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{
    "time": "2017-05-17 14:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Bardish Chagger",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Bardish Chagger"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4878612\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that members are in this place wanting to do important work but do not want to listen to the answer. That is why the tone of this place, the conversation we have, actually matters.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4878613\" data-originallang=\"en\"> One of the first things we did when taking office was to ask the Clerk of the Privy Council to develop guidelines surrounding reimbursement for travel by sitting Prime Ministers, their families, and guests. Prior to our taking office, no such guidelines existed.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4878612\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est dommage que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s, qui sont ici pour accomplir un travail s\u00e9rieux, ne veuillent pas entendre les r\u00e9ponses. C'est pourquoi le ton employ\u00e9 \u00e0 la Chambre, dans le cadre des d\u00e9bats, importe vraiment.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4878613\" data-originallang=\"en\"> L'une des premi\u00e8res mesures que nous avons prises \u00e0 notre arriv\u00e9e au pouvoir a \u00e9t\u00e9 de demander au greffier du Conseil priv\u00e9 de d\u00e9finir des lignes directrices concernant le remboursement des frais de d\u00e9placement des premiers ministres en exercice, des membres de leur famille et de leurs invit\u00e9s. Avant l'\u00e9lection du gouvernement actuel, il n'y avait aucune politique de ce type.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/5/17/bardish-chagger-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/bardish-chagger/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4211/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9539846",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Ethics",
        "fr": "L'\u00e9thique"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/5/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F5%2F17%2F"
    }
}