{"time": "2008-02-27 14:45:00", "attribution": {"en": "Ms. Bonnie Brown (Oakville, Lib.)", "fr": ""}, "content": {"en": "

Mr. Speaker, that was then, but yesterday a top official at Treasury Board testified at committee that it was not Treasury Board that requested the contract from the City of Ottawa. Further, the official could not cite a single example of a major contribution agreement with the municipality being approved, then withheld until a yet to be elected council could sign off. We now know it was the minister acting alone.

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If this was not purely political meddling, could the minister name one other contribution agreement that had to meet this same political test?

", "fr": "

Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est ce qu'on a dit \u00e0 l'\u00e9poque, mais hier un haut fonctionnaire du Conseil du Tr\u00e9sor a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 au comit\u00e9 que ce n'\u00e9tait pas le Conseil du Tr\u00e9sor qui avait demand\u00e9 le contrat \u00e0 la ville d'Ottawa. En outre, ce haut fonctionnaire n'a pu fournir un seul exemple d'entente de contribution importante avec une municipalit\u00e9 qui aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 approuv\u00e9e pour ensuite \u00eatre mise en veilleuse, jusqu'\u00e0 ce qu'un conseil non encore \u00e9lu finalise le processus. Nous savons maintenant que le ministre a agi seul.

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Si ce n'\u00e9tait pas purement de l'ing\u00e9rence politique, le ministre peut-il fournir un autre exemple d'entente de contribution qui a d\u00fb satisfaire au m\u00eame crit\u00e8re politique?

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