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{
"time": "2018-02-05 13:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Scott Reid",
"fr": "M. Scott Reid"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5247469\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the idea that people do not go to people they know, people who are their friends, people they have done business with and who have a high regard for them to seek donations, would be one that would exclude anybody who has a business background from either making a donation or receiving a donation. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5247470\" data-originallang=\"en\">As for the suggestion that multiple members of the same board of directors will give money, the member need only look at any number of companies, Apotex, for example, where multiple board members have repeatedly made donations to the Liberals. One of the examples I cited earlier was multiple directors of a company making donations to the Liberal Party. Maybe that is a terrible thing, but if it is, it is a terrible thing in which the Liberals are full participants.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5247469\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, si l'on interdisait aux gens de solliciter des dons aupr\u00e8s de leurs amis, des personnes qu'ils connaissent, de celles avec qui ils ont fait des affaires et de celles qui ont du respect pour eux, on emp\u00eacherait quiconque a des liens avec le milieu des affaires de faire des dons ou d'en recevoir. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5247470\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quant \u00e0 la suggestion selon laquelle de nombreux membres du m\u00eame conseil de direction donneront de l'argent, la d\u00e9put\u00e9e n'a qu'\u00e0 regarder ce qui se passe dans de nombreuses entreprises \u2014 Apotex, par exemple \u2014 dont bon nombre des membres du conseil d'administration ont fait des dons aux lib\u00e9raux en maintes occasions. Un peu plus t\u00f4t, j'ai donn\u00e9 comme exemple une entreprise dont plusieurs des dirigeants font des dons au Parti lib\u00e9ral. C'est peut-\u00eatre bien une pratique scandaleuse, mais si tel est le cas, c'est une pratique scandaleuse qui est monnaie courante chez les lib\u00e9raux.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/2/5/scott-reid-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/scott-reid/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4349/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9947438",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada Elections Act",
"fr": "La Loi \u00e9lectorale du Canada"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/2/5/",
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}
}