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speech (committee meeting) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2026-04-30 15:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "The Chair (John Brassard (Barrie South\u2014Innisfil, CPC))",
"fr": "Le pr\u00e9sident (John Brassard (Barrie-Sud\u2014Innisfil, PCC))"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9342125\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Good afternoon, everyone. I'm going to call the meeting to order.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9342126\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Welcome to meeting number 39 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9342127\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pursuant to the order of reference of Thursday, February 12, 2026, section 14.1 of the Lobbying Act, and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, the committee is resuming the statutory review of the Lobbying Act.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9342128\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'd like to welcome our witnesses for the first hour today. As individuals, we have Ian Stedman, associate professor, school of public policy and administration, York University; and Lori Turnbull, professor, faculty of management, Dalhousie University.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9342129\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Stedman, I'm going to start with you. You have up to five minutes. It's good to see you in person. Go ahead.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9342125\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bonjour \u00e0 tous. La s\u00e9ance est ouverte.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9342126\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je vous souhaite la bienvenue \u00e0 la 39<sup>e</sup> r\u00e9union du Comit\u00e9 permanent de l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'information, de la protection des renseignements personnels et de l'\u00e9thique de la Chambre des communes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9342127\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Conform\u00e9ment \u00e0 l'ordre de renvoi du jeudi 12 f\u00e9vrier 2026, \u00e0 l'article 14.1 de la Loi sur le lobbying et \u00e0 la motion adopt\u00e9e par le Comit\u00e9 le mercredi 17 septembre 2025, le Comit\u00e9 reprend l'examen pr\u00e9vu par la loi de la Loi sur le lobbying.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9342128\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais souhaiter la bienvenue \u00e0 nos t\u00e9moins pour la premi\u00e8re heure aujourd'hui. \u00c0 titre personnel, nous accueillons Ian Stedman, professeur agr\u00e9g\u00e9, \u00c9cole de politique publique et d'administration, Universit\u00e9 York, et Lori Turnbull, professeure, Facult\u00e9 de gestion, Universit\u00e9 Dalhousie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9342129\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur Stedman, je vais commencer par vous. Vous avez cinq minutes. Je suis heureux de vous voir en personne. Allez\u2011y.</p>"
},
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"document_url": "/committees/ethics/45-1/39/",
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}