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{
    "time": "2009-02-04 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Christiane Gagnon (Qu\u00e9bec, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1267876\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, a letter dated October 26, 1999, addressed to the Minister of Public Works at the time, Alfonso Gagliano, clearly shows that Andr\u00e9 Juneau, chair of the National Battlefields Commission, sold himself long ago to the Canadian government's visibility strategy, a strategy that led to the sponsorship scandal. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1267877\" data-originallang=\"fr\">How can the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a>, who recognized the Quebec nation, show it such a lack of respect and impose on Quebec a celebration of what is considered its conquest?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1267876\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, une lettre du 26 octobre 1999 adress\u00e9e au ministre des Travaux publics de l'\u00e9poque, Alfonso Gagliano, d\u00e9montre clairement qu'Andr\u00e9 Juneau, pr\u00e9sident de la Commission des champs de bataille nationaux, est vendu depuis longtemps \u00e0 la strat\u00e9gie de visibilit\u00e9 du gouvernement canadien, strat\u00e9gie qui a men\u00e9 au scandale des commandites.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1267877\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Comment le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a>, lui qui a reconnu la nation qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise, peut-il lui manquer \u00e0 ce point de respect et lui imposer la c\u00e9l\u00e9bration de ce qui est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme une conqu\u00eate?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2009/2/4/christiane-gagnon-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/christiane-gagnon/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3306/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2580840",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "National Battlefields Commission",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2009/2/4/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F2%2F4%2F"
    }
}