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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2024-05-02 15:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Michael Barrett (Leeds\u2014Grenville\u2014Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Michael Barrett (Leeds\u2014Grenville\u2014Thousand Islands et Rideau Lakes, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8364284\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, the <a data-HoCid=\"300005\" href=\"/politicians/randy-boissonnault/\" title=\"Randy Boissonnault\">employment minister</a> has been caught in shady lobbying, and we can see that the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> and his government certainly are not worth the cost or the corruption. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8364285\" data-originallang=\"en\">The minister was caught cashing cheques from a lobbying firm that was lobbying his own government, his own ministry. How much taxpayer cash did this minister and his company shove in their pockets? How much was it?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8364284\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, apr\u00e8s neuf ans du gouvernement n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrate\u2014lib\u00e9ral, le <a data-HoCid=\"300005\" href=\"/politicians/randy-boissonnault/\" title=\"Randy Boissonnault\">ministre de l'Emploi</a> a \u00e9t\u00e9 pris en flagrant d\u00e9lit de lobbying douteux, et nous voyons bien que le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> et son gouvernement n'en valent certainement pas le co\u00fbt ni la corruption. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8364285\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le ministre a \u00e9t\u00e9 pris en train d'encaisser des ch\u00e8ques d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de lobbying qui exer\u00e7ait des pressions sur son propre gouvernement, son propre minist\u00e8re. Combien d'argent des contribuables le ministre et sa soci\u00e9t\u00e9 se sont-ils mis dans les poches? Combien?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/5/2/michael-barrett-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michael-barrett/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4486/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12714209",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Ethics",
"fr": "L'\u00e9thique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/5/2/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F5%2F2%2F"
}
}