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{
    "time": "2012-10-05 12:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Philip Toone (Gasp\u00e9sie\u2014\u00celes-de-la-Madeleine, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Philip Toone (Gasp\u00e9sie\u2014\u00celes-de-la-Madeleine, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2995106\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from <a data-HoCid=\"170309\" href=\"/politicians/mylene-freeman/\" title=\"Myl\u00e8ne Freeman\">Argenteuil\u2014Papineau\u2014Mirabel</a> for her very informative comments, which were much appreciated.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2995107\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would like to point out that this bill would once and for all do away with the discretion judges currently have with respect to penalties, sentences and fines. Could the member comment a bit more on this matter?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2995106\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais remercier ma coll\u00e8gue d'<a data-HoCid=\"170309\" href=\"/politicians/mylene-freeman/\" title=\"Myl\u00e8ne Freeman\">Argenteuil\u2014Papineau\u2014Mirabel</a> de son intervention tr\u00e8s informative qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s appr\u00e9ci\u00e9e. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2995107\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je veux souligner que ce projet de loi \u00e9liminerait finalement la discr\u00e9tion qu'on accorde actuellement aux juges quant aux p\u00e9nalit\u00e9s, aux peines et aux amendes. La d\u00e9put\u00e9e peut-elle commenter un peu plus ce sujet?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2012/10/5/philip-toone-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/philip-toone/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4137/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "7710741",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Increasing Offenders' Accountability for Victims Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur la responsabilisation des contrevenants \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard des victimes"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2012/10/5/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2012%2F10%2F5%2F"
    }
}