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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2007-03-22 10:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Geoff Regan",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"508846\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I wish the budget had done that. I wish the Conservatives had kept their commitments to Nova Scotia and to Newfoundland and Labrador in this budget, but they clearly did not. They promised that they would not cap those revenues, that they would not cap equalization for those two provinces, but they have done so.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"508847\" data-originallang=\"en\">My hon. colleague talks about the record and what was said and what was not said. I do not know if he heard my speech. I clearly quoted his own Conservative members from Newfoundland and Labrador who have acknowledged that they have broken their promise. They have acknowledged that they tried to convince the government to keep non-renewable resource revenues out, but they failed. The government's own members have acknowledged it, yet how can they possibly have the temerity to stand here and suggest these things now? It is unbelievable.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"508846\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aurais aim\u00e9 un budget qui respecte l'engagement des conservateurs envers la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse et Terre-Neuve, mais ce n'est pas du tout le cas. Ils avaient promis de ne pas fixer de plafond \u00e0 ces revenus, ni aux paiements de p\u00e9r\u00e9quation vers\u00e9s \u00e0 ces deux provinces, mais ils n'ont pas tenu parole.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"508847\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mon coll\u00e8gue parle de ce qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 dit et de ce qui n'a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 dit devant la Chambre. Je ne sais pas s'il a entendu mon discours. J'y ai cit\u00e9 des d\u00e9put\u00e9s de son propre parti, des conservateurs de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, qui reconnaissent qu'ils n'ont pas respect\u00e9 leur promesse. Ils disent qu'ils ont essay\u00e9 de convaincre le gouvernement d'exclure les revenus tir\u00e9s de l'exploitation des ressources non renouvelables, mais qu'ils n'y sont pas parvenus. Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s minist\u00e9riels eux-m\u00eames le reconnaissent. Comment peuvent-ils avoir l'audace de tenir maintenant de pareils propos dans cette enceinte? C'est incroyable.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2007/3/22/geoff-regan-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/geoff-regan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1640/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1971525",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion--Equalization",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2007/3/22/",
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"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2007%2F3%2F22%2F"
}
}