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{
    "time": "2008-05-01 10:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Louis Beaus\u00e9jour",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1083687\" data-originallang=\"en\">The way we can answer that is to say that the purpose of the act is only about ensuring the rate-setting, and the contribution that is collected will be sufficient to deliver on the benefit that has to be delivered, given the current EI Act. There is nothing in the act that limits the ability of the government to make decisions on the benefits.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1083687\" data-originallang=\"en\">Voici ce que je peux r\u00e9pondre: le but de la loi est simplement de s'assurer que la fixation des taux, et les cotisations per\u00e7ues, suffiront pour payer les prestations, selon la Loi sur l'assurance-emploi actuelle. Il n'y a rien dans la loi qui limite la capacit\u00e9 du gouvernement de prendre des d\u00e9cisions au sujet des prestations.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/human-resources/39-2/27/louis-beausejour-16/",
    "politician_url": null,
    "politician_membership_url": null,
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2445200",
    "document_url": "/committees/human-resources/39-2/27/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Fhuman-resources%2F39-2%2F27%2F"
    }
}