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{
"time": "2016-05-05 09:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Scott Brison",
"fr": "L'hon. Scott Brison"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4347855\" data-originallang=\"en\">We have great respect for the work of the parliamentary budget officer. When the Department of Finance provided, I believe a two-year projection, they did so on the basis that we are in very volatile times. Much of our economy is dependent on commodity prices, which as we know have gone through a remarkable drop in the last period. The Department of Finance felt that it was more realistic to provide projections over a two-year than over a five-year period.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4347856\" data-originallang=\"en\">But let me\u2014</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4347855\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons le plus grand respect pour le travail du directeur parlementaire du budget. Quand le minist\u00e8re des Finances a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 une pr\u00e9vision \u00e0 l'horizon de deux ans, si je ne m'abuse, c'\u00e9tait en pleine p\u00e9riode de volatilit\u00e9. Une grande partie de notre \u00e9conomie d\u00e9pend du cours des denr\u00e9es qui, comme nous le savons, a subi un recul impressionnant dans la derni\u00e8re p\u00e9riode. Le minist\u00e8re des Finances a estim\u00e9 qu'il \u00e9tait plus r\u00e9aliste de faire des pr\u00e9visions \u00e0 terme de deux ans, plut\u00f4t que de cinq ans.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4347856\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mais je vous dirais...</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/ethics/42-1/12/scott-brison-11/",
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"source_id": "8896316",
"document_url": "/committees/ethics/42-1/12/",
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}