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This is a single
speech (house debate) 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": "1994-03-15 10:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. John Bryden (Hamilton-Wentworth)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<blockquote>\n<p>moved for leave to introduce Bill C-224, an act to require charitable and non-profit organizations that receive public funds to declare the remuneration of their directors and senior officers.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to introduce a private member's bill entitled the charitable and non-profit organizations director remunerations disclosure act, the purpose of which is to bring public accountability to all organizations funded by the taxpayer in the matter of salaries and benefits of their directors and principal officers.</p>\n<p>Once a group receives public money directly or indirectly it must be prepared to surrender its right to privacy. MPs declare their pay, and the same principle of salary disclosure should apply to all persons charged with the public trust. This bill addresses that principle.</p>\n<p>(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)</p>",
"fr": ""
},
"url": "/debates/1994/3/15/john-bryden-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/4405/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3182/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Non-Profit Organization Director Remuneration Disclosure Act",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/1994/3/15/",
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}
}