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{
    "time": "2017-05-30 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Andrew Scheer (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Andrew Scheer (chef de l'opposition, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4920340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Canadians are very worried that this $35-billion infrastructure bank is just a way for the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> to line the pockets of his friends. It would not be the first time Liberals have tried this. Fran\u00e7ois Beaudoin says that this scheme is ripe for political interference, and he would know. The Liberals pressured him to dole out special favours to their friends when he ran another government bank, under the Chr\u00e9tien government.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4920341\" data-originallang=\"en\">Will the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> admit that Canadians are catching on to his scheme and quit putting their tax dollars at risk to benefit Liberal friends?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4920340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les Canadiens s'inqui\u00e8tent vivement de la possibilit\u00e9 que cette banque canadienne de l'infrastructure de 35 milliards de dollars ne soit qu'une fa\u00e7on pour le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> de remplir les poches de ses amis. Ce ne serait pas la premi\u00e8re fois que les lib\u00e9raux essaient de le faire. Fran\u00e7ois Beaudoin dit que cette initiative est tr\u00e8s propice \u00e0 l'ing\u00e9rence politique, et il est bien plac\u00e9 pour le savoir. Les lib\u00e9raux ont exerc\u00e9 des pressions sur lui pour qu'il accorde un traitement de faveur \u00e0 leurs amis lorsqu'il g\u00e9rait une autre banque gouvernementale, du temps du gouvernement Chr\u00e9tien.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4920341\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> admettra-t-il que les Canadiens ne sont pas dupes de ses manoeuvres et arr\u00eatera-t-il de mettre l'argent de leurs imp\u00f4ts \u00e0 risque au profit de ses amis lib\u00e9raux?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/5/30/andrew-scheer-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/andrew-scheer/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1535/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9562845",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Infrastructure",
        "fr": "L'infrastructure"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/5/30/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F5%2F30%2F"
    }
}