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{
"time": "2009-06-03 16:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Robert Marleau",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1534663\" data-originallang=\"en\">I can't speak for other organizations. I can tell you that if it were part of a larger fiscal restraint measure such as 5% off the top for everybody, or targeted elements such as travel across the organization, I'd have fewer issues with it. But no, it's a specific component that we had for advocacy and for systemic issues that was withdrawn from approval. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1534664\" data-originallang=\"en\">When I say it's not just about the money--I have very competent managers, and we're going to manage within this envelope if Parliament votes it--it's about mandate. I'm concerned--and I have no rationale, so I can't and won't speculate--that the Treasury Board ministers denied a component that goes to the core mandate.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1534663\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne peux pas parler pour les autres organisations. Je peux toutefois vous dire que si cela faisait partie d'une mesure de compression budg\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ralis\u00e9e, comme une r\u00e9duction de 5 p. 100 pour tout le monde, ou si certains \u00e9l\u00e9ments \u00e9taient cibl\u00e9s, comme les d\u00e9penses de voyage dans l'ensemble de l'organisation, je serais moins inquiet. Mais ce n'est pas le cas; on a refus\u00e9 un composant particulier que nous avions pr\u00e9vu pour la d\u00e9fense et les probl\u00e8mes syst\u00e9miques.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1534664\" data-originallang=\"en\">Voil\u00e0 pourquoi j'ai dit que ce n'est pas juste une question d'argent \u2014 j'ai des gestionnaires tr\u00e8s comp\u00e9tents, et nous allons g\u00e9rer les d\u00e9penses \u00e0 l'int\u00e9rieur de cette enveloppe si le Parlement en d\u00e9cide ainsi \u2014, c'est une question de mandat. Ce qui me pr\u00e9occupe \u2014 et comme je n'ai aucun \u00e9l\u00e9ment de preuve, je ne peux pas et je ne vais pas faire des hypoth\u00e8ses \u2014, c'est que les ministres du Conseil du Tr\u00e9sor ont refus\u00e9 un composant qui s'inscrit dans notre mandat de base.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/ethics/40-2/25/robert-marleau-16/",
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"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2805837",
"document_url": "/committees/ethics/40-2/25/",
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}