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{
"time": "2010-12-16 14:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Siobhan Coady (St. John's South\u2014Mount Pearl, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2264318\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the failure and incompetence of the Conservative government is becoming legendary. One of the worst is how it is failing our veterans. It skims money from surviving family members of Agent Orange victims. It fired the last veterans ombudsman for standing up for veterans' rights. Returning war heroes have to use food banks and charities. Yet the <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">Minister of Finance</a> can overspend his own budget by almost half a million dollars, and the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a>'s Office gets millions more.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2264319\" data-originallang=\"en\">When can Canada's military heroes, our veterans, expect to get some respect from the Conservatives?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2264318\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, l'incomp\u00e9tence et les \u00e9checs du gouvernement conservateur sont en voie de devenir l\u00e9gendaires. Le manque de soutien consenti \u00e0 nos anciens combattants est un des pires exemples. Le gouvernement retire de l'argent aux membres survivants des familles des victimes de l'agent Orange. Il a renvoy\u00e9 le dernier ombudsman des anciens combattants parce qu'il d\u00e9fendait leurs droits. Nos h\u00e9ros de guerre qui rentrent au pays doivent avoir recours aux oeuvres de charit\u00e9 et aux banques alimentaires. Par contre, le <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">ministre des Finances</a> peut d\u00e9passer de plus d'un demi-million de dollars son budget et le cabinet du <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> obtient des millions de dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2264319\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les conservateurs montreront-ils un jour un peu de respect \u00e0 l'endroit de nos h\u00e9ros militaires et nos anciens combattants?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/12/16/siobhan-coady-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/siobhan-coady/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/995/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3696048",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Veterans Affairs",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/12/16/",
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}
}