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{
    "time": "2009-09-29 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Marlene Jennings (Notre-Dame-de-Gr\u00e2ce\u2014Lachine, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1603458\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the Parliamentary Budget Officer asked the government to reveal details about its infrastructure spending. What did the Conservatives say? No, never.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1603459\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Better still, in its report, the government said that the business credit availability program was working well in Quebec, but refused to provide any figures.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1603460\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Canadians and Quebeckers deserve better. When will this government tell the truth to Canadians and Quebeckers? They deserve to know the truth.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1603458\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le directeur parlementaire du budget a demand\u00e9 au gouvernement de d\u00e9voiler les d\u00e9tails des d\u00e9penses sur l'infrastructure. La r\u00e9ponse des conservateurs: non, jamais! </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1603459\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mieux encore, dans son rapport, le gouvernement d\u00e9clare que le Programme de cr\u00e9dits aux entreprises fonctionne bien au Qu\u00e9bec, mais refuse de d\u00e9voiler les chiffres.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1603460\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Les Canadiens et les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois m\u00e9ritent mieux. Quand ce gouvernement r\u00e9v\u00e9lera-t-il la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 aux Canadiens et aux Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois? Ils m\u00e9ritent de conna\u00eetre la v\u00e9rit\u00e9.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2009/9/29/marlene-jennings-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/marlene-jennings/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2702/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2870878",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Infrastructure",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2009/9/29/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F9%2F29%2F"
    }
}