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{
"time": "2008-03-05 16:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Rob Moore",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"974674\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. M\u00e9nard, I hear what you're saying. The fact of the matter is, though, there is a difference. I mean, obviously Canada is a civilized country, and we all have tremendous respect for human rights. We recognize that through case law and through amendments that have been made there is right now what we feel is a balance, and it's a balance that's been upheld. It's a balance that respects the charter, respects charter rights.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"974675\" data-originallang=\"en\">But to be clear, under the current law the onus is on a journalist to show that information is privileged--that's the current law--and that it is in the public interest not to disclose the information. That is the test.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"974676\" data-originallang=\"en\">In really direct contrast with that, your bill would assume that all this information is confidential and would prohibit the disclosure unless the person seeking disclosure meets the test of the bill.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"974677\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quite frankly, that is a fundamental shift.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"974674\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur M\u00e9nard, je comprends ce que vous dites. Mais le fait est n\u00e9anmoins qu'il y a une diff\u00e9rence. Le Canada est bien s\u00fbr un pays civilis\u00e9, et nous avons tous \u00e9norm\u00e9ment de respect pour les droits humains. Nous reconnaissons qu'il existe actuellement un \u00e9quilibre, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la jurisprudence et aux amendements l\u00e9gislatifs qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 apport\u00e9s, et c'est un \u00e9quilibre qui doit \u00eatre pr\u00e9serv\u00e9. Cet \u00e9quilibre respecte la Charte et les droits qu'elle conf\u00e8re. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"974675\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pr\u00e9cisons cependant qu'en vertu du droit actuel, c'est aux journalistes qu'il incombe de d\u00e9montrer que l'information est privil\u00e9gi\u00e9 \u2014 c'est ce que dit actuellement la loi \u2014 et qu'il est dans l'int\u00e9r\u00eat public de ne pas divulguer l'information. C'est le crit\u00e8re que l'on applique.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"974676\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au contraire, votre projet de loi suppose que toute l'information est confidentielle et qu'il est interdit de la divulguer \u00e0 moins que la personne qui en demande la divulgation satisfasse aux crit\u00e8res du projet de loi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"974677\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je dois avouer que c'est l\u00e0 un changement fondamental.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/justice/39-2/17/rob-moore-3/",
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"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/517/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2354857",
"document_url": "/committees/justice/39-2/17/",
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}