{"time": "2013-11-20 14:40:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Paul Calandra (Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and for Intergovernmental Affairs, CPC)", "fr": "M. Paul Calandra (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du premier ministre et pour les Affaires intergouvernementales, PCC)"}, "content": {"en": "

Mr. Speaker, what he said, not only to Senator Duffy but to all of caucus, was, \u201cRepay the expenses that you did not incur\u201d. It is a very simple instruction. If they have an expense they did not incur, they had better repay it, or they are not going to get the support of this caucus. We did not tell Senator Duffy to go on TV and lie to people about how he had repaid those expenses. He made that decision on his own. Nigel Wright made the decision on his own. These two people are under investigation.

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What is very clear is this: Had this Prime Minister known, he would have in no way endorsed such an action. The RCMP confirmed that, and the RCMP confirmed that this Prime Minister is assisting in every way possible.

", "fr": "

Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ce qu'il a dit, non seulement au s\u00e9nateur Duffy, mais \u00e0 tous les membres du caucus, c'est: \u00ab Remboursez les d\u00e9penses que vous n'avez pas engag\u00e9es. \u00bb C'est une directive tr\u00e8s simple. Il leur a demand\u00e9 de rembourser toute d\u00e9pense qu'ils n'avaient pas engag\u00e9e, faute de quoi ils ne pourraient pas compter sur l'appui du caucus. Nous n'avons pas demand\u00e9 au s\u00e9nateur Duffy de mentir aux Canadiens, \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision, au sujet des mesures qu'il avait prises pour rembourser ces d\u00e9penses. C'est lui seul qui a pris cette d\u00e9cision. Nigel Wright a \u00e9galement agi de son propre chef. Ces deux personnes font l'objet d'une enqu\u00eate.

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Ce qui est clair, c'est que si le premier ministre avait \u00e9t\u00e9 au courant, il n'aurait pas donn\u00e9 son aval \u00e0 un tel stratag\u00e8me. La GRC l'a confirm\u00e9. Elle a \u00e9galement confirm\u00e9 que le premier ministre coop\u00e8re pleinement.

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