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{
"time": "2010-11-04 11:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Geoff Regan (Halifax West, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2144425\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, in relation to the previous question that was raised, it strikes me that whatever the Criminal Code says about ministers, it certainly does not say that members of Parliament must be silent, that they cannot speak about an issue. Unfortunately, however, we have heard nothing from the 13 Conservative MPs from Saskatchewan over the past few weeks. Thank goodness that the people of Saskatchewan and its premier spoke out so strongly.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2144426\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Does my hon. colleague, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"128559\" href=\"/politicians/ralph-goodale/\" title=\"Ralph Goodale\">Wascana</a>, think that if it had not been for the overwhelming response from western Canada, especially from the people of Saskatchewan. and their insistence that the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> change his tune on this issue, the government would have rubber-stamped this deal in no time at all?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2144425\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, \u00e0 propos de la derni\u00e8re question pos\u00e9e, je constate que, quoi que dise le Code criminel \u00e0 propos des ministres, il n'oblige pas les d\u00e9put\u00e9s \u00e0 garder le silence \u00e0 la Chambre. Malheureusement, aucun des 13 d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs de la Saskatchewan n'est intervenu ces derni\u00e8res semaines. Encore heureux que les habitants et le premier ministre de la Saskatchewan se soient prononc\u00e9s si fortement sur la question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2144426\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mon coll\u00e8gue, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"128559\" href=\"/politicians/ralph-goodale/\" title=\"Ralph Goodale\">Wascana</a>, pense-t-il que si ce n'avait \u00e9t\u00e9 de la r\u00e9action \u00e9nergique des habitants de l'Ouest du Canada, notamment de la Saskatchewan, et des pressions qu'ils ont exerc\u00e9es pour que le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> se ravise, le gouvernement n'aurait pas tard\u00e9 \u00e0 approuver d'office la transaction?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/11/4/geoff-regan-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/geoff-regan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1640/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3471887",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Foreign Takeovers",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/11/4/",
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}