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{
"time": "2016-01-26 14:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Blake Richards (Banff\u2014Airdrie, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Blake Richards (Banff\u2014Airdrie, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4180313\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, unlike the Liberals' so-called changes, the Senate needs real reform.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4180314\" data-originallang=\"en\">Instead, the Liberals have announced an unelected, unaccountable board that will be making secret recommendations for an unelected Senate. This advisory board will meet in secret and provide a non-binding short list in secret. The <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> will then choose from the list, or not, in secret.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4180315\" data-originallang=\"en\">I ask the Liberals, why the secrecy?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4180313\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le S\u00e9nat a besoin d'une v\u00e9ritable r\u00e9forme, pas des pr\u00e9tendus changements propos\u00e9s par les lib\u00e9raux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4180314\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les lib\u00e9raux, toutefois, ont annonc\u00e9 la cr\u00e9ation d'un comit\u00e9 consultatif non \u00e9lu et non redevable qui fera des recommandations secr\u00e8tes concernant un S\u00e9nat non \u00e9lu. Les membres de ce conseil se r\u00e9uniront en secret et fourniront en secret une courte liste non contraignante. Le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> choisira ou non, en secret, des s\u00e9nateurs \u00e0 partir de cette liste.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4180315\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi un tel secret de la part des lib\u00e9raux?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/1/26/blake-richards-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/blake-richards/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4254/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8770299",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Senate",
"fr": "Le S\u00e9nat"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/1/26/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F1%2F26%2F"
}
}