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{
    "time": "2026-06-18 11:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Elizabeth May",
        "fr": "Elizabeth May"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9423242\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I misspoke. The term \u201cprison labour\u201d has connotations that I did not intend. The projects I mentioned in homebuilding in Winnipeg involve people who have been convicted of crimes, have served their sentences and then avoid recidivism by building homes.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9423242\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'invoque le R\u00e8glement. Je me suis mal exprim\u00e9e. Le mot \u00ab condamn\u00e9 \u00bb est connot\u00e9, et ce n'est pas le message que je voulais envoyer. Les projets de construction de logements \u00e0 Winnipeg dont j'ai parl\u00e9 font appel \u00e0 des personnes qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnues coupables d'actes criminels, qui ont purg\u00e9 leur peine et qui \u00e9vitent la r\u00e9cidive en construisant des logements.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2026/6/18/elizabeth-may-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/elizabeth-may/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4108/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13591714",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act",
        "fr": "Loi d'ex\u00e9cution de la mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique du printemps 2026"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2026/6/18/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F6%2F18%2F"
    }
}