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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2024-04-17 17:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Elizabeth May",
"fr": "Mme Elizabeth May"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8328836\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like, in the last few moments we have here with the witness, to put myself in the position of a Canadian watching this on television, and wondering how this could happen. I think it is clear on a factual basis, and respecting this place and everyone in it, that there has been here, in this example, as the Auditor General has found and as the ombudsman has found, an appalling failure of our procurement process. It is completely unacceptable, and the individuals involved at GC Strategies, particularly Mr. Firth and his partner, have benefited personally from what can best be described as extremely dodgy business practices.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8328837\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would like to ask, on behalf of the people of Canada, an obvious question. I am not suggesting there is an answer, but I would like to ask Mr. Firth if he is a member of any political party. Does he donate to any particular party? Has he been involved in currying favour with any party or political parties in this country?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8328836\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, pour les derniers instants que nous avons avec le t\u00e9moin, je vais me mettre \u00e0 la place d'un Canadien qui nous regarde \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et qui se demande comment une telle situation a bien pu se produire. Je pense que les faits sont clairs, en tout respect pour cet endroit et tous ceux qui s'y trouvent. Il est \u00e9vident que notre processus d'approvisionnement a \u00e9chou\u00e9 lamentablement dans ce cas-ci, comme la v\u00e9rificatrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale et l'ombudsman l'ont indiqu\u00e9. C'est compl\u00e8tement inacceptable, et les personnes impliqu\u00e9es \u00e0 GC Strategies, en particulier M. Firth et son partenaire, ont profit\u00e9 personnellement de pratiques commerciales que l'on doit qualifier d'extr\u00eamement douteuses.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8328837\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au nom de la population du Canada, j'aimerais poser une question pr\u00e9visible. Sans pr\u00e9sumer qu'une r\u00e9ponse doit nous \u00eatre fournie, je voudrais savoir si M. Firth est membre d'un parti politique. Fait-il des dons \u00e0 un parti politique en particulier? A-t-il cherch\u00e9 \u00e0 obtenir des faveurs de la part d'un ou de plusieurs partis de notre pays?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/4/17/elizabeth-may-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/elizabeth-may/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4108/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12685565",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "House of Commons",
"fr": "La Chambre des communes"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Sitting Resumed",
"fr": "Reprise de la s\u00e9ance"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/4/17/",
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}
}