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{
    "time": "2020-11-17 17:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe",
        "fr": "M. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6351335\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, the member opposite and I rarely agree on anything, but I do agree with him on this.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6351336\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I think setting a date like that is arbitrary. It could prevent us from going further. Committees have been set up, and our Conservative colleagues are on those committees. They want to go further and make real change happen. As parliamentarians, it is our duty to make real change, not to do things just for partisan reasons. Above all, we have to represent our constituents. They are the people we should always be working for. We should constantly be asking ourselves who we work for.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6351335\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, il est rare que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face et moi soyons d'accord, mais cette fois, je suis d'accord avec lui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6351336\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Effectivement, je trouve cela arbitraire de fixer une date comme cela. Cela nous emp\u00eache peut-\u00eatre d'aller plus loin. Des comit\u00e9s ont \u00e9t\u00e9 mis en place et des d\u00e9put\u00e9s coll\u00e8gues conservateurs y si\u00e8gent. Ils veulent aller plus loin et faire en sorte qu'on apporte un vrai changement. En tant que parlementaires, nous avons le devoir d'apporter un vrai changement et de ne pas faire les choses simplement par esprit partisan, mais surtout pour repr\u00e9senter nos concitoyens et nos concitoyennes, pour qui nous devrions toujours travailler. Nous devons toujours nous demander pour qui nous travaillons.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2020/11/17/alexis-brunelle-duceppe-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/alexis-brunelle-duceppe/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4501/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11012284",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Foreign Policy Toward China",
        "fr": "Motion de l\u2019opposition \u2014 La politique \u00e9trang\u00e8re envers la Chine"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2020/11/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F11%2F17%2F"
    }
}