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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2012-06-05 14:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins\u2014James Bay, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Charlie Angus (Timmins\u2014Baie James, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2905845\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, now we know why the House leader is so bullish on defending the minister of luxurious living: it is because he shares her same sense of entitlement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2905846\" data-originallang=\"en\">We learned that the <a data-HoCid=\"170693\" href=\"/politicians/peter-van-loan/\" title=\"Peter Van Loan\">Leader of the Government in the House of Commons</a>, the <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">Minister of Finance</a> and the <a data-HoCid=\"170841\" href=\"/politicians/tony-clement/\" title=\"Tony Clement\">President of the Treasury Board</a> racked up $23,000 for two days of joyriding in Davos. This sense of privilege is unconscionable when they have the nerve to tell Canadians that the cupboard is bare.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2905847\" data-originallang=\"en\">Enough of treating taxpayers like chumps. Will the minister pay the money back?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2905845\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous savons maintenant pourquoi le leader du gouvernement d\u00e9fend avec tant d\u2019ardeur la ministre de la belle vie: c\u2019est parce qu\u2019il a comme elle le sentiment que tout lui est d\u00fb.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2905846\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons appris que le <a data-HoCid=\"170693\" href=\"/politicians/peter-van-loan/\" title=\"Peter Van Loan\">leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes</a>, le <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">ministre des Finances</a> et le <a data-HoCid=\"170841\" href=\"/politicians/tony-clement/\" title=\"Tony Clement\">pr\u00e9sident du Conseil du Tr\u00e9sor</a> avaient d\u00e9pens\u00e9 23 000 $ pour se divertir pendant deux jours \u00e0 Davos. Ils croient qu'ils ont tous les droits et ils ont l\u2019audace de dire aux Canadiens que les coffres sont vides.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2905847\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il ne faut pas prendre les contribuables pour des imb\u00e9ciles. Est-ce que le ministre a l\u2019intention de rembourser cet argent?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/6/5/charlie-angus-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/charlie-angus/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1434/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7627049",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Ministerial Expenditures",
"fr": "Les d\u00e9penses minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/6/5/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2012%2F6%2F5%2F"
}
}