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{
    "time": "2009-01-28 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jean-Yves Laforest (Saint-Maurice\u2014Champlain, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1260807\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the unilateral and authoritarian decision to change the equalization formula will cost Quebec $1 billion this year and up to $2 billion next year for health and education. Quebec's minister of finance says that Quebec's loss will be Ontario's gain.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1260808\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Why has the <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">Minister of Finance</a>, in his budget, reneged on the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a>'s commitment to Premier Charest made in a letter dated March 19, 2007?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1260807\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la d\u00e9cision unilat\u00e9rale et autoritaire de modifier la formule de p\u00e9r\u00e9quation va faire perdre au Qu\u00e9bec un milliard de dollars cette ann\u00e9e et jusqu'\u00e0 deux milliards l'an prochain pour la sant\u00e9 et l'\u00e9ducation. La ministre des Finances du Qu\u00e9bec constate que le Qu\u00e9bec a \u00e9t\u00e9 largu\u00e9 au profit de l'Ontario.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1260808\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Comment le <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">ministre des Finances</a> peut-il expliquer autrement son budget qui renie l'engagement du <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> dans sa lettre du 19 mars 2007 au premier ministre Charest?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2009/1/28/jean-yves-laforest-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jean-yves-laforest/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/464/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2573228",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Budget",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2009/1/28/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F1%2F28%2F"
    }
}