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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": "2001-12-04 15:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Gurmant Grewal",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for Edmonton--Strathcona, my seatmate, has asked an excellent question. He is absolutely right. We talk about government accountability but the weak, arrogant Liberal government, a lame duck government, lacks accountability.</p>\n<p>The government has completely lacked the responsibility to present a budget in the House for 22 months which shows that setting the right priorities is not a priority for the government. It says it is not a priority. That is why it has not tabled a budget for 22 months. It has been operating without a budget for 22 months.</p>\n<p>The economy is going downhill. The minister is held responsible for that but he is not showing any interest in sharing the responsibility for the downturn in the economy. I believe there is political background behind that. He is being touted as a potential candidate for the Liberal leadership and he does not want to take the blame for the economy. He does not want to share the responsibility which is rightly placed on him. He should speak to the motion and should be present in the House to highlight the importance of this issue and the federal priorities.</p>",
"fr": ""
},
"url": "/debates/2001/12/4/gurmant-grewal-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/3094/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1594/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Supply",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2001/12/4/",
"related": {
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}
}