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{
    "time": "2011-12-09 11:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2640942\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, last spring, this government chose to be found in contempt of Parliament rather than disclosing the real costs of its tough on crime bill. Today, we know why. The Institut de recherche et d'informations socio-\u00e9conomiques estimates the cost of their more-prisons-less-justice bill at $19 billion, most of which will be paid by the provinces. Nineteen billion dollars for an approach that was a dismal failure in the United States, instead of investing in prevention and protecting our youth. That is shameful. When will they recognize\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2640942\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le printemps dernier, ce gouvernement a pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 \u00eatre reconnu coupable d'outrage au Parlement plut\u00f4t que de d\u00e9voiler les vrais co\u00fbts de son projet de loi \u00ab dur envers la criminalit\u00e9 \u00bb. Aujourd'hui, on sait pourquoi. L'Institut de recherche et d'informations socio-\u00e9conomiques a \u00e9valu\u00e9 \u00e0 19 milliards de dollars, la grande partie devant \u00eatre assum\u00e9e par les provinces, le co\u00fbt de leur projet pour plus de prisons et moins de justice. Dix-neuf milliards de dollars pour une approche qui a \u00e9chou\u00e9 lamentablement aux \u00c9tats-Unis plut\u00f4t que d'investir dans la pr\u00e9vention et la protection de nos jeunes, c'est honteux. Quand vont-ils reconna\u00eetre...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2011/12/9/justin-trudeau-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/justin-trudeau/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1211/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "5255165",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Justice",
        "fr": "La justice"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2011/12/9/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2011%2F12%2F9%2F"
    }
}