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{
"time": "2010-11-23 09:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Ed Komarnicki",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2204713\" data-originallang=\"en\">Okay, so I'd like to move on to another area, because obviously we've established there's a difference of opinion. I'd like to probe you in some other areas.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2204714\" data-originallang=\"en\">If I may, you asked who might be opposed. I know that the B.C. Civil Liberties Association gave some evidence and said:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"2204715\" data-originallang=\"en\"> As a civil liberties organization, we are obviously concerned about the severity of the penalties that can be brought against citizens who do not fill out the census, and we might question the policy justification for some of the more unusual questions that have been included in the past. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"2204716\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We're all aware of some of the more unusual questions. For example, last week, how many hours did you spend doing unpaid housework, and how long did it take you to get to work, and how many bedrooms do you have? It's those types of questions I'm referring to. It seems that many were of the view that for not answering those questions, the penalty should not be very punitive. In fact, a motion of the previous committee studying this matter asked that the threat of jail be removed for non-compliance. A private member's bill, as you mentioned, was also introduced with the same point of view in mind.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2204717\" data-originallang=\"en\">Would you agree that for some of these more unusual questions, a threat of jail would be inappropriate?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2204713\" data-originallang=\"en\"> D'accord, comme nous avons \u00e9tabli qu'il y a divergence d'opinions, j'aimerais passer \u00e0 un autre point. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2204714\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vous avez demand\u00e9 qui pouvait \u00eatre contre et je peux vous citer \u00e0 cet effet le t\u00e9moignage de la repr\u00e9sentante de la British Columbia Civil Liberties Association:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"2204715\" data-originallang=\"en\"> \u00c0 titre d'organisation de libert\u00e9s civiles, nous sommes bien s\u00fbr pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s par la s\u00e9v\u00e9rit\u00e9 des sanctions qu'on peut imposer aux citoyens qui ne remplissent pas le formulaire de recensement, et nous pourrions mettre en doute la pertinence de certaines questions des recensements pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"2204716\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous connaissons tous ces questions plut\u00f4t inhabituelles. On demande notamment aux gens combien d'heures de travail domestique non r\u00e9mun\u00e9r\u00e9 ils ont effectu\u00e9 la semaine pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente, combien de temps il leur faut pour se rendre au travail et combien de chambres compte leur r\u00e9sidence. C'est l'objet de mon propos. Bien des gens semblent croire que les sanctions ne devraient pas \u00eatre trop s\u00e9v\u00e8res pour quiconque ne r\u00e9pond pas \u00e0 des questions semblables. Ainsi, une motion d'un comit\u00e9 s'\u00e9tant d\u00e9j\u00e0 pench\u00e9 sur la situation visait le retrait de la menace d'emprisonnement pour ceux qui ne r\u00e9pondent pas. Comme vous l'avez mentionn\u00e9, un projet de loi d'initiative parlementaire a aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 dans le m\u00eame sens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2204717\" data-originallang=\"en\">Seriez-vous d'accord pour dire que la menace d'incarc\u00e9ration est inappropri\u00e9e dans le cas de ces questions un peu plus inhabituelles?</p>"
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