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{
    "time": "2025-06-12 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Scot Davidson (New Tecumseth\u2014Gwillimbury, CPC)",
        "fr": "Scot Davidson (New Tecumseth\u2014Gwillimbury, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8848824\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government ignored procurement rules, accountability and basic common sense to funnel sweetheart contracts to their friends at GC Strategies, the ones who were behind ArriveCAN. It handed out an eyewatering $64 million in taxpayer money to Liberal insiders, with no evidence that any work was actually completed.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8848825\" data-originallang=\"en\">Will the Liberals take responsibility, show respect to Canadian taxpayers and get the money back?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8848824\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a fait fi des r\u00e8gles d'approvisionnement, de la reddition de comptes et du gros bon sens pour accorder des contrats de faveur \u00e0 ses amis de GCStrategies, ceux qui sont \u00e0 l'origine de l'application ArriveCAN. Il a accord\u00e9 un montant sid\u00e9rant \u2014 64 millions de dollars, puis\u00e9s \u00e0 mpeme les fonds publics \u2014 \u00e0 des proches du Parti lib\u00e9ral, sans aucune preuve que des travaux ont r\u00e9ellement \u00e9t\u00e9 ex\u00e9cut\u00e9s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8848825\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les lib\u00e9raux vont-ils assumer leurs responsabilit\u00e9s et faire preuve de respect envers les contribuables canadiens en r\u00e9cup\u00e9rant cet argent?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2025/6/12/scot-davidson-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/scot-davidson/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4763/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13094920",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Public Services and Procurement",
        "fr": "Les services publics et l'approvisionnement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2025/6/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F6%2F12%2F"
    }
}