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{
    "time": "2023-10-19 17:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. James Maloney",
        "fr": "M. James Maloney"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7967597\" data-originallang=\"en\">I remember the evidence because I think I was the one who actually asked the question, but in my experience, the more you include, the more you exclude, because crafty lawyers like those on the other side of the table will see a list and then argue that it's exhaustive. We've all encountered that many times, and it's a pitfall I don't think we necessarily want to fall into here.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7967597\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je me rappelle les t\u00e9moignages car je pense que c'est moi qui ai pos\u00e9 la question, mais d'apr\u00e8s mon exp\u00e9rience, plus on en inclut, plus on en exclut, parce que des avocats astucieux comme ceux qui se trouvent de l'autre c\u00f4t\u00e9 de la table verront une liste et soutiendront qu'elle est exhaustive. Nous avons tous \u00e9t\u00e9 confront\u00e9s \u00e0 ce probl\u00e8me \u00e0 maintes reprises et je ne pense pas que nous souhaitions n\u00e9cessairement tomber dans ce pi\u00e8ge.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/justice/44-1/78/james-maloney-21/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/james-maloney/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4310/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12379553",
    "document_url": "/committees/justice/44-1/78/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Fjustice%2F44-1%2F78%2F"
    }
}