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{
    "time": "2024-05-23 22:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Arif Virani",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Arif Virani"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8417703\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I have several responses to give.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8417704\" data-originallang=\"fr\">First, the court challenges program was created by a Liberal government. It was eliminated by Harper's Conservative government and then reinstated by our government.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8417705\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Second, the program is not managed by me, but by the Minister of Canadian Heritage, because the Attorney General and the Department of Justice are significantly involved in many cases. We are always either the defendant or the complainant in the cases.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8417706\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Finally, with respect to the situation he mentioned, I will follow up to get a little more information about those concerns.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8417703\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'ai quelques r\u00e9ponses \u00e0 donner.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8417704\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Premi\u00e8rement, le programme de contestation judiciaire a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9 par un gouvernement lib\u00e9ral. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 supprim\u00e9 par le gouvernement conservateur sous Harper, puis il a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9tabli par notre gouvernement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8417705\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Deuxi\u00e8mement, le programme est g\u00e9r\u00e9 non pas par moi, mais par le ministre du Patrimoine canadien en raison du fait que le procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et le minist\u00e8re de la Justice sont vraiment impliqu\u00e9s dans plusieurs causes. Nous sommes toujours soit le d\u00e9fendeur soit le plaignant dans les causes. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8417706\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Enfin, en ce qui concerne la situation qu'il a mentionn\u00e9e, je vais en faire le suivi pour m'informer un peu plus \u00e0 propos de ces inqui\u00e9tudes.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/5/23/arif-virani-176/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/arif-virani/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4435/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12757959",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Department of Justice\u2014Main Estimates, 2024-25",
        "fr": "Minist\u00e8re de la Justice \u2014 Le Budget principal des d\u00e9penses 2024\u20112025"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/5/23/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F5%2F23%2F"
    }
}