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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2009-03-03 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Gerard Kennedy (Parkdale\u2014High Park, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1315938\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today, thousands of unemployed construction workers and their families are waiting for the Conservative government to do what it has so far failed to do: deliver infrastructure funding responsibly, quickly and fairly.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1315939\" data-originallang=\"en\">In fact, the government has failed and has delivered only 5% of what it promised, costing tens of thousands of jobs. The government promises that it can distribute $7 billion this year using the same methods. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1315940\" data-originallang=\"en\">Given the vital importance of actually getting jobs into our communities, will the government now change its ways?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1315938\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, aujourd'hui, des milliers de travailleurs de la construction au ch\u00f4mage et leurs familles attendent que le gouvernement conservateur fasse ce qu'il n'a pas fait jusqu'\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent: verser des fonds destin\u00e9s \u00e0 l'infrastructure de mani\u00e8re responsable et \u00e9quitable et avec c\u00e9l\u00e9rit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1315939\" data-originallang=\"en\">En fait, le gouvernement a \u00e9chou\u00e9 \u00e0 ce chapitre et n'a vers\u00e9 que 5 p. 100 de ce qu'il avait promis, entra\u00eenant ainsi la perte de dizaines de milliers d'emplois. Le gouvernement promet qu'il pourra distribuer 7 milliards de dollars cette ann\u00e9e en utilisant les m\u00eames m\u00e9thodes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1315940\" data-originallang=\"en\">Compte tenu de l'importance cruciale de cr\u00e9er des emplois dans nos collectivit\u00e9s, le gouvernement va-t-il maintenant modifier ses fa\u00e7ons de faire?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/3/3/gerard-kennedy-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gerard-kennedy/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1081/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2632927",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Infrastructure",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/3/3/",
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}
}