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{
    "time": "2016-02-26 11:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Yvonne Jones (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Lib.)",
        "fr": "Mme Yvonne Jones (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre des Affaires autochtones et du Nord, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4223494\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, we recognize that the fiscal arrangement that was put in place by the former government is not a fair process. It was not done in consultation with first nations people; rather, it was imposed upon them. We are undertaking to look at that full fiscal arrangement. We had met with a number of indigenous governments across Canada. We will continue to do so, and we look forward to implementing a new fiscal framework.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4223494\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous reconnaissons que l'accord fiscal \u00e9tabli par le gouvernement pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent n'est pas \u00e9quitable. Il n'a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9par\u00e9 en consultation avec les Premi\u00e8res Nations; il leur a plut\u00f4t \u00e9t\u00e9 impos\u00e9. Nous entendons proc\u00e9der \u00e0 un examen complet de ce processus. Nous avons rencontr\u00e9 de nombreux gouvernements autochtones du Canada. Nous poursuivrons ces rencontres et nous avons h\u00e2te de mettre en oeuvre un nouveau cadre financier.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2016/2/26/yvonne-jones-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/yvonne-jones/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4156/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8817322",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Indigenous Affairs",
        "fr": "Les affaires autochtones"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2016/2/26/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F2%2F26%2F"
    }
}