Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2001-05-18 11:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. St\u00e9phane Bergeron (Verch\u00e8res\u2014Les-Patriotes, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, this week, parliamentarians were invited to attend a reception organized in honour of the Council for Canadian Unity.</p>\n<p>Bloc Quebecois members declined the invitation and for good reason, since we condemn the fact that, since 1995, the federal government has spent over half a billion dollars provided by taxpayers on propaganda and often partisan activities.</p>\n<p>Just as unacceptable is the fact that the council was not held accountable to the public for the some $35 million in taxpayers' money that it received during the same period.</p>\n<p>Worse still, just before the end of the last financial year, the government hurriedly increased the budget of the Canada Information Office by close to $80 million over a three year period, an annual increase of close to 135%.</p>\n<p>This is why we declined to attend. The Bloc Quebecois cannot condone the fact that $500 million in taxpayers' money was used to fund propaganda activities, when sectors as critical as education, health and regional development, to name but a few, need a significant increase in the federal government's transfers to the provinces.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2001/5/18/stephane-bergeron-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/stephane-bergeron/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1827/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Council For Canadian Unity",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2001/5/18/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2001%2F5%2F18%2F"
    }
}