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{
    "time": "2023-09-25 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Karina Gould (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Karina Gould (leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7927919\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, like all members of this chamber, I am incredibly disappointed in the fact that this individual was invited. As you yourself, Mr. Speaker, confirmed, this individual was recognized in the gallery. I found out just like every other member in the House at that time that this individual was present. This is deeply embarrassing for us as parliamentarians, as Canadians. It is something that I think all of us take extremely seriously, and I would ask my hon. colleagues not to politicize this moment.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7927919\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s, je suis extr\u00eamement d\u00e9\u00e7ue que cette personne ait \u00e9t\u00e9 invit\u00e9e. Comme vous l'avez vous-m\u00eame indiqu\u00e9, monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la pr\u00e9sence de cette personne \u00e0 la tribune a \u00e9t\u00e9 soulign\u00e9e. Or, j'ai appris en m\u00eame temps que tous les autres d\u00e9put\u00e9s que cette personne \u00e9tait pr\u00e9sente \u00e0 la tribune de la Chambre. C'est une situation tr\u00e8s embarrassante pour les parlementaires de m\u00eame que pour l'ensemble des Canadiens. Nous prenons tous cette situation tr\u00e8s au s\u00e9rieux, et j'exhorte les d\u00e9put\u00e9s \u00e0 ne pas la politiser.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/9/25/karina-gould-8/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/karina-gould/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4287/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12332271",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Guests in the House of Commons",
        "fr": "Les invit\u00e9s \u00e0 la Chambre des communes"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/9/25/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F9%2F25%2F"
    }
}