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{
    "time": "2008-03-31 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Diane Finley (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"996845\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, over the course of their tenure in government, the Liberals allowed the backlog to balloon from 50,000 to over 800,000.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"996846\" data-originallang=\"en\">Now, because people must wait five to six years to get here, we are losing much needed talent to other countries. We need that talent here. We need to ensure our systems are streamlined so we can get the people we need to fill the jobs so businesses can stay in business.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"996847\" data-originallang=\"en\">I appreciate the support of the Liberals in our budget.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"996845\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, pendant qu'ils \u00e9taient au pouvoir, les lib\u00e9raux ont laiss\u00e9 l'arri\u00e9r\u00e9 grimper de 50 000 \u00e0 plus de 800 000. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"996846\" data-originallang=\"en\">Maintenant, parce que les gens doivent attendre cinq ou six ans avant de pouvoir venir ici, nous perdons, au profit d'autres pays, des gens comp\u00e9tents dont nous avons grandement besoin. Nous avons besoins de ces gens ici. Nous devons rationaliser notre syst\u00e8me pour pouvoir accueillir les gens dont nous avons besoin pour occuper des emplois afin que les entreprises puissent continuer de fonctionner. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"996847\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'appr\u00e9cie l'appui des lib\u00e9raux \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de notre budget.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2008/3/31/diane-finley-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/diane-finley/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1370/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2381989",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Immigration",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2008/3/31/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2008%2F3%2F31%2F"
    }
}