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{
"time": "2013-11-05 16:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Brent Rathgeber",
"fr": "M. Brent Rathgeber"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3456710\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would be the last person the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> and the Prime Minister's Office would take any advice from on this issue or any other. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3456711\" data-originallang=\"en\">As some members know, before I served in this place I also had the honour of serving in the Alberta legislature. In that capacity I served under former, now deceased, premier Ralph Klein. He had a very different methodology when it came to dealing with problems or even crises. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3456712\" data-originallang=\"en\">He would get in front of the issue and would hold a press conference. He would have a <em>mea culpa</em>. He would explain what he knew. The media was very responsive and he found out that the Alberta electorate could be very forgiving. I think a little contrition and openness and transparency would go a long way to restoring the confidence of Canadians in the government.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3456710\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis bien la derni\u00e8re personne \u00e0 qui le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> et le personnel de son cabinet s'adresseraient pour obtenir des conseils \u00e0 ce sujet ou \u00e0 propos d'autres questions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3456711\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme certains d\u00e9put\u00e9s le savent, avant de si\u00e9ger ici, dans cette enceinte, j'ai \u00e9galement eu l'honneur de si\u00e9ger \u00e0 l'Assembl\u00e9e l\u00e9gislative de l'Alberta, sous la direction de l'ancien premier ministre, le regrett\u00e9 Ralph Klein. Lorsqu'il \u00e9tait question d'aborder des probl\u00e8mes ou m\u00eame de faire face \u00e0 des crises, il adoptait une approche tout \u00e0 fait diff\u00e9rente.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3456712\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ainsi, il prenait les devants et organisait une conf\u00e9rence de presse. Il faisait son <em>mea culpa</em> et expliquait ce qu'il savait. Les m\u00e9dias se montraient tr\u00e8s r\u00e9ceptifs, et il a appris que les \u00e9lecteurs de l'Alberta pouvaient lui pardonner bien des choses. Je crois qu'en faisant amende honorable et en faisant preuve d'ouverture et de transparence, on contribuerait grandement \u00e0 r\u00e9tablir la confiance des Canadiens \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard du gouvernement.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/11/5/brent-rathgeber-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/brent-rathgeber/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4157/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8123196",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Instruction to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Instruction au Comit\u00e9 permanent de l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'information, de la protection des renseignements personnels et de l'\u00e9thique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/11/5/",
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}
}