Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2024-04-29 12:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Eric Melillo (Kenora, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Eric Melillo (Kenora, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8372013\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8372014\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ms. Hogan, thank you for remaining with us here for this important discussion on policing. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8372015\" data-originallang=\"en\">Of course, we know policing is an essential service. It's an important service that every Canadian and every person across the country has to rely on. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8372016\" data-originallang=\"en\">You mentioned in the report, and I believe you just mentioned in your remarks, the money that has been allocated but not disbursed, the stuff that hasn't been getting through. You said you anticipated that $45 million was going to be left on the table in the latest fiscal year. That's incredibly alarming to me considering what we're hearing from police chiefs across the country. They're saying that they don't have adequate funding and that it's not enough.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8372017\" data-originallang=\"en\">We see that playing out in my area in northwestern Ontario, unfortunately, far too often, where there just aren't enough officers on duty. It's led to tragic circumstances. It has led to deaths of people who haven't been able to have appropriate service. It wouldn't be acceptable anywhere else in the country. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8372018\" data-originallang=\"en\">Can you speak to whether the government has given any explanation for why these dollars haven't been disbursed? </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8372013\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci beaucoup, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8372014\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame Hogan, je vous remercie d'\u00eatre rest\u00e9e avec nous pour cette importante discussion sur les services de police.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8372015\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bien s\u00fbr, nous savons que le maintien de l'ordre est un service essentiel. C'est un service important sur lequel tous les Canadiens et toutes les personnes au pays doivent compter.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8372016\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vous avez mentionn\u00e9 dans le rapport \u2014 et je crois que vous venez de le mentionner dans votre expos\u00e9 \u2014 l'argent qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 affect\u00e9, mais qui n'a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9bours\u00e9, et les objectifs qui ne sont pas atteints. Vous avez dit que vous vous attendiez \u00e0 ce que 45 millions de dollars ne soient pas d\u00e9pens\u00e9s au cours du dernier exercice. Je trouve cela incroyablement alarmant, compte tenu de ce que nous disent les chefs de police partout au pays. Ils disent que le financement est inad\u00e9quat et insuffisant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8372017\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous le constatons malheureusement trop souvent dans ma r\u00e9gion du Nord-Ouest de l'Ontario, o\u00f9 il n'y a tout simplement pas assez d'agents en service. Cette p\u00e9nurie a men\u00e9 \u00e0 des circonstances tragiques. Elle a entra\u00een\u00e9 la mort de personnes qui n'ont pu obtenir un service appropri\u00e9. Cette situation ne serait acceptable nulle part ailleurs au pays.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8372018\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pouvez-vous nous dire si le gouvernement a expliqu\u00e9 pourquoi ces fonds n'ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9pens\u00e9s?</p>"
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