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{
    "time": "2009-10-22 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Christian Paradis (Minister of Public Works and Government Services, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1638222\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the contracts for repairs to the Champlain Bridge are awarded by an independent crown corporation, Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1638223\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The process was fair, open and transparent, and there was no involvement by any minister's office. If my colleague wants to make accusations outside the House, he is free to do so.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1638222\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les contrats qui visent les r\u00e9parations du pont Champlain sont octroy\u00e9s par une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de la Couronne ind\u00e9pendante, qui est la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des ponts Jacques-Cartier et Champlain.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1638223\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le processus a \u00e9t\u00e9 fait de fa\u00e7on juste, ouverte et transparente. Il n'y a aucune implication de quelque cabinet de ministre dans cela. Si mon coll\u00e8gue veut porter ses accusations \u00e0 l'ext\u00e9rieur de la Chambre, je l'invite \u00e0 le faire. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2009/10/22/christian-paradis-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/christian-paradis/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/534/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2907229",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Infrastructure",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2009/10/22/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F10%2F22%2F"
    }
}