48 000 a\u00een\u00e9s attendent encore leur argent avec le syst\u00e8me C\u00faram, un fiasco lib\u00e9ral.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416334\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Est-ce que le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> reconna\u00eet l'\u00e9chec de sa premi\u00e8re ann\u00e9e au gouvernement?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/17/eric-lefebvre-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/eric-lefebvre/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4715/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13589384",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/17/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F6%2F17%2F"
}
}