Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2010-04-01 12:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Aurel Braun",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1868540\" data-originallang=\"en\">Are you asking me, sir, to respond to that? Perhaps I could say a couple of words, and then others could join in.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1868541\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is one of the very distressing aspects of the process that has taken place. Floating out there you have ludicrous, irresponsible allegations directed against us, innuendoes that are absolutely horrific and that are totally at variance with the reality of what happened. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1868542\" data-originallang=\"en\">As chair, I have always asked people at these board meetings to treat each other with civility. I call on people to make sure they use parliamentary language and that individuals have an opportunity to speak. At this meeting, which took place on January 7, the meeting began with Mr. Beauregard being extremely concerned about his wife's health. Mr. Beauregard asked me to do something that we normally do not do at board meetings; he asked that he be allowed to leave his cellphone on. The reason was that his wife was in hospital. I immediately said to him, \u201cSadly, I understand all too well these kinds of problems and this kind of situation. I will absolutely make that exception. Please leave the cellphone on, and if there's anything we can do to help, we will do that.\u201d</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1868543\" data-originallang=\"en\">The meeting itself was civil. There was a disagreement over a vote about reappointing one of the members of the board who was a foreign member, but that was a normal disagreement and involved two democratic votes. The afternoon was entirely civil. There were no vicious attacks. There was no atmosphere of chaos or stress. We took vote after vote. The president and the rest of us spoke civilly to each other. The president, in fact, voted with the majority of the board on a number of these votes, including one of the last votes, and that was the vote about repudiating these three grants, with which he fully agreed. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1868544\" data-originallang=\"en\">Therefore, these accusations that have been floating about are not only totally false, they're incredibly hurtful. One needs to ask what the possible purpose is of these accusations, since they entirely misrepresent the facts. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1868545\" data-originallang=\"en\">Other members of the board who are here can also speak about the atmosphere that prevailed on that day and how that day concluded on a civil note.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1868546\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1868540\" data-originallang=\"en\">Me demandez-vous de r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 cette question-l\u00e0? Je peux faire un bref commentaire, et d'autres pourraient intervenir par la suite.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1868541\" data-originallang=\"en\">Voil\u00e0 justement l'un des aspects les plus troublants de ce qui s'est produit jusqu'\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent. \u00c0 l'heure actuelle, des all\u00e9gations ridicules et irresponsables, de m\u00eame que des insinuations des plus malveillantes p\u00e8sent sur nous, qui sont totalement contraires \u00e0 la r\u00e9alit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1868542\" data-originallang=\"en\">En tant que pr\u00e9sident, j'ai toujours demand\u00e9 aux personnes qui assistent aux r\u00e9unions du conseil d'\u00eatre civiles les unes envers les autres. Je demande aux gens de s'assurer de toujours tenir des propos qui seraient dignes d'un parlementaire et de permettre \u00e0 tous d'avoir droit au chapitre. \u00c0 la r\u00e9union en question, qui s'est tenue le 7 janvier, M. Beauregard a dit, d\u00e8s le d\u00e9but de la r\u00e9union, qu'il \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9occup\u00e9 par la sant\u00e9 de sa femme. Il m'a donc demand\u00e9 de l'autoriser \u00e0 faire quelque chose qui n'est pas permis normalement aux r\u00e9unions du conseil; il a demand\u00e9 d'avoir la permission de laisser ouvert son t\u00e9l\u00e9phone cellulaire, en expliquant que c'\u00e9tait parce que sa femme \u00e9tait \u00e0 l'h\u00f4pital. Je lui ai tout de suite dit: \u00ab Malheureusement, je ne comprends que trop bien ce genre de probl\u00e8mes et de situations. Je vais donc faire une entorse \u00e0 la r\u00e8gle. Laissez ouvert votre t\u00e9l\u00e9phone cellulaire, et si nous pouvons vous aider de quelque fa\u00e7on que ce soit, n'h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 nous le dire. \u00bb</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1868543\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lors de cette r\u00e9union, les participants se sont comport\u00e9s de fa\u00e7on civile. Il y a eu un d\u00e9saccord au sujet d'un vote sur la renomination d'un administrateur qui \u00e9tait ressortissant \u00e9tranger, mais c'\u00e9tait un d\u00e9saccord normal qui a donn\u00e9 lieu \u00e0 deux votes d\u00e9mocratiques. Donc, au cours de l'apr\u00e8s-midi, tous ont fait preuve de civilit\u00e9. Il n'y a pas eu d'attaques virulentes, pas plus qu'une atmosph\u00e8re de chaos ou de stress. Nous avons tenu toute une s\u00e9rie de votes. Le pr\u00e9sident et les autres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 polis les uns envers les autres. En fait, le pr\u00e9sident a appuy\u00e9 la majorit\u00e9 des administrateurs pour bon nombre de ces votes, y compris l'un des derniers sur la motion d'opposition aux trois subventions, \u00e0 laquelle il \u00e9tait tout \u00e0 fait favorable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1868544\" data-originallang=\"en\">Donc, ces accusations contre nous sont, non seulement compl\u00e8tement fausses, mais terriblement blessantes. Il faut se demander ce qui peut vraiment les motiver, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 qu'elles d\u00e9forment compl\u00e8tement la r\u00e9alit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1868545\" data-originallang=\"en\">D'autres membres du conseil qui sont pr\u00e9sents aujourd'hui pourront vous parler de l'atmosph\u00e8re ce jour-l\u00e0 et du fait que la r\u00e9union s'est termin\u00e9e dans une atmosph\u00e8re de civilit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1868546\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/foreign-affairs/40-3/8/aurel-braun-15/",
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    "source_id": "3079061",
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