Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2013-04-15 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Thomas Mulcair (Leader of the Opposition, NDP)",
        "fr": "L'hon. Thomas Mulcair (chef de l'opposition, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3274471\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, when we are talking about a Tim Hortons counter, we are not talking about highly skilled jobs that cannot be filled by Canadians. We have 1.4 million Canadians without work. They want to know why their jobs are being taken by temporary foreign workers. That is not the purpose of the program. Why has he allowed it to happen?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3274471\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les emplois dans un restaurant Tim Hortons ne n\u00e9cessitent pas des travailleurs hautement qualifi\u00e9s impossibles \u00e0 trouver au Canada. Il y a 1,4 million de ch\u00f4meurs au pays. Ils veulent savoir pourquoi des travailleurs \u00e9trangers temporaires prennent leurs emplois. Ce n'est pas le but du programme. Pourquoi le premier ministre a-t-il laiss\u00e9 cette situation se produire?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/4/15/thomas-mulcair-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/thomas-mulcair/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/826/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "7956183",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Employment",
        "fr": "L'emploi"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/4/15/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2013%2F4%2F15%2F"
    }
}