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{
    "time": "2009-02-24 12:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Thomas Mulcair",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1305205\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I did not know that. I will tell my friend and colleague that the price of an NDP membership card is $10. I will be putting his membership card in the mail right away. We do not accept defectors, but if he wants to take out a membership card, and run under the NDP banner and have an opportunity to get elected in a riding, I will sign on to help him. That would mean that, in constitutional terms, he now shares the vision of the New Democratic Party. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1305206\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> In the last election campaign, the NDP published a very wide-ranging plan on the economy in general. More specifically, we are very proud to have had the best plan when it comes to clean and renewable energy. We also got extraordinary coverage on the front page of <em>Le Devoir</em> in an article by Louis-Gilles Francoeur. We have a plan. If he wants to join us, we will be happy to have him.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1305205\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je ne savais pas cela. Je vais informer mon ami et coll\u00e8gue que le co\u00fbt d'une carte de membre du NPD s'\u00e9l\u00e8ve \u00e0 10 $. Je vais m'empresser de lui envoyer une carte de membre. On n'accepte pas les transfuges, mais s'il veut prendre une carte de membre, se pr\u00e9senter sous la banni\u00e8re du NPD et avoir la possibilit\u00e9 de se faire \u00e9lire dans une circonscription, je vais signer pour l'aider. Cela voudrait dire que, sur le plan constitutionnel, il a maintenant la m\u00eame vision que le Nouveau Parti d\u00e9mocratique. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1305206\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le NPD a publi\u00e9, \u00e0 l'occasion de la campagne \u00e9lectorale, un tr\u00e8s vaste plan sur l'\u00e9conomie en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral. Plus sp\u00e9cifiquement, nous sommes tr\u00e8s fiers d'avoir eu le meilleur plan en ce qui concerne les \u00e9nergies propres et renouvelables. En outre, on a re\u00e7u une extraordinaire couverture en premi\u00e8re page du journal <em>Le Devoir</em> sous la plume de Louis-Gilles Francoeur. On a un plan. S'il veut se joindre \u00e0 nous, cela nous fera plaisir.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2009/2/24/thomas-mulcair-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/thomas-mulcair/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/826/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2613120",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Securities Commission and Equalization",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2009/2/24/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F2%2F24%2F"
    }
}