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{
    "time": "2007-02-06 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Gilles Duceppe (Laurier\u2014Sainte-Marie, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"405445\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, in his lunchtime speech to the Canadian Club of Ottawa today, the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> missed another opportunity to explain how he plans to make good on the promise he made during the last election campaign to correct the fiscal imbalance. Yet the provincial premiers are holding a teleconference tomorrow to discuss the new equalization formula, an important issue related to correcting the fiscal imbalance. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405446\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Can the <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">Minister of Finance</a> at least tell us whether he plans to include all 10 provinces and 100% of natural resources revenues in the new equalization formula, as Quebec and the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois have called for?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"405445\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, lors de son discours pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 devant le Cercle Canadien d'Ottawa ce midi, le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> a encore rat\u00e9 une occasion de nous expliquer comment il compte remplir l'engagement pris lors des derni\u00e8res \u00e9lections, soit de r\u00e9gler le d\u00e9s\u00e9quilibre fiscal. Pourtant, les premiers ministres des provinces se r\u00e9unissent demain en conf\u00e9rence t\u00e9l\u00e9phonique pour discuter de la nouvelle formule de p\u00e9r\u00e9quation, un enjeu important li\u00e9 au r\u00e8glement du d\u00e9s\u00e9quilibre fiscal.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405446\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">ministre des Finances</a> peut-il au moins nous dire s'il compte inclure les dix provinces et 100 p. 100 des revenus des ressources naturelles dans la nouvelle formule de p\u00e9r\u00e9quation, comme le demande le Qu\u00e9bec et le Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2007/2/6/gilles-duceppe-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/gilles-duceppe/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/403/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "1881176",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Taxation",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2007/2/6/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2007%2F2%2F6%2F"
    }
}