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{
    "time": "2009-02-27 11:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Vic Toews (President of the Treasury Board, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1310195\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am more than happy to invite that member to any briefing that he wants about what this $3 billion actually means. It does not remove any of the criteria. It removes none of the criteria and the reporting that this government needs to make to the Parliament of Canada, as requested by the <a data-HoCid=\"129313\" href=\"/politicians/michael-ignatieff/\" title=\"Michael Ignatieff\">Leader of the Opposition</a>, will be done and it will include the $3 billion. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1310196\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would invite that member to get on board so that we can help his constituents, even if he does not want to help them.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1310195\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis tr\u00e8s heureux d'inviter le d\u00e9put\u00e9 \u00e0 assister \u00e0 toutes les s\u00e9ances d'information qu'il voudra sur l'objectif de cette caisse de 3 milliards de dollars. Il n'y a rien dans tout cela qui fait dispara\u00eetre quelque crit\u00e8re que ce soit. Tous les crit\u00e8res restent en place et les rapports que le gouvernement doit rendre au Parlement, \u00e0 la demande du <a data-HoCid=\"129313\" href=\"/politicians/michael-ignatieff/\" title=\"Michael Ignatieff\">chef de l'Opposition</a>, seront pr\u00e9par\u00e9s et incluront ces 3 milliards de dollars. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1310196\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais inviter le d\u00e9put\u00e9 \u00e0 collaborer avec nous pour que nous puissions offrir \u00e0 ses \u00e9lecteurs l'aide dont ils ont besoin et que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 ne semble pas vouloir leur accorder.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2009/2/27/vic-toews-12/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/vic-toews/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1306/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2625551",
    "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"
    }
}