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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": "2014-11-25 14:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Annick Papillon (Qu\u00e9bec, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Annick Papillon (Qu\u00e9bec, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3905900\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, yesterday, MasterCard announced its intention to enter Canada's debit card market. Small and medium-sized businesses are concerned about this giant's arrival because they are worried that even more fees will be imposed, which will chip away at their modest profit margins.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3905901\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Is the minister aware that his voluntary regulation is a joke can easily be avoided to the detriment of our SMEs? When will the government impose mandatory regulations regarding credit card fees?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3905900\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, hier la compagnie MasterCard a annonc\u00e9 son intention d'investir le march\u00e9 des cartes de d\u00e9bit au Canada. Les petites et moyennes entreprises s'inqui\u00e8tent de l'arriv\u00e9e de ce g\u00e9ant, craignant encore plus de frais qui grugeraient leur modeste marge de profit. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3905901\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le ministre est-il conscient que sa r\u00e9glementation volontaire est une farce et qu'elle est facilement contourn\u00e9e au d\u00e9triment de nos PME? \u00c0 quand une r\u00e9glementation contraignante pour les frais de carte de cr\u00e9dit?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2014/11/25/annick-papillon-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/annick-papillon/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4068/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8521920",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Consumer Protection",
"fr": "La protection des consommateurs"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2014/11/25/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2014%2F11%2F25%2F"
}
}