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{
    "time": "2009-04-28 10:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Thomas Mulcair",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1451597\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Mr. Chairman.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1451598\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would like to say it in French for those who did not understand.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1451599\" data-originallang=\"fr\">In the current context, during this serious economic crisis, we find it unjustifiable, even scandalous, for people who are already making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to continue giving themselves several million dollars in bonuses a year, as has been the case until now. At the very least, put the money aside so that we can determine whether your performance is as good as you say, and, for goodness' sake, start being more transparent about performance measures.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1451597\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1451598\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'aimerais le dire en fran\u00e7ais pour les gens qui ne l'ont pas compris. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1451599\" data-originallang=\"fr\">On trouverait que dans le march\u00e9 actuel, en temps de grave crise \u00e9conomique, ce serait injustifiable, voire scandaleux, que des gens qui re\u00e7oivent d\u00e9j\u00e0 des salaires de plusieurs centaines de milliers de dollars par ann\u00e9e continuent \u00e0 se voir octroyer des bonis de l'ordre de plusieurs millions de dollars par ann\u00e9e, comme cela se faisait jusqu'\u00e0 maintenant. \u00c0 tout le moins, mettez ces sommes de c\u00f4t\u00e9 pour qu'on puisse d\u00e9terminer si votre performance est aussi bonne que vous le dites et, de gr\u00e2ce, commencez \u00e0 \u00eatre plus transparents au sujet des mesures de performance.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/finance/40-2/22/thomas-mulcair-25/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/thomas-mulcair/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/826/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2722527",
    "document_url": "/committees/finance/40-2/22/",
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}