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{
    "time": "2009-09-30 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Serge Cardin",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1604410\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, under NAFTA, the United States government does not have the right to engage in preferential purchasing. However, President Obama's plan gets around the problem by forcing states and municipalities, which do not come under NAFTA rules, to buy American exclusively. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1604411\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Although an agreement appears imminent, does the <a data-HoCid=\"128692\" href=\"/politicians/stockwell-day/\" title=\"Stockwell Day\">Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway</a> realize that the real problem is not the buy American act, which has been around since 1933, but rather the provisions of Mr. Obama's plan?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1604410\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, selon l'ALENA, le gouvernement des \u00c9tats-Unis n'a pas le droit de faire des achats pr\u00e9f\u00e9rentiels. Or, le plan Obama contourne cette obligation en for\u00e7ant les \u00c9tats et les municipalit\u00e9s qui ne sont pas couverts par l'ALENA \u00e0 acheter exclusivement am\u00e9ricain.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1604411\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Alors qu'une entente appara\u00eet imminente, le <a data-HoCid=\"128692\" href=\"/politicians/stockwell-day/\" title=\"Stockwell Day\">ministre du Commerce international et ministre de la porte d\u2019entr\u00e9e de l\u2019Asie-Pacifique</a> est-il conscient que ce n'est pas le Buy American Act qui existe depuis 1933 qui pose probl\u00e8me, mais bien les dispositions du plan Obama?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2009/9/30/serge-cardin-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/serge-cardin/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3677/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2872028",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada-U.S. Relations",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2009/9/30/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F9%2F30%2F"
    }
}