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{
    "time": "2006-06-12 14:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Steven Fletcher (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"22833\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned, this is a quasi-judicial agency and should it find that the price of patented medicines sold in Canada is excessive, it has the power to roll back the price to the non-excessive level and to collect any excess revenue that may have occurred.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"22834\" data-originallang=\"en\">That is the process and we will follow that process.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"22833\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme je l'ai dit, il s'agit d'un organisme qui d\u00e9tient des pouvoirs quasi-judiciaires. S'il trouve que le prix des m\u00e9dicaments brevet\u00e9s vendus au Canada est abusif, il peut le ramener \u00e0 un niveau acceptable et pr\u00e9lever toutes les recettes excessives. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"22834\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est ainsi que cela fonctionne et nous respectons cet \u00e9tat de choses.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2006/6/12/steven-fletcher-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/steven-fletcher/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/414/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "1587004",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Health",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2006/6/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2006%2F6%2F12%2F"
    }
}