What they said. What they meant.

Plain-language translations from the House of Commons.

Recent debates

8 latest topics

Statements by Members

Ride for Dad

A statement about a Member riding his motorcycle to raise funds for prostate cancer research. He commemorates a friend who recently died of the disease.

Official Hansard ↗

Doug Eyolfson

Liberal
“I want to cheer for a program that spends money in my riding. I like motorcycles and I want to signal I support fighting cancer. We should spend taxpayer dollars on this program.”
Our translation 83% shorter