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{
    "time": "2021-12-09 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont\u2014La Petite-Patrie, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont\u2014La Petite-Patrie, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6875917\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, 160 professionals at the Office of the Auditor General have been on strike since November 26. Seventy-five per cent of them are women. They have been working without a contract for three years. These employees ensure that the government is accountable to the public. They are essential. What are they asking for? They are asking to be treated the same as every other public servant, nothing more, nothing less. That is called equity and respect, but the Liberals are asleep at the switch.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6875918\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Will the Treasury Board give the Office of the Auditor General the mandate to negotiate a fair and equitable agreement for these professionals?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6875917\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, depuis le 26 novembre, 160 professionnels du Bureau de la v\u00e9rificatrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale sont en gr\u00e8ve. Soixante-quinze pour cent d'entre eux sont des femmes. Elles sont sans contrat de travail depuis trois ans. Ces employ\u00e9es s\u2019assurent que le gouvernement rend des comptes \u00e0 la population. Elles sont essentielles. Que demandent-elles? Elles demandent la m\u00eame chose que tous les autres fonctionnaires, pas plus, pas moins. On appelle cela l\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9 et le respect, mais les lib\u00e9raux dorment au gaz.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6875918\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Est-ce que le Conseil du Tr\u00e9sor va donner le mandat au Bureau de la v\u00e9rificatrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de n\u00e9gocier une entente juste et \u00e9quitable pour ces professionnels?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2021/12/9/alexandre-boulerice-8/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/alexandre-boulerice/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4145/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11453461",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Labour",
        "fr": "Le travail"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2021/12/9/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2021%2F12%2F9%2F"
    }
}