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{
    "time": "2017-10-25 17:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Michel Picard",
        "fr": "M. Michel Picard"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5101239\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Thank you.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5101240\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Please excuse me for making a bit of a weak comparison. When a search warrant is issued during a criminal investigation, you have to be extremely precise about what you're asking for\u2014you're not allowed to go fishing, for example. It's clear, understood and accepted. But when a request for information is so broad, at least as far as I can see, can we ask for almost anything, and the fact of asking for the information won't have any repercussions, if I use a criminal investigation as comparison?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5101241\" data-originallang=\"fr\">What I'm referring to here are the comments of certain organizations and journalists who appeared before the committee. They assured us that this doesn't apply to fishing trips, but there is no limit to what you can ask, although you want to know what the purpose of the request is. You can't ask an individual who says they aren't fishing why they want access to a given piece of information. If information considered to be public is accessible to everyone, there is no limit to the information that can be requested. I could ask for access to a Government of Canada database, and there would be no limit. To me, no fishing trip is finer than that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5101242\" data-originallang=\"fr\">What's your opinion on that?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5101239\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Merci.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5101240\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Vous m'excuserez de faire une comparaison un peu boiteuse. Lorsqu'on fait une enqu\u00eate criminelle et qu'un mandat de perquisition a \u00e9t\u00e9 lanc\u00e9, il faut \u00eatre extr\u00eamement pr\u00e9cis quant \u00e0 ce qu'on demande \u2014 il n'est pas permis de faire un voyage de p\u00eache, par exemple. C'est clair, entendu et accept\u00e9. Or, lorsqu'une demande d'information est \u00e0 ce point \u00e9largie, du moins \u00e0 ce qu'il me semble, peut-on demander pratiquement tout ce qu'on veut, et le fait de demander l'information n'aura pas de r\u00e9percussions, si je compare \u00e0 une enqu\u00eate criminelle?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5101241\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je fais ici allusion aux commentaires de certains organismes et journalistes qui ont comparu devant le Comit\u00e9. Ils nous ont assur\u00e9s que cela ne concerne pas des voyages de p\u00eache, mais qu'il n'y a aucune limite \u00e0 ce qu'on peut demander, bien qu'on veuille savoir l'objet de la demande. On ne peut pas demander \u00e0 un individu affirmant qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un voyage de p\u00eache pourquoi il veut avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 une information donn\u00e9e. Si une information consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme \u00e9tant publique est accessible \u00e0 tout le monde, il n'y a pas de limite \u00e0 l'information qu'on peut demander. Je pourrais demander d'avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 une base de donn\u00e9es du gouvernement du Canada et il n'y aurait pas de limite. Il n'y a pas plus beau voyage de p\u00eache que cela, \u00e0 mes yeux. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5101242\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Quelle est votre opinion \u00e0 ce sujet?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/ethics/42-1/73/michel-picard-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/michel-picard/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4326/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9733946",
    "document_url": "/committees/ethics/42-1/73/",
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}