Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2016-05-31 12:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Guy Caron",
        "fr": "M. Guy Caron"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4399864\" data-originallang=\"fr\">This will be the third try. Third time lucky as they say. You never know.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4399865\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I still do not understand the government\u2019s objection. I hope that Liberal members understand the difference between information provided to the government and information provided to Parliament as a whole, meaning to all Canadians, whom we represent. There is not a single government member of Parliament in this room at the moment; we are Canadian members of Parliament representing different constituencies, different constituents. I am trying to understand, but, once again, I am getting no clear explanation. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4399866\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Canada Revenue Agency has been given new powers but with no requirement for it to be accountable when it exercises those new powers. How can you be opposed to a measure whose only objective is to provide a report to Parliament on the matter?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4399867\" data-originallang=\"fr\">If each of us went to see our constituents and told them that the Canada Revenue Agency would have access to new data about them, I am sure that they would be concerned. On the other hand, they would be reassured by a requirement for increased accountability from the Canada Revenue Agency.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4399868\" data-originallang=\"fr\">It is one thing for the agency to provide a report to the government. No one in this room would have access to it, with the possible exception of the parliamentary secretary. The agency should make that report accessible to Parliament as a whole by tabling it in the House of Commons, the very heart of our system of parliamentary democracy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4399869\" data-originallang=\"fr\">If there is an objection to ensuring greater accountability, I would like to know what it is.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4399864\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ce sera un troisi\u00e8me essai. En anglais, on dit que <em>the third time is the charm</em>; on ne sait jamais.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4399865\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je ne comprends toujours pas l'objection du gouvernement. J'esp\u00e8re que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du c\u00f4t\u00e9 lib\u00e9ral comprennent la diff\u00e9rence entre de l'information qui est donn\u00e9e au gouvernement et de l'information qui est donn\u00e9e \u00e0 l'ensemble du Parlement, donc \u00e0 l'ensemble de la population canadienne que nous repr\u00e9sentons. Il n'y a pas un seul d\u00e9put\u00e9 du gouvernement dans cette salle pr\u00e9sentement; nous sommes des d\u00e9put\u00e9s canadiens qui repr\u00e9sentent diff\u00e9rentes circonscriptions, diff\u00e9rents concitoyens. J'essaie de comprendre, mais, encore une fois, je n'ai pas eu d'explications claires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4399866\" data-originallang=\"fr\">De nouveaux pouvoirs sont d\u00e9cern\u00e9s \u00e0 l'Agence du revenu du Canada sans qu'on exige d'elle aucune reddition de comptes pour l'exercice de ces nouveaux pouvoirs. Comment peut-on s'opposer \u00e0 une mesure qui ne vise qu'\u00e0 fournir un rapport au Parlement \u00e0 ce sujet?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4399867\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Si chacun et chacune de nous allait voir ses concitoyens et concitoyennes et leur disait que l'Agence du revenu du Canada aurait acc\u00e8s \u00e0 de nouvelles donn\u00e9es les concernant, je suis persuad\u00e9 que ceux-ci seraient pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s. En contrepartie, ils seraient rassur\u00e9s par une mesure qui viserait \u00e0 accro\u00eetre la reddition de comptes de l'Agence du revenu du Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4399868\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Que l'Agence fournisse un rapport au gouvernement, c'est une chose. Personne dans cette salle n'y aurait acc\u00e8s, \u00e0 l'exception peut-\u00eatre du secr\u00e9taire parlementaire. L'Agence devrait rendre ce rapport accessible \u00e0 l'ensemble du Parlement en le d\u00e9posant \u00e0 la Chambre des communes; c'est le coeur m\u00eame de notre syst\u00e8me de d\u00e9mocratie parlementaire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4399869\" data-originallang=\"fr\">S'il y a une objection \u00e0 s'assurer d'une plus grande reddition de comptes, j'aimerais la conna\u00eetre.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/finance/42-1/25/guy-caron-36/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/guy-caron/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4141/",
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    "document_url": "/committees/finance/42-1/25/",
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