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{
    "time": "2026-04-23 16:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Joe Jordan",
        "fr": "L'hon. Joe Jordan"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9369433\" data-originallang=\"en\">This bill came in under Prime Minister Harper. This is good legislation. It really was a step forward.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9369434\" data-originallang=\"en\">These debates happened, and what they arrived at was oral communication that's pre-arranged. If I send a letter in, that doesn't count; if I meet you in the bathroom, that's not pre-arranged. If it takes place, it has to be recorded, and it's initiated by the lobbyist. That's what's being changed here.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9369433\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cette loi a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e \u00e0 l'\u00e9poque du premier ministre Harper. C'est une bonne loi. Elle constituait vraiment un pas en avant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9369434\" data-originallang=\"en\">Des discussions ont eu lieu, et elles ont abouti \u00e0 la d\u00e9finition d'une communication orale organis\u00e9e d'avance. Si j'envoie une lettre, cela ne compte pas; si je vous croise aux toilettes, ce n'est pas consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme organis\u00e9 d'avance. Si une rencontre a lieu, elle doit \u00eatre consign\u00e9e, et elle doit se tenir \u00e0 l'initiative du lobbyiste. C'est l\u00e0 le changement.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/ethics/45-1/38/joe-jordan-8/",
    "politician_url": null,
    "politician_membership_url": null,
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13467121",
    "document_url": "/committees/ethics/45-1/38/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Fethics%2F45-1%2F38%2F"
    }
}