{"time": "2007-11-28 14:50:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Jean-Claude D'Amours (Madawaska\u2014Restigouche, Lib.)", "fr": ""}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"795548\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the government is sitting idly by as thousands of workers are losing their jobs in the manufacturing and forestry sectors, as evidenced by the fact that, in seven working days, the pilot project set up by the Liberal government to provide access to up to five additional weeks of EI benefits is coming to an end. The workers, and seasonal workers in particular, are about to go through seriously tough times because of the Conservative government.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"795549\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Will the minister do the only right thing and not wait another day to turn this pilot project into a permanent one?</p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"795548\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, pendant que des milliers de travailleurs perdent leur emploi dans les secteurs manufacturier et forestier, le gouvernement ne fait rien. La preuve en est que dans sept jours ouvrables se terminera le projet-pilote mis en place par le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral pour donner jusqu'\u00e0 cinq semaines de prestations suppl\u00e9mentaires. Les travailleurs, dont les travailleurs saisonniers, sont \u00e0 la veille de vivre des temps tr\u00e8s difficiles \u00e0 cause du gouvernement conservateur.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"795549\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le ministre fera-t-il la seule chose \u00e0 faire, soit ne pas attendre un jour de plus et rendre ce projet-pilote permanent?</p>"}, "url": "/debates/2007/11/28/jean-claude-damours-1/", "politician_url": "/politicians/jean-claude-damours/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1317/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "2227885", "h1": {"en": "Oral Questions", "fr": ""}, "h2": {"en": "Employment Insurance", "fr": ""}, "document_url": "/debates/2007/11/28/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2007%2F11%2F28%2F"}}