Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2006-05-29 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Vic Toews (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"10388\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, indeed corporate white collar crime is a serious concern. When this party was in opposition we expressed concern about some of the weak legislation that was being put forward by the Liberals. I am prepared to work with opposition parties to see how and when we should strengthen that legislation.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"10388\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les crimes commis par les cols blancs sont tr\u00e8s inqui\u00e9tants. Lorsque notre parti \u00e9tait dans l'opposition, nous avons exprim\u00e9 notre pr\u00e9occupation au sujet de certaines mesures l\u00e9gislatives faibles pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es par les lib\u00e9raux. Je suis dispos\u00e9 \u00e0 collaborer avec les partis d'opposition pour d\u00e9terminer comment et quand renforcer les dispositions l\u00e9gislatives.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2006/5/29/vic-toews-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/vic-toews/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1306/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "1549017",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Securities Industry",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2006/5/29/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2006%2F5%2F29%2F"
    }
}