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{
    "time": "2008-06-16 15:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Michel Guimond",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1164551\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, in law, this is what we call the principle of surety. A guarantor is responsible for the debts incurred by a third party. We wonder why, if the guarantor did not witness the expenses\u2014in this case, the political party did not witness the ineligible expenses\u2014it should be held responsible for expenses made unbeknownst to it by a third party.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1164551\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, en droit, c'est le principe de la caution. Une caution sera responsable des dettes d'un tiers. On se demande pourquoi la caution, si elle n'a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 t\u00e9moin \u2014 dans le cas pr\u00e9sent, le parti n'ayant pas \u00e9t\u00e9 t\u00e9moin des d\u00e9penses inadmissibles \u2014 devrait \u00eatre tenue responsable de d\u00e9penses faites par un tiers \u00e0 son insu?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2008/6/16/michel-guimond-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/michel-guimond/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/436/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2534208",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada Elections Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2008/6/16/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2008%2F6%2F16%2F"
    }
}