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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2009-02-27 11:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Vic Toews (President of the Treasury Board, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1310190\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, we have nothing to hide, which is why we have come to the House and asked for $3 billion in order to move it ahead of the June schedule so the money can get into the hands of Canadian companies in order to stimulate the economy. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1310191\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is the members of the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois who are stifling our ability to get the money out. Let them explain to their constituents why their jobs are in jeopardy and why this government is trying to help them.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1310190\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous n'avons rien \u00e0 cacher et c'est pourquoi nous avons soumis un projet \u00e0 la Chambre afin de d\u00e9bloquer une somme de 3 milliards de dollars qui permettra de devancer la date de juin. Ainsi, les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s canadiennes auront acc\u00e8s \u00e0 cet argent plus t\u00f4t, ce qui stimulera l'\u00e9conomie. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1310191\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce sont les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois qui veulent nous emp\u00eacher de d\u00e9penser cet argent. Il leur appartiendra d'expliquer \u00e0 leurs \u00e9lecteurs pourquoi ils risquent de perdre leur emploi et pourquoi notre gouvernement essaie de les aider. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/2/27/vic-toews-11/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/vic-toews/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1306/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2625546",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Conservative Government",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/2/27/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F2%2F27%2F"
}
}