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{
"time": "2009-10-07 16:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Harold Albrecht (Kitchener\u2014Conestoga, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1614352\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to the last part of the member's speech. Maybe I was fortunate in that I was not in the House for the first part.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1614353\" data-originallang=\"en\">He talked about the bitter pill that his government needed to swallow in order to balance the budget. What he needs to acknowledge is that bitter pill involved cutting transfers to the provinces and municipalities for health care, education, and many of the things that we on this side feel are essential and we would never take action like that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1614354\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, the question I would have for the member opposite is this. How could he and his entire caucus stand in the House a few days ago, when their leader made a comment that on this side of the House we are trying to starve the beast? On one hand, the Liberals accuse us of spending too much and on the other hand he is suggesting that we are not spending enough to keep government programs operating in terms such as starving the beast. How can he square that circle?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1614352\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'ai \u00e9cout\u00e9 avec int\u00e9r\u00eat la derni\u00e8re partie du discours du d\u00e9put\u00e9. Je devrais peut-\u00eatre m'estimer heureux d'avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 absent pour la premi\u00e8re.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1614353\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il a parl\u00e9 de la pilule am\u00e8re que son gouvernement a d\u00fb avaler pour \u00e9quilibrer le budget. Ce qu'il doit reconna\u00eetre, c'est que le gouvernement a r\u00e9duit les transferts aux provinces et aux municipalit\u00e9s dans les domaines des soins de sant\u00e9, de l'\u00e9ducation et d'autres qui, \u00e0 notre avis, sont essentiels. Pour notre part, nous ne prendrions jamais de telles mesures.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1614354\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cependant, la question que j'aimerais poser au d\u00e9put\u00e9 est la suivante. Comment le d\u00e9put\u00e9 et tous les membres de son caucus ont-ils pu rester sans rien dire l'autre jour \u00e0 la Chambre quand leur chef a dit que nous, de ce c\u00f4t\u00e9-ci, affamions la b\u00eate? D'une part, les lib\u00e9raux nous accusent de d\u00e9penser trop d'argent, et d'autre part, leur chef laisse entendre, en disant que nous affamons la b\u00eate, que nous ne d\u00e9pensons pas assez pour assurer le bon fonctionnement des programmes gouvernementaux. Comment peut-il concilier ces deux positions?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/10/7/harold-albrecht-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/harold-albrecht/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/311/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2883974",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Economic Recovery Act (stimulus)",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/10/7/",
"related": {
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}
}