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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2010-04-13 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. John McCallum (Markham\u2014Unionville, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1871268\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, on January 1, a number of disabled Nortel employees will begin a new life of misery.<sup></sup></p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1871269\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Because their benefits were not insured, they are at the bottom of the list of Nortel's creditors as that company goes through bankruptcy. The employees will lose 85% of their income as well as the medical benefits they cannot do without.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1871270\" data-originallang=\"fr\">When will the government help these people by agreeing to amend the legislation?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1871268\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le 1<sup>er</sup> janvier, plusieurs employ\u00e9s de Nortel qui souffrent d'invalidit\u00e9 commenceront leur nouvelle vie de mis\u00e8re.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1871269\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Parce que leurs avantages sociaux n'\u00e9taient pas assur\u00e9s, la faillite de Nortel les a plac\u00e9s \u00e0 l'arri\u00e8re de la file des cr\u00e9anciers. Ils perdront donc 85 p. 100 de leur revenu ainsi que les avantages m\u00e9dicaux dont ils ont besoin.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1871270\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Quand le gouvernement viendra-t-il en aide \u00e0 ces gens en acceptant de modifier la loi?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/4/13/john-mccallum-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/john-mccallum/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1387/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3087826",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Nortel",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/4/13/",
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}