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{
    "time": "2007-10-23 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Peter Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"755146\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, what is punishing is that the Liberals still have nothing to talk about, so I am left with the same answer. Our election financing activities are entirely legal. We look carefully at the act, we follow the act and we will do so in the future.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"755146\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les lib\u00e9raux continuent de n'avoir rien \u00e0 dire et c'est la peine qu'ils m'infligent. Je dois donc donner la m\u00eame r\u00e9ponse. Nos activit\u00e9s de financement \u00e9lectoral sont tout \u00e0 fait l\u00e9gales. Nous \u00e9tudions attentivement la loi, nous la respectons et nous en ferons autant \u00e0 l'avenir.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2007/10/23/peter-van-loan-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/peter-van-loan/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1448/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2177936",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Government Appointments",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2007/10/23/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2007%2F10%2F23%2F"
    }
}