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{
"time": "2012-10-15 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Thomas Mulcair (Leader of the Opposition, NDP)",
"fr": "L'hon. Thomas Mulcair (chef de l'opposition, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3004302\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I cannot believe my ears!</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3004303\" data-originallang=\"fr\">On September 13, Canada stopped exporting beef from XL Foods to the United States. The minister had determined that the beef from XL Foods was not safe enough to be consumed by the Americans. The same <a data-HoCid=\"111560\" href=\"/politicians/gerry-ritz/\" title=\"Gerry Ritz\">Minister of Agriculture</a> allowed the same tainted beef to be sold freely in Canada for another two weeks. That is what he is responsible for: for jeopardizing the lives of Canadians when he knew that this meat was tainted.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3004304\" data-originallang=\"fr\">How can the <a data-HoCid=\"111560\" href=\"/politicians/gerry-ritz/\" title=\"Gerry Ritz\">Minister of Agriculture</a> still hold his position in light of such negligence?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3004302\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ce qu'il ne faut pas entendre! </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3004303\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le 13 septembre, le Canada a mis fin aux exportations de boeuf de XL Foods vers les \u00c9tats-Unis. Le ministre avait d\u00e9termin\u00e9 que le boeuf de XL Foods n'\u00e9tait pas assez s\u00e9curitaire pour \u00eatre mang\u00e9 par les Am\u00e9ricains. Or le m\u00eame <a data-HoCid=\"111560\" href=\"/politicians/gerry-ritz/\" title=\"Gerry Ritz\">ministre de l\u2019Agriculture</a> a laiss\u00e9 le m\u00eame boeuf contamin\u00e9 en vente libre au Canada pendant 14 jours de plus. C'est de \u00e7a qu'il est responsable: avoir mis en danger la vie des Canadiens alors qu'il savait que cette viande \u00e9tait contamin\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3004304\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Comment le <a data-HoCid=\"111560\" href=\"/politicians/gerry-ritz/\" title=\"Gerry Ritz\">ministre de l\u2019Agriculture</a> peut-il rester en poste \u00e0 la suite d'une telle n\u00e9gligence?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/10/15/thomas-mulcair-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/thomas-mulcair/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/826/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7712083",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Food Safety",
"fr": "La salubrit\u00e9 des aliments"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/10/15/",
"related": {
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}
}