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{
    "time": "2010-03-17 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jean-Claude D'Amours (Madawaska\u2014Restigouche, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1812142\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, with budget 2010, the Conservative government has shown that it hopes to eliminate economic development agencies, including ACOA.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1812143\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Under the previous Liberal government, two programs were created: an innovation fund and a communities fund.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1812144\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Last year, $113 million was available for those two separate programs. Today it was announced that only $19 million would be available.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1812145\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Now that the Conservatives have announced a $94 million funding cut for this year, can the minister explain to us why he has abandoned the people of Atlantic Canada?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1812142\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, dans le budget de 2010, le gouvernement conservateur nous a d\u00e9montr\u00e9 son d\u00e9sir d'\u00e9liminer les agences de d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique, dont l'APECA.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1812143\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Sous le dernier gouvernement lib\u00e9ral, deux programmes avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 mis en place, soit le Fonds d'innovation et le Fonds des collectivit\u00e9s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1812144\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Au cours de la derni\u00e8re ann\u00e9e, 113 millions de dollars \u00e9taient disponibles pour ces deux programmes distincts. Aujourd'hui, on nous annonce seulement 19 millions de dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1812145\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Maintenant que les conservateurs annoncent une diminution de 94 millions de dollars pour cette ann\u00e9e, le ministre peut-il nous expliquer pourquoi il a laiss\u00e9 tomber les citoyens de l'Atlantique?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/3/17/jean-claude-damours-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jean-claude-damours/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1317/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3041970",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/3/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2010%2F3%2F17%2F"
    }
}