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{
    "time": "2008-12-03 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Ralph Goodale (Wascana, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1253281\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> ignores the truth. Just for the record, the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois has supported the Conservative government at least 140 times, including 14 confidence votes, so let us not be distracted by the red herrings and stick to the real issue, and that is the economy, abject Conservative economic failure. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1253282\" data-originallang=\"en\">Beyond all the same old stuff, why is there nothing new for Canadians, for infrastructure, for housing, for manufacturing, for forestry and autos, and for training? Why do the Conservatives have no new plan right now?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1253281\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> fait fi de la v\u00e9rit\u00e9. Je dirai simplement, pour r\u00e9tablir les faits, que le Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois a appuy\u00e9 les conservateurs pas moins de 140 fois, notamment lors de 14 votes de confiance. Alors ne nous laissons pas distraire par ces manoeuvres de diversion et concentrons-nous sur la vraie question, c'est-\u00e0-dire l'\u00e9conomie et l'\u00e9chec lamentable des conservateurs sur ce plan.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1253282\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 part toutes les vieilles mesures, pourquoi n'y a-t-il rien de nouveau pour les Canadiens, pour l'infrastructure, pour les secteurs manufacturier, forestier et automobile, et pour la formation? Pourquoi les conservateurs n'ont-ils pas de nouveau plan maintenant? </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2008/12/3/ralph-goodale-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ralph-goodale/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2745/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2566558",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Economy",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2008/12/3/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2008%2F12%2F3%2F"
    }
}