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{
    "time": "2013-06-05 19:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Brian Masse (Windsor West, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Brian Masse (Windsor-Ouest, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3387653\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the hon. member voted in favour of Bill <a data-HoCid=\"5084868\" href=\"/bills/41-1/C-290/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sports betting)\">C-290</a>, the sports betting bill, which has been languishing in the Senate for more than one and a half years. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3387654\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why has the bill not been passed by the Senate when the House of Commons passed it unanimously with no dissent, no objections, and no one speaking from the opposition? Why has the bill not been passed?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3387653\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a vot\u00e9 en faveur du projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"5084868\" href=\"/bills/41-1/C-290/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sports betting)\">C-290</a> portant sur les paris sportifs qui tra\u00eene au S\u00e9nat depuis plus d'un an et demi. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3387654\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi le S\u00e9nat n'a-t-il pas adopt\u00e9 le projet de loi, alors que la Chambre des communes l'a adopt\u00e9 \u00e0 l'unanimit\u00e9, sans dissidence, sans objections et sans qu'aucun d\u00e9put\u00e9 de l'opposition ne prenne la parole? Pourquoi le projet de loi n'a-t-il pas \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/6/5/brian-masse-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/brian-masse/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3653/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8060003",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Main Estimates 2013-14",
        "fr": "Le Budget principal des d\u00e9penses de 2013-2014"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Concurrence in Vote 1\u2014The Senate",
        "fr": "Adoption du cr\u00e9dit 1 \u2014 S\u00e9nat"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/6/5/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2013%2F6%2F5%2F"
    }
}