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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": "2015-12-09 14:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Bernard G\u00e9n\u00e9reux (Montmagny\u2014L'Islet\u2014Kamouraska\u2014Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Bernard G\u00e9n\u00e9reux (Montmagny\u2014L'Islet\u2014Kamouraska\u2014Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4173870\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, this is another example of the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> saying one thing and doing another.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4173871\" data-originallang=\"fr\">As hon. members know, the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> sure does like to talk about transparency. However, he appointed the new Speaker of the Senate without consulting anyone. He appointed a Speaker who cannot even speak both official languages. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4173872\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Was it more important to appoint a close friend of the <a data-HoCid=\"214317\" href=\"/politicians/dominic-leblanc/\" title=\"Dominic LeBlanc\">Leader of the Government in the House of Commons</a> than to appoint a bilingual Speaker to the Senate?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4173870\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est un autre exemple qui montre que le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> dit une chose et fait le contraire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4173871\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Comme on le sait, le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> aime beaucoup parler de transparence. Cependant, lorsqu'il a nomm\u00e9 le nouveau Pr\u00e9sident du S\u00e9nat, il l'a fait sans aucune consultation. Il a nomm\u00e9 un Pr\u00e9sident qui ne peut m\u00eame pas s'exprimer dans les deux langues officielles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4173872\" data-originallang=\"fr\">\u00c9tait-il plus important de nommer un ami proche du <a data-HoCid=\"214317\" href=\"/politicians/dominic-leblanc/\" title=\"Dominic LeBlanc\">leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes</a> que de nommer un Pr\u00e9sident bilingue au S\u00e9nat?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2015/12/9/bernard-genereux-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/bernard-genereux/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4448/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8761975",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Senate",
"fr": "Le S\u00e9nat"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2015/12/9/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2015%2F12%2F9%2F"
}
}