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{
    "time": "2017-11-01 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)",
        "fr": "Le tr\u00e8s hon. Justin Trudeau (premier ministre, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5094217\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, on the contrary, day after day I stand up and defend the Ethics Commissioner and talk about the fact that everyone in the House works with her and respects the work and the advice she gives. That is one of the foundations of the functioning of this place.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5094218\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Despite the back and forth we have, we do have someone independent of partisanship who actually ensures the rules are followed. When mistakes are made, they are rectified. That is the role of the Ethics Commissioner and that is exactly what I have been standing up, time and time again, and trying to explain to the members opposite.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5094217\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, au contraire, jour apr\u00e8s jour, je prends la parole pour d\u00e9fendre la commissaire \u00e0 l'\u00e9thique. Je parle du fait que tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s collaborent avec elle, respectent son travail et suivent ses conseils. C'est l'un des piliers du fonctionnement de cette institution.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5094218\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au-del\u00e0 des \u00e9changes que nous avons, nous pouvons vraiment compter sur une personne non partisane qui garantit le respect des r\u00e8gles. Lorsque des erreurs sont commises, elles sont corrig\u00e9es. C'est le r\u00f4le de la commissaire \u00e0 l'\u00e9thique et c'est exactement ce que je d\u00e9fends, encore et encore, et ce que je tente d'expliquer aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s d'en face.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/11/1/justin-trudeau-20/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/justin-trudeau/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1211/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9751728",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Ethics",
        "fr": "L'\u00e9thique"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/11/1/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F11%2F1%2F"
    }
}