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{
"time": "2007-02-07 15:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Peter Julian",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"432346\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Mr. Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"432347\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Jean is, I think, raising other questions that as far as I'm concerned reinforce what the other members have said about the importance of moving forward on this. He talked about tendering a renewal of a contract. There's no indication that there was any tendering or renewal of the contract itself, just an announcement of a contract extension.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"432348\" data-originallang=\"en\">Another question that is extremely important is when the investigation began. Did it begin before or after the contract extension? It didn't come through a tendering process. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"432349\" data-originallang=\"en\">So there are a number of questions, and the more the parliamentary secretary speaks, the more I think it becomes evident that we need to have the minister come here to answer these kinds of questions. I certainly agree with some of my colleagues that CATSA as well has questions to answer. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"432350\" data-originallang=\"en\">I disagree completely with any idea that this committee has no mandate to investigate these kinds of situations. I feel quite the contrary: this is our responsibility. That's why we're elected to Parliament, to oversee. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"432351\" data-originallang=\"en\">When we see concerns such as a quarter of a million people receiving at best rudimentary screening, then it is our responsibility to say, whoa, there's a problem here. What has the government done about it? How are these contracts extended without tender? When are the investigations put into place, when serious security breaches like this are identified?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"432352\" data-originallang=\"en\">These are all questions that need to come forward, and I agree with my colleagues on this side that this is an important motion.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"432346\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"432347\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je pense que M. Jean soul\u00e8ve d'autres questions qui ne font que confirmer ce que d'autres d\u00e9put\u00e9s ont dit au sujet de l'importance d'agir dans ce dossier. Il a fait allusion \u00e0 un appel d'offres pour le renouvellement d'un contrat. Il n'y a rien qui indique qu'il y a eu un appel d'offres ni que le contrat lui-m\u00eame a \u00e9t\u00e9 renouvel\u00e9, il n'y a eu que l'annonce de la prolongation du contrat.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"432348\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il serait aussi extr\u00eamement important de d\u00e9terminer quand l'enqu\u00eate a commenc\u00e9. A-t-elle commenc\u00e9 avant ou apr\u00e8s la prolongation du contrat? Il n'y a pas eu d'appel d'offres pour cela. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"432349\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a donc beaucoup de questions, et plus le secr\u00e9taire parlementaire parle, plus il me semble \u00e9vident que nous devons inviter le ministre \u00e0 compara\u00eetre pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 ce type de questions. Je suis tout \u00e0 fait d'accord avec certains de mes coll\u00e8gues, \u00e9galement, que les repr\u00e9sentants de l'ACSTA doivent aussi r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 des questions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"432350\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis totalement en d\u00e9saccord avec l'id\u00e9e que ce comit\u00e9 n'a pas pour mandat de faire enqu\u00eate sur ce type de situation. Je pense tout le contraire: c'est notre responsabilit\u00e9. C'est la raison pour laquelle nous avons \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lus au Parlement, pour surveiller ce qui se passe. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"432351\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand nous voyons qu'un quart de million de personnes subissent, au mieux, un contr\u00f4le rudimentaire, il est de notre responsabilit\u00e9 de constater qu'il y a un probl\u00e8me. Que le gouvernement fait-il? Comment se fait-il que ces contrats soient prolong\u00e9s sans appel d'offres? Quand commence-t-on \u00e0 mener enqu\u00eate lorsqu'il y a de graves d\u00e9faillances du syst\u00e8me de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 comme dans ce cas-ci?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"432352\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce sont autant de questions auxquelles il faut des r\u00e9ponses, et je suis d'accord avec mes coll\u00e8gues de ce c\u00f4t\u00e9 que cette motion est importante.</p>"
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