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{
    "time": "2008-08-11 11:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Gary Caldwell",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1190676\" data-originallang=\"en\">That's right, and I want to respond to that issue, because we do live in rule of law and there is a law governing these things. When the director of elections pointed it out to us, I think as an informed citizen I was able to make a decision with the law in front of me, and it became clear to me that it was not a legitimate local expense.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1190676\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est exact, et je veux m'exprimer sur ce point, puisque nous vivons selon la primaut\u00e9 du droit et que les questions dont nous parlons sont r\u00e9gies par la loi. J'estime que, \u00e0 titre de citoyen inform\u00e9, j'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 en mesure de prendre une d\u00e9cision en me r\u00e9f\u00e9rant au texte de loi lorsque le directeur des \u00e9lections a attir\u00e9 notre attention sur cette question, et, pour moi, il est devenu \u00e9vident qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'une d\u00e9pense locale l\u00e9gitime.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/ethics/39-2/46/gary-caldwell-54/",
    "politician_url": null,
    "politician_membership_url": null,
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2550039",
    "document_url": "/committees/ethics/39-2/46/",
    "related": {
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    }
}