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{
    "time": "2023-05-08 14:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)",
        "fr": "Mme Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7754908\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, he was not briefed two years ago on it. They know it and they are purposely victim blaming. They are gaslighting Canadians. This is about a member of this House serving his country and the safety of his family in the balance. It is appalling that the Liberals are tarnishing this MP, but it is even worse that the diplomat who perpetuated it is still here, with rights even Canadians do not have, given to him by that government. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7754909\" data-originallang=\"en\">If there are no consequences, it will just happen again. The diplomat needs to go back to Beijing, and it needs to happen now. Will they do it today? </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7754908\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 n'a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 inform\u00e9 \u00e0 ce sujet il y a deux ans. Les lib\u00e9raux le savent et ils font d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment des reproches \u00e0 la victime. Ils manipulent les Canadiens. On parle d'un d\u00e9put\u00e9 qui est au service de son pays, et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de sa famille est en jeu. Il est scandaleux que les lib\u00e9raux salissent la r\u00e9putation de ce d\u00e9put\u00e9, mais ce qui est encore pire, c'est que le diplomate impliqu\u00e9 dans cette affaire est encore ici et qu'il jouit de droits que m\u00eame les Canadiens n'ont pas et qui lui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 accord\u00e9s par ce gouvernement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7754909\" data-originallang=\"en\">S'il n'y a pas de cons\u00e9quences, cette situation va simplement se reproduire. Le diplomate doit retourner \u00e0 P\u00e9kin, et sur-le-champ. Vont-ils s'en assurer d\u00e8s aujourd'hui?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/5/8/melissa-lantsman-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/melissa-lantsman/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4604/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12194098",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Democratic Institutions",
        "fr": "Les institutions d\u00e9mocratiques"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/5/8/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F5%2F8%2F"
    }
}