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{
    "time": "2008-04-16 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. David McGuinty (Ottawa South, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1031822\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the minister who introduced the accountability act was also the chair of the Conservative campaign in Ontario. While Morton Paulsen was under contract to the Friends of Science, he was also the spokesperson for that same minister during the last election.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1031823\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Why did the <a data-HoCid=\"105835\" href=\"/politicians/john-baird/\" title=\"John Baird\">Minister of the Environment</a> give Mr. Paulsen access to the results of internal polls? Why did he allow him to pick the markets where Friends of Science commercials were to be aired?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1031822\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le ministre qui a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 la Loi sur la responsabilit\u00e9 \u00e9tait aussi pr\u00e9sident de la campagne conservatrice en Ontario. Alors que M. Morton Paulsen \u00e9tait sous contrat avec les Amis de la Science, il \u00e9tait porte-parole de ce m\u00eame ministre aux derni\u00e8res \u00e9lections.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1031823\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourquoi le <a data-HoCid=\"105835\" href=\"/politicians/john-baird/\" title=\"John Baird\">ministre de l'Environnement</a> a-t-il donn\u00e9 \u00e0 M. Paulsen acc\u00e8s aux r\u00e9sultats de sondages internes? Pourquoi lui a-t-il permis de cibler les march\u00e9s o\u00f9 les publicit\u00e9s des Amis de la Science devraient \u00eatre diffus\u00e9es?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2008/4/16/david-mcguinty-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/david-mcguinty/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1405/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2424736",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Minister of the Environment",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2008/4/16/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2008%2F4%2F16%2F"
    }
}