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{
"time": "2013-12-05 14:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Dominic LeBlanc (Beaus\u00e9jour, Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. Dominic LeBlanc (Beaus\u00e9jour, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3517340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, last night Conservative senators protected Senator Gerstein's unethical conduct in attempting to kill an audit into Mike Duffy. This is not the first time the Conservative Party has mopped up Gerstein.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3517341\" data-originallang=\"en\">When charged under the Canada Elections Act, he only plea-bargained out when the Conservative Party pled guilty for him. Nigel Wright resigned or was fired\u2014which, we are not sure anymore\u2014for offering money to Mike Duffy. We know that Gerstein also offered money to Mike Duffy. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3517342\" data-originallang=\"en\">How can the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> still have full confidence in this now-disgraced Conservative senator, Irving Gerstein?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3517340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, hier soir, les s\u00e9nateurs conservateurs ont d\u00e9fendu le comportement contraire \u00e0 l'\u00e9thique qu'a eu le s\u00e9nateur Gerstein en tentant de mettre fin \u00e0 la v\u00e9rification sur Mike Duffy. Ce n'est pas la premi\u00e8re fois que le Parti conservateur fait r\u00e9parer les pots cass\u00e9s par le s\u00e9nateur Gerstein.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3517341\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lorsqu'il a \u00e9t\u00e9 inculp\u00e9 en vertu de la Loi \u00e9lectorale du Canada, le Parti conservateur a d\u00fb plaider coupable \u00e0 sa place pour qu'il accepte enfin de participer \u00e0 la n\u00e9gociation de plaidoyer. Nigel Wright a d\u00e9missionn\u00e9 ou a \u00e9t\u00e9 cong\u00e9di\u00e9 \u2014 on ne sait plus trop, en fait \u2014 parce qu'il avait offert de l'argent \u00e0 Mike Duffy. Nous savons que le s\u00e9nateur Gerstein a aussi offert de l'argent \u00e0 Mike Duffy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3517342\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comment le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> peut-il avoir encore enti\u00e8rement confiance en Irving Gerstein, un s\u00e9nateur maintenant d\u00e9chu?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/12/5/dominic-leblanc-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/dominic-leblanc/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1314/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8184878",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Ethics",
"fr": "L'\u00e9thique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/12/5/",
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}
}