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{
    "time": "2020-10-01 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, BQ)",
        "fr": "M. Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, BQ)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6273306\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, businesses have already closed. We are in a red zone. We must take action now, not in a few months.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6273307\" data-originallang=\"fr\">As I said, the federal government cannot take months to provide assistance. Businesses need it now. The Bloc has been asking for help to cover fixed costs, for example, for six months, to no avail. Financial support for safety measures for school openings arrived one week after the children arrived. In about 50 schools, COVID-19 arrived before the support. We are not making this up. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6273308\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Time is running out for businesses. Action is needed now.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6273309\" data-originallang=\"fr\">What will Ottawa do?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6273306\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les entreprises sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 ferm\u00e9es. Nous sommes en zone rouge. C'est le temps d'agir maintenant, pas dans quelques mois. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6273307\" data-originallang=\"fr\">L'aide f\u00e9d\u00e9rale ne peut pas mettre des mois \u00e0 arriver, comme je le disais. C'est maintenant que les entreprises en ont besoin. Cela fait six mois que le Bloc demande une aide pour les co\u00fbts fixes, par exemple, et ce n'est toujours pas arriv\u00e9. L'aide financi\u00e8re pour les mesures de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 relatives \u00e0 la rentr\u00e9e scolaire est arriv\u00e9e dans les \u00e9coles une semaine apr\u00e8s les enfants. Dans une cinquantaine d'\u00e9coles, la COVID-19 est arriv\u00e9e avant l'aide. \u00c7a ne s'invente pas. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6273308\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le temps presse pour les entreprises. C'est maintenant qu'il faut agir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6273309\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Qu'est-ce qu'Ottawa va faire?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2020/10/1/gabriel-ste-marie-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/gabriel-ste-marie/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4482/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10938922",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "COVID-19 Emergency Response",
        "fr": "Les mesures d'urgence visant la COVID-19"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2020/10/1/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F10%2F1%2F"
    }
}