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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2012-02-14 16:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Pat Martin",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2688731\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, as I understand the question of the member for <a data-HoCid=\"170638\" href=\"/politicians/rodger-cuzner/\" title=\"Rodger Cuzner\">Cape Breton\u2014Canso</a>, I, too, remember the early days of 2008 when the current <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">Minister of Finance</a> was in complete denial that there were any clouds on the horizon. In fact, he was predicting surplus budgets. It was such a head-in-the-sand attitude that it led the opposition parties to come together and form the coalition that almost led to the defeat of that government. It was an irresponsible, reckless attitude. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2688732\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is galling to me to hear the endless praise heaped on the <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">Minister of Finance</a>. I do not recognize him as any kind of sorcerer. If anything, I see him as a road-weary magician pulling sedated bunnies out of a tattered top hat and thinking that he is impressing Canadians, when he is not.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2688731\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, si j'ai bien compris la question du d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"170638\" href=\"/politicians/rodger-cuzner/\" title=\"Rodger Cuzner\">Cape Breton\u2014Canso</a>, je lui dirais que, moi aussi, je me souviens des premiers mois de 2008, lorsque le <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">ministre des Finances</a> actuel refusait de voir les nuages qui se profilaient \u00e0 l'horizon. En fait, il pr\u00e9disait m\u00eame des surplus budg\u00e9taires. C'est sa politique de l'autruche qui a incit\u00e9 les partis de l'opposition \u00e0 se r\u00e9unir pour former la coalition qui a presque fait tomber le gouvernement conservateur. C'\u00e9tait une attitude irresponsable et irr\u00e9fl\u00e9chie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2688732\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je trouve exasp\u00e9rant d'entendre les louanges qu'on ressasse continuellement au sujet du <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">ministre des Finances</a>. \u00c0 mon avis, il n'a rien fait de bien sorcier. Je le comparerais plut\u00f4t \u00e0 un magicien de foire itin\u00e9rant qui tire des lapins drogu\u00e9s d'un vieux chapeau tout ab\u00eem\u00e9 en pensant qu'il impressionne les Canadiens, alors que ce n'est pas le cas.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/2/14/pat-martin-6/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/pat-martin/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2515/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "6605692",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Financial System Review Act",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/2/14/",
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}
}