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{
"time": "2010-05-31 18:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Yasmin Ratansi",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1998088\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is obvious that my colleague is totally ashamed of the government's record on accountability and transparency. It appears there is one rule for the Conservatives and another rule for the rest of Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1998089\" data-originallang=\"en\">This past fall Liberals filed a complain with the Ethics Commissioner regarding the presentation of government cheques from 12 Conservative MPs in excess of $594 million in either their own name or that of the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a>. She ruled this type of branding as inappropriate. However, the ethically-challenged government keeps on indulging in more unethical behaviour.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1998090\" data-originallang=\"en\">The <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> has broken his promise to Canadians that he would never appoint senators. In one year the Prime Minister has made 32 such appointments, unequalled in Canadian history.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1998091\" data-originallang=\"en\">Also large numbers of more partisan appointments were made to the courts, government boards and agencies.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1998092\" data-originallang=\"en\">The <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> is fixed on rewarding Conservative insiders rather than focusing on issues like job creation and health care.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1998093\" data-originallang=\"en\">Therefore, when will the government put its money where its mouth is and be accountable? Do not give us legislation which it cannot follow itself.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1998088\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il est \u00e9vident que mon coll\u00e8gue a honte du bilan du gouvernement en mati\u00e8re de responsabilit\u00e9 et de transparence. Il semble qu'il y ait une r\u00e8gle pour les conservateurs et une autre pour le reste des Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1998089\" data-originallang=\"en\">En automne dernier, les lib\u00e9raux ont d\u00e9pos\u00e9 une plainte aupr\u00e8s de la commissaire \u00e0 l'\u00e9thique sur la pr\u00e9sentation par 12 d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs de ch\u00e8ques gouvernementaux d'une valeur de plus de 594 millions de dollars, qui portaient leur nom ou celui du <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a>. Elle a statu\u00e9 que ce type de marquage \u00e9tait inappropri\u00e9. Toutefois, ce gouvernement \u00e0 l'\u00e9thique douteuse continue d'agir de fa\u00e7on contraire \u00e0 l'\u00e9thique. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1998090\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> a rompu la promesse qu'il avait faite aux Canadiens de ne jamais nommer de s\u00e9nateurs. En une ann\u00e9e, le premier ministre a nomm\u00e9 32 s\u00e9nateurs, un nombre in\u00e9gal\u00e9 dans l'histoire canadienne.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1998091\" data-originallang=\"en\">De plus, il a fait un grand nombre de nominations partisanes dans les tribunaux, les organismes et les conseils gouvernementaux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1998092\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> est d\u00e9termin\u00e9 \u00e0 r\u00e9compenser les proches du Parti conservateur au lieu de se concentrer sur des questions comme la cr\u00e9ation d'emplois et les soins de sant\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1998093\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand le gouvernement joindra-t-il le geste \u00e0 la parole et acceptera-t-il de rendre des comptes? Il ne devrait pas nous donner des mesures l\u00e9gislatives qu'il ne peut pas suivre lui-m\u00eame.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/5/31/yasmin-ratansi-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/yasmin-ratansi/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1358/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3191119",
"h1": {
"en": "Adjournment Proceedings",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Ethics",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/5/31/",
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}