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{
    "time": "2024-10-07 13:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Warren Steinley (Regina\u2014Lewvan, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Warren Steinley (Regina\u2014Lewvan, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8594732\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise and ask my friend a question. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8594733\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is funny how history repeats itself. As a young man, I wrote a paper in university called \u201cHave the Liberals Lost the Legitimacy to Govern?\u201d This paper was about the ad scam scandal that eventually took down the Chr\u00e9tien-Martin government. As my friend from <a data-HoCid=\"278258\" href=\"/politicians/andrew-scheer/\" title=\"Andrew Scheer\">Regina\u2014Qu'Appelle</a> says, Liberals are going to liberal.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8594734\" data-originallang=\"en\">The more we go through this, the more we see history repeating itself, except on a much larger scale. We are talking about $300 million. The NDP and the Bloc members are saying that this does not matter. We would love to see the opposition come forward and hold the Liberal government to account on how Canadians are getting poorer and their friends are getting richer. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8594735\" data-originallang=\"en\">Do the Liberals continuously repeat this cycle? How much deeper will this go to see how many people got rich, and why?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8594732\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est un plaisir de prendre la parole pour poser une question \u00e0 mon ami. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8594733\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est dr\u00f4le comme l'histoire se r\u00e9p\u00e8te. Plus jeune, j'ai fait un travail \u00e0 l'universit\u00e9 dont le titre \u00e9tait \u00ab Les lib\u00e9raux ont-ils perdu la l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 de gouverner? \u00bb Le travail portait sur le scandale des commandites, qui avait fini par faire tomber le gouvernement Chr\u00e9tien-Martin. Comme le dit mon ami de <a data-HoCid=\"278258\" href=\"/politicians/andrew-scheer/\" title=\"Andrew Scheer\">Regina\u2014Qu'Appelle</a>, un lib\u00e9ral finit toujours par agir comme un lib\u00e9ral. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8594734\" data-originallang=\"en\">Plus on creuse, plus on constate que l'histoire se r\u00e9p\u00e8te, mais dans des proportions beaucoup plus grandes. Il est question de 300 millions de dollars. Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du NPD et du Bloc disent que ce n'est pas grave. Nous voudrions que tous les partis d'opposition interviennent pour exiger du gouvernement lib\u00e9ral qu'il rende des comptes aux Canadiens et qu'il leur explique pourquoi ils s'appauvrissent, alors que les amis du parti s'enrichissent. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8594735\" data-originallang=\"en\">S'agit-il d'une boucle sans fin des agissements des lib\u00e9raux? Jusqu'o\u00f9 cette affaire ira-t-elle et combien de personnes se sont enrichies? Pourquoi? </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/10/7/warren-steinley-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/warren-steinley/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4537/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12909159",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Orders of the Day",
        "fr": "Ordre du jour"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Privilege",
        "fr": "Privil\u00e8ge"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Reference to Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs",
        "fr": "Le renvoi au Comit\u00e9 permanent de la proc\u00e9dure et des affaires de la Chambre"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/10/7/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F10%2F7%2F"
    }
}