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{
    "time": "2024-09-20 10:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Philip Lawrence",
        "fr": "M. Philip Lawrence"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8555410\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, that is a tough but fair question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8555411\" data-originallang=\"en\">I will just quickly end with a quote by Ronald Reagan, who said that if government sees something move, it taxes it; if it keeps moving, it regulates it; and if it dies, it subsidizes it.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8555410\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, c'est une question difficile, mais l\u00e9gitime.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8555411\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vais terminer rapidement par une citation de Ronald Reagan qui d\u00e9crit comment pense un gouvernement: ce qui bouge doit \u00eatre tax\u00e9, ce qui continue de bouger doit \u00eatre r\u00e9glement\u00e9, et ce qui arr\u00eate de bouger doit \u00eatre subventionn\u00e9.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/9/20/philip-lawrence-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/philip-lawrence/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4514/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12869209",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Strengthening the Port System and Railway Safety in Canada Act",
        "fr": "Loi visant \u00e0 renforcer le r\u00e9seau portuaire et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 ferroviaire au Canada"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Motions in Amendment",
        "fr": "Motions d'amendement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/9/20/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F9%2F20%2F"
    }
}