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{
"time": "2017-10-30 14:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Jo\u00ebl Lightbound (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Jo\u00ebl Lightbound (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre des Finances, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5090129\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, no he did not. He always followed the Ethics Commissioner's recommendations. Back two years ago, when he took office, he met with the Ethics Commissioner to put in place a conflict of interest screen, which has been in place. It was good enough for Conservative ministers back when they were in office.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5090130\" data-originallang=\"en\">The <a data-HoCid=\"214320\" href=\"/politicians/bill-morneau/\" title=\"Bill Morneau\">Minister of Finance</a> has announced he will go even further, divesting himself of all shares in Morneau Shepell, placing his assets in a blind trust, and donating to charity, so he can focus on the important work he has been doing for the last two years, serving the public and growing this economy, something the Conservatives have never been able to achieve.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5090129\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il n'a pas ignor\u00e9 les conseils de la commissaire \u00e0 l'\u00e9thique. Il a toujours suivi ses recommandations. Lorsqu'il est entr\u00e9 en fonction, il y a deux ans, il a rencontr\u00e9 la commissaire \u00e0 l'\u00e9thique afin de mettre en place un \u00e9cran visant \u00e0 pr\u00e9venir les conflits d'int\u00e9r\u00eats. Cette fa\u00e7on de proc\u00e9der \u00e9tait assez bonne pour les ministres conservateurs lorsqu'ils \u00e9taient au pouvoir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5090130\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"214320\" href=\"/politicians/bill-morneau/\" title=\"Bill Morneau\">ministre des Finances</a> a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu'il irait plus loin. Il a dit qu'il placerait ses avoirs dans une fiducie sans droit de regard, qu'il se d\u00e9partirait de toutes ses actions de Morneau Shepell et qu'il ferait don \u00e0 des organismes de bienfaisance du montant li\u00e9 \u00e0 leur appr\u00e9ciation. Il a dit vouloir se concentrer sur le travail important qu'il accomplit depuis deux ans, c'est-\u00e0-dire servir le public et faire cro\u00eetre l'\u00e9conomie. C'est quelque chose que les conservateurs n'ont jamais r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 faire au cours de leurs ann\u00e9es au pouvoir.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/10/30/joel-lightbound-10/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/joel-lightbound/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4431/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9742208",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Ethics",
"fr": "L'\u00e9thique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/10/30/",
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}
}