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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2013-06-05 17:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Megan Leslie",
"fr": "Mme Megan Leslie"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3387347\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I go back to the beginning of my speech, where I pointed out that this was the situation in the House of Lords. It is not unheard of. It is not silly. It is not some crazy concept. This is the way it is in England. They get their per diem if they show up and do the work, but it is not a salary as a right.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3387348\" data-originallang=\"en\">If we de-fund the Senate, this is the first step. What the heck? There would be a lot of Canadians out there who would be pretty interested in volunteering in Parliament. They actually care about what is going on in Parliament. They want to see good legislation pass. If we had volunteers, they would not go across the country fundraising for the folks in here.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3387347\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'ai mentionn\u00e9 en d\u00e9but d'allocution qu'il en \u00e9tait ainsi \u00e0 la Chambre des lords. Il ne s'agit pas d'un concept in\u00e9dit, farfelu ou ridicule. C'est ainsi que vont les choses en Angleterre. Les lords re\u00e7oivent une indemnit\u00e9 journali\u00e8re quand ils se pr\u00e9sentent et font le travail, mais ils n'ont pas droit \u00e0 un salaire comme tel.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3387348\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cesser d'offrir un financement au S\u00e9nat constitue une premi\u00e8re \u00e9tape. Pourquoi pas? De nombreux Canadiens souhaiteraient travailler b\u00e9n\u00e9volement pour le Parlement, parce que le processus parlementaire leur tient \u00e0 coeur. Ils veulent que des projets de loi valables soient adopt\u00e9s. Des s\u00e9nateurs b\u00e9n\u00e9voles ne voyageraient pas d'un bout \u00e0 l'autre du pays dans le but de recueillir des fonds pour les d\u00e9put\u00e9s \u00e0 la Chambre.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/6/5/megan-leslie-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/megan-leslie/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1099/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8059672",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014The Senate",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Le S\u00e9nat"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/6/5/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2013%2F6%2F5%2F"
}
}