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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2026-06-02 14:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Pierre Poilievre (chef de l\u2019opposition, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9375293\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, this question is for the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a>. We do not need more excuses. He has delivered the only recession in the G7. Mexico is not in recession. It is just as integrated with the United States and shares a border with that country. The Prime Minister finally emerged to take media questions on his recession today, and he blamed it on the fact that immigration, as he claims, is not high enough and that per capita GDP is actually not so bad. The only problem is that, in the last year, per capita GDP has only grown by 0.2%. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9375294\" data-originallang=\"en\">Does he really expect a parade for 0.2%?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9375293\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ma question s'adresse au <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a>. Nous n'avons rien \u00e0 faire d'excuses suppl\u00e9mentaires. Son bilan, c'est l'unique r\u00e9cession au sein du G7. Le Mexique est tout aussi int\u00e9gr\u00e9 avec les \u00c9tats\u2011Unis et il a lui aussi une fronti\u00e8re avec notre voisin; pourtant, il n'est pas en r\u00e9cession. Le premier ministre s'est enfin montr\u00e9 le bout du nez aujourd'hui pour r\u00e9pondre aux questions des m\u00e9dias sur sa r\u00e9cession, mais il en a rejet\u00e9 la faute sur le fait que l'immigration serait selon lui insuffisante, en ajoutant que, par habitant, le PIB ne se porte en fait pas trop mal. Le hic, c'est que depuis un an, le PIB par habitant n'a augment\u00e9 que de 0,2 %.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9375294\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le premier ministre s'attend-il vraiment \u00e0 ce qu'on sorte tambours et trompettes pour 0,2 %?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/2/pierre-poilievre-7/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/pierre-poilievre/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4854/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13543619",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/2/",
"related": {
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}
}