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{
    "time": "2022-05-18 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Candice Bergen (cheffe de l\u2019opposition, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7166713\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a>'s divisiveness is the reason the protest started and his failure to lead is the reason it got worse. The Prime Minister called people names: he wedged, he divided and then he spread misinformation. Then, to deal with the mess that he created, he invoked the Emergencies Act, stomping on freedoms and freezing bank accounts. Now he is covering up.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7166714\" data-originallang=\"en\">The time has come for the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> to stop spreading disinformation and stop hiding the fact that he and his ministers had no valid reason to invoke the Emergencies Act. Will he do that? Will he tell the truth?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7166713\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ce sont les dissensions cr\u00e9\u00e9es par le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> qui ont provoqu\u00e9 la manifestation et c'est en raison de son manque de leadership que la situation s'est envenim\u00e9e. Le premier ministre a insult\u00e9 des gens: il a sem\u00e9 la discorde et la division, puis il a r\u00e9pandu des fausset\u00e9s. Ensuite, pour r\u00e9parer le g\u00e2chis qu'il a caus\u00e9, il a invoqu\u00e9 la Loi sur les mesures d\u2019urgence, pi\u00e9tinant les libert\u00e9s et gelant les comptes bancaires. Maintenant, il se lance dans une op\u00e9ration de camouflage.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7166714\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est temps que le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> arr\u00eate de r\u00e9pandre des fausset\u00e9s et de dissimuler le fait que ses ministres et lui n'avaient aucune raison valable d'invoquer la Loi sur les mesures d\u2019urgence. Le fera-t-il? Dira-t-il la v\u00e9rit\u00e9?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2022/5/18/candice-bergen-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/candice-hoeppner/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1068/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11698057",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Public Safety",
        "fr": "La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2022/5/18/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2022%2F5%2F18%2F"
    }
}