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{
"time": "2013-03-26 15:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Jacques Gourde",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3273487\" data-originallang=\"fr\">You must be well aware that, when we pass a bill, we have to be prepared for any eventuality. We cannot really afford to create havoc. We need to have a way out. I hope you know that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3273488\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would like to go back to clause 3 and the Governor in Council.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3273489\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Passing legislation is part of our job as legislators. As a result, we can require appointed officers of Parliament to be bilingual. However, you are basically ready to give officials the same power as that of legislators. Actually, your bill says that 10 officers of Parliament must be bilingual. It is very categorical and you are enabling the Governor in Council to appoint between 20 to 30 other officers, without asking the permission of legislators, of all the members of Parliament. Could you explain that to me? You are taking our duty of making laws away from us and giving it to other people who were not elected by Canadians.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3273487\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Vous devez \u00eatre bien consciente que lorsqu'on adopte un projet de loi, il faut parer \u00e0 toute \u00e9ventualit\u00e9. On ne peut quand m\u00eame pas se permettre de cr\u00e9er le chaos. Il faut avoir des portes de sortie. J'esp\u00e8re que vous \u00eates consciente de cet aspect.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3273488\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'aimerais revenir sur l'article 3. Il y est question du gouverneur en conseil.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3273489\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Adopter des lois fait partie de notre travail de l\u00e9gislateurs. Par cons\u00e9quent, on peut exiger le bilinguisme des agents du Parlement qui sont nomm\u00e9s. Cependant, vous \u00eates pr\u00eate au fond \u00e0 accorder \u00e0 des fonctionnaires le m\u00eame pouvoir qu'aux l\u00e9gislateurs. En effet, votre projet de loi d\u00e9cr\u00e8te que 10 agents du Parlement se doivent d'\u00eatre bilingues. C'est tr\u00e8s cat\u00e9gorique et vous permettez au gouverneur en conseil d'en nommer de 20 \u00e0 30 autres, sans demander la permission aux l\u00e9gislateurs, \u00e0 l'ensemble des d\u00e9put\u00e9s. Pouvez-vous m'expliquer cela? Vous nous soustrayez \u00e0 notre devoir qui est de faire des lois et vous accordez ce droit \u00e0 d'autres personnes qui n'ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lues par l'ensemble des Canadiens.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/official-languages/41-1/73/jacques-gourde-6/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jacques-gourde/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/429/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7950303",
"document_url": "/committees/official-languages/41-1/73/",
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}