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{
    "time": "2014-05-01 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Alexandrine Latendresse (Louis-Saint-Laurent, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Alexandrine Latendresse (Louis-Saint-Laurent, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3689446\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, that is so much bad faith. The NDP has always said that everyone who votes must identify themselves in advance.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3689447\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Here is another example of the Conservatives' bad faith. They are insisting that the cabinet have the right of veto when the Chief Electoral Officer communicates with his counterparts around the world. The Conservatives' paranoia is laughable. Despite the minister's promise, the Conservatives are so stubborn as to want to control the Chief Electoral Officer's message.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3689448\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Why is the government rejecting amendments that make so much sense?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3689446\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est vraiment de la mauvaise foi. Le NPD a toujours dit que toute personne qui vote doit s'identifier au pr\u00e9alable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3689447\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Voici un autre exemple de la mauvaise foi des conservateurs: ils insistent pour que le Conseil des ministres ait un droit de v\u00e9to lorsque le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des \u00e9lections communique avec ses vis-\u00e0-vis de partout au monde. La parano\u00efa des conservateurs est ridicule. Malgr\u00e9 la promesse du ministre, les conservateurs s'ent\u00eatent \u00e0 vouloir contr\u00f4ler le message du DGE.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3689448\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourquoi le gouvernement refuse-t-il des amendements qui rel\u00e8vent pourtant du gros bon sens?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2014/5/1/alexandrine-latendresse-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/alexandrine-latendresse/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4058/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8332908",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Democratic Reform",
        "fr": "La r\u00e9forme d\u00e9mocratique"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/5/1/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2014%2F5%2F1%2F"
    }
}