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{
    "time": "2024-03-18 14:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Bill Blair (Minister of National Defence, Lib.)",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Bill Blair (ministre de la D\u00e9fense nationale, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8276340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, that is an extraordinary comment. I would like to commend the member for being able to say it with a straight face because the fact is that we gave members of the Canadian Armed Forces a very significant raise just last year. When it came before the House for a vote for the money for that raise, every single Conservative on that side of the House voted against it. Perhaps they should scrap the crap. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8276340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Voil\u00e0 une observation hors du commun, monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident. Je f\u00e9licite la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de l'avoir prononc\u00e9e en gardant son s\u00e9rieux, car le fait est que la solde des membres des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes a \u00e9t\u00e9 augment\u00e9e de mani\u00e8re consid\u00e9rable, et ce, l'an dernier. Lorsque les fonds destin\u00e9s \u00e0 cette augmentation ont \u00e9t\u00e9 soumis \u00e0 un vote \u00e0 la Chambre, tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs, sans exception, ont vot\u00e9 contre. Peut-\u00eatre devraient-ils cesser de nous servir des conneries. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/3/18/bill-blair-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/bill-blair/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4346/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12628501",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Carbon Pricing",
        "fr": "La tarification du carbone"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/3/18/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F3%2F18%2F"
    }
}