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speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2012-10-15 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. R\u00e9jean Genest (Shefford, NDP)",
"fr": "M. R\u00e9jean Genest (Shefford, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3004238\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, why do only 25 out of 81 Service Canada centres in Quebec verify and pass along passport applications? </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3004239\" data-originallang=\"fr\">In Shefford, since I was elected, my staff has verified and forwarded no fewer than 2,767 passport applications. Considering that roughly 40 hours a week are devoted to this work and considering the cost of sending the applications, our MPs' budget no longer allows us to provide this service to our constituents. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3004240\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Do not forget that my riding is close to the U.S. border. This service is essential to the people in my riding. I asked Service Canada about this a year ago and I got the same answer that I got last Thursday: the matter is still under review. What is the government waiting for to make a decision?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3004238\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, pourquoi, sur 81 centres de Service Canada au Qu\u00e9bec, 25 seulement offrent le service de v\u00e9rification et d'acheminement des demandes de passeport?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3004239\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Dans Shefford, depuis mon \u00e9lection, mon personnel a v\u00e9rifi\u00e9 et post\u00e9 pas moins de 2 767 demandes de passeport. Consid\u00e9rant la somme de travail d'environ 40 heures par semaine et les co\u00fbts reli\u00e9s aux frais d'envoi, notre budget de d\u00e9put\u00e9 ne nous permet plus d'offrir ce service \u00e0 nos concitoyens. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3004240\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il ne faut pas oublier que nous sommes situ\u00e9s \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 des fronti\u00e8res am\u00e9ricaines. Ce service est donc essentiel pour les gens de ma circonscription. J'ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 questionn\u00e9 Service Canada \u00e0 ce sujet il y a un an, et la r\u00e9ponse est la m\u00eame que jeudi dernier: le dossier est toujours \u00e0 l'\u00e9tude. Qu'attend le gouvernement pour enfin prendre une d\u00e9cision?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/10/15/rejean-genest-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/rejean-genest/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4096/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7712027",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Passport Applications",
"fr": "Les demandes de passeport"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/10/15/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2012%2F10%2F15%2F"
}
}