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{
"time": "2009-03-12 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Serge M\u00e9nard (Marc-Aur\u00e8le-Fortin, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1341607\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the <a data-HoCid=\"105824\" href=\"/politicians/rob-nicholson/\" title=\"Rob Nicholson\">Minister of Justice</a> told us that he was giving thought to the approach government lawyers should take in the case against Groupe Polygone, a key player in the sponsorship scandal. But while the minister is thinking, his lawyers are, through their silence, endorsing the extraordinary procedure the Groupe Polygone lawyers used to have journalist Daniel Leblanc subpoenaed to reveal his source.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1341608\" data-originallang=\"fr\">My question is simple: does the minister approve of this manoeuvre?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1341607\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le <a data-HoCid=\"105824\" href=\"/politicians/rob-nicholson/\" title=\"Rob Nicholson\">ministre de la Justice</a> nous a dit qu'il \u00e9tait en train d'\u00e9tudier la question de l'attitude que devraient prendre ses avocats dans la cause qui oppose le gouvernement \u00e0 Groupe Polygone, un acteur important du scandale des commandites. Or, pendant que le ministre r\u00e9fl\u00e9chit, ses avocats avalisent par leur silence la proc\u00e9dure extraordinaire par laquelle les avocats de Groupe Polygone ont r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 faire assigner le journaliste Daniel Leblanc pour t\u00e9moigner sur sa source.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1341608\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ma question est simple: le ministre approuve-t-il cette manoeuvre?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/3/12/serge-menard-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/serge-menard/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1492/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2658945",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Justice",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/3/12/",
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}