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{
"time": "2008-03-14 11:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"974087\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Emanuel Montenegrino is the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a>'s lawyer. He is also now registered to lobby the Conservatives to approve the sale of RADARSAT technology to an American weapons maker.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"974088\" data-originallang=\"en\">Considering Mr. Montenegrino's regular contributions to the Prime Minister's Conservative campaigns, would the government not want to keep its promise of openness and accountability and tell the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a>'s counsel to stick to practising law and not political lobbying?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"974087\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, Emmanuel Montenegrino est l'avocat du <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a>. Aujourd'hui, il est aussi enregistr\u00e9 comme lobbyiste et il s'efforce de convaincre les conservateurs d'approuver la vente de la technologie RADARSAT \u00e0 un fabricant d'armes am\u00e9ricain.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"974088\" data-originallang=\"en\">Compte tenu de la participation r\u00e9guli\u00e8re de M. Montenegrino aux campagnes \u00e9lectorales conservatrices, le gouvernement respectera-t-il donc sa promesse en mati\u00e8re d'ouverture et de responsabilit\u00e9 en disant \u00e0 l'avocat du <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> de s'en tenir \u00e0 la pratique du droit et de ne pas se m\u00ealer de lobbyisme politique?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/3/14/libby-davies-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/libby-davies/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2499/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2379804",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Lobbyists",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/3/14/",
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}
}