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{
    "time": "2013-02-07 11:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Bev Shipley",
        "fr": "M. Bev Shipley"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3175560\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from <a data-HoCid=\"170531\" href=\"/politicians/mike-wallace/\" title=\"Mike Wallace\">Burlington</a> who is an important cog in the wheel of the finance committee.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3175561\" data-originallang=\"en\">I do not think it matters what party it is. We made commitments during the election. The election came about and Canadians spoke. We made a commitment to bring forward the Accountability Act, which would deal with the issues of reporting, being accountable and transparency. We said we would do it, and actually\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3175560\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie mon coll\u00e8gue de <a data-HoCid=\"170531\" href=\"/politicians/mike-wallace/\" title=\"Mike Wallace\">Burlington</a>, qui est un rouage important du Comit\u00e9 des finances.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3175561\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je trouve que ce n'est pas une question de parti. Nous avons pris des engagements durant notre campagne \u00e9lectorale, puis les Canadiens se sont prononc\u00e9s lors des \u00e9lections. Nous avions pris l'engagement de pr\u00e9senter une loi sur la responsabilit\u00e9, qui traiterait de la communication d'information, de l'obligation de rendre des comptes et de la transparence. Nous avons dit que nous le ferions et, \u00e0 vrai dire...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/2/7/bev-shipley-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/bev-shipley/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/567/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "7876456",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Parliamentary Budget Officer",
        "fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Le directeur parlementaire du budget"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/2/7/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2013%2F2%2F7%2F"
    }
}