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{
    "time": "2007-02-22 10:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Omar Alghabra",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"448520\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I understand what the hon. member is saying, but for the record I want to let her know that the lowest minimum wages in this country are in provinces that are governed by NDP governments.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"448521\" data-originallang=\"en\">Having said that, I also understand that she needed a podium to express her rhetorical position, but at the end of the day I know that she agrees with me and that she and her party will be supporting the motion that the Conservative government has not served immigrants in our country well and has no plan or vision to help new Canadian immigrants better integrate into our society.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"448520\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je comprends bien ce que la d\u00e9put\u00e9e veut dire, mais je lui signalerais, pour mettre les choses au clair, que c'est dans les provinces dirig\u00e9es par des gouvernements n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates que le salaire minimum reste le plus bas.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"448521\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cela \u00e9tant dit, je comprends \u00e9galement qu'elle avait besoin d'une tribune pour exprimer sa position th\u00e9orique, mais je sais qu'en bout de ligne elle est d'accord avec moi et qu'elle appuiera, de m\u00eame que son parti, la motion d\u00e9non\u00e7ant le gouvernement conservateur parce qu'il n'a pas bien servi les immigrants dans notre pays et qu'il n'a aucune vision, aucun plan pour aider les nouveaux immigrants canadiens \u00e0 mieux s'int\u00e9grer dans notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2007/2/22/omar-alghabra-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/omar-alghabra/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/312/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "1928710",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion--Citizenship and Immigration",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2007/2/22/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2007%2F2%2F22%2F"
    }
}