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{
    "time": "2007-03-22 11:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Jannick Desforges",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"523926\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Over the last 10 years, banks have withdrawn from some neighbourhoods and closed down some branches. In 1996, there were over 7,000 bank branches. In 2006, there were fewer than 5,600. So a lot of branches have closed, particularly in poorer neighbourhoods and in rural regions. It is not unusual to find white label ATMs in places where banks used to be located.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"523926\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Au cours des 10 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, les banques se sont retir\u00e9es de certains quartiers en fermant des succursales. En 1996, il y avait plus de 7 000 succursales bancaires. En 2006, il en restait moins de 5 600. Donc, il y a eu \u00e9norm\u00e9ment de fermetures, surtout dans les quartiers d\u00e9favoris\u00e9s et dans les zones rurales. Il n'est pas rare de voir un guichet priv\u00e9 \u00e0 l'endroit qui \u00e9tait jadis occup\u00e9 par une banque.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/finance/39-1/73/jannick-desforges-2/",
    "politician_url": null,
    "politician_membership_url": null,
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "1972051",
    "document_url": "/committees/finance/39-1/73/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Ffinance%2F39-1%2F73%2F"
    }
}