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{
    "time": "2020-02-05 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)",
        "fr": "Le tr\u00e8s hon. Justin Trudeau (premier ministre, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6038269\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, we made historic investments in infrastructure in order to grow the economy and improve Canadians' quality of life. We remember that in the last campaign, just a few months ago, the Conservatives campaigned on 18 billion dollars' worth of cuts to much-needed infrastructure across this country. We choose to invest in infrastructure to grow the economy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6038270\" data-originallang=\"en\">On the Auditor General, we have given more resources to the Auditor General, and I will highlight that it was the Conservative government that cut millions of dollars from the Auditor General's budget. We believe in and support our officers of Parliament and we will continue to.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6038269\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous avons fait des investissements historiques dans les infrastructures afin de faire cro\u00eetre l'\u00e9conomie et d'am\u00e9liorer la qualit\u00e9 de vie des Canadiens. Nous nous souvenons par ailleurs qu'en vue des derni\u00e8res \u00e9lections, il y a quelques mois \u00e0 peine, les conservateurs ont fait campagne sur des coupes de 18 milliards de dollars dans les infrastructures, dont le pays a pourtant grand besoin. Nous avons choisi d'investir dans les infrastructures pour faire cro\u00eetre l'\u00e9conomie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6038270\" data-originallang=\"en\">En ce qui concerne le v\u00e9rificateur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, nous lui avons donn\u00e9 davantage de ressources. Je tiens \u00e0 souligner par ailleurs que c'est le gouvernement conservateur qui a amput\u00e9 le budget du v\u00e9rificateur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de plusieurs millions de dollars. Nous faisons enti\u00e8rement confiance aux mandataires du Parlement, nous les appuyons et nous continuerons \u00e0 le faire.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2020/2/5/justin-trudeau-20/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/justin-trudeau/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1211/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10748449",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Office of the Auditor General",
        "fr": "Le Bureau du v\u00e9rificateur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2020/2/5/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F2%2F5%2F"
    }
}