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{
"time": "2025-10-08 17:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "W. Scott Thurlow",
"fr": "W. Scott Thurlow"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8932993\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would not suggest that people have to divest their assets. Your home, for most Canadians, is your biggest asset. That's how you get tied to your constituency. You don't want people selling their homes. I think that is a disincentive to the public service.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8932994\" data-originallang=\"en\">If I could, I'll just focus this on trust in public office holders. I, as a Canadian, trust the people who are given the opportunities and privileges to do the moral and ethical thing, to use Mr. Th\u00e9riault's words. That's what our system is based on. Our entire system of laws is about the individuals we invest that trust into. I understand that cynicism is sometimes used for political gain. That is 100% fair ball. If that is how you want to go after your opponents, you absolutely can. I choose not to do that. I invest trust in these people because they have stepped forward to swear or sign an oath, depending on who they are. If they sign an oath as a minister to be loyal to the Crown, that oath is what we should be placing our faith in. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8932993\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne dirais pas que les gens doivent se d\u00e9partir de leurs actifs. Pour la plupart des Canadiens, la maison est le plus grand actif. C'est ce qui les rattache \u00e0 leur circonscription. On ne veut pas que les gens vendent leur maison. Je pense que cela a un effet dissuasif sur le service public.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8932994\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si vous le permettez, je vais me concentrer sur la confiance \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard des titulaires de charge publique. En tant que Canadien, je fais confiance aux gens qui profitent de ces possibilit\u00e9s et de ces privil\u00e8ges de faire ce qu'il faut sur le plan moral et \u00e9thique, pour reprendre les mots de M. Th\u00e9riault. C'est sur cette confiance que repose notre syst\u00e8me. Tout notre syst\u00e8me de lois repose sur les personnes \u00e0 qui nous accordons cette confiance. Je comprends que le cynisme est parfois utilis\u00e9 \u00e0 des fins politiques, et je l'accepte. Si c'est ainsi que vous voulez poursuivre vos adversaires, vous en avez parfaitement le droit. Je choisis de ne pas le faire. Je fais confiance \u00e0 ces gens parce qu'ils se sont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s et qu'ils ont pr\u00eat\u00e9 serment, selon le cas. S'ils signent un serment de loyaut\u00e9 envers la Couronne en tant que ministre, c'est ce serment qui doit faire foi de tout. </p>"
},
"url": "/committees/ethics/45-1/8/w-scott-thurlow-37/",
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"politician_membership_url": null,
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13166790",
"document_url": "/committees/ethics/45-1/8/",
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}