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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2006-04-24 13:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Peter MacKay",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"30805\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the member for Charlottetown is right when he states that this is an issue that will have repercussions throughout the country, particularly in border communities. As he outlined in his question, this will affect the American people as well and their ability and capacity to travel. In fact, I dare say that given the number of Americans who currently hold passports, this has become a real issue for them. It has also been outlined in Congress.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"30806\" data-originallang=\"en\">He also mentioned the fact, and rightly so, that it is in legislation and therein lies the problem. However, having said that, my colleague, the public security minister, has been speaking with the Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff. I had conversations as recently as 10 days ago with Secretary of State Rice. I believe the timelines that have been set up and the technology that currently exist signal that this discussion will continue for some time. In the meantime, we certainly encourage as many Canadians as possible to apply for and receive their passports.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"30805\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a raison de dire que cette initiative aura une incidence sur le pays tout entier, et particuli\u00e8rement sur les localit\u00e9s frontali\u00e8res. Comme il l'a dit dans sa question, elle aura une incidence sur les Am\u00e9ricains et sur leur capacit\u00e9 de voyager. En effet, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 le petit nombre d'Am\u00e9ricains qui d\u00e9tiennent un passeport, cette question les touche de tr\u00e8s pr\u00e8s. On a aussi fait valoir ce point au Congr\u00e8s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"30806\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il a aussi eu raison de mentionner que les Am\u00e9ricains ont adopt\u00e9 une approche l\u00e9gislative, et c'est l\u00e0 le probl\u00e8me. Cependant, cela dit, mon coll\u00e8gue, le ministre de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique, est en communication avec le secr\u00e9taire \u00e0 la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 int\u00e9rieure, Michael Chertoff. Il n'y a pas plus de dix jours, je me suis entretenu avec la secr\u00e9taire d'\u00c9tat, Condoleezza Rice. Je pense que les \u00e9ch\u00e9anciers qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 fix\u00e9s et que la technologie actuelle semblent indiquer que cette discussion durera un certain temps. En attendant, j'encourage \u00e9videmment tous les Canadiens \u00e0 commencer les d\u00e9marches pour obtenir un passeport.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/4/24/peter-mackay-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/peter-mackay/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1332/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1506224",
"h1": {
"en": "Speech From The Throne",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "RESUMPTION OF DEBATE ON ADDRESS IN REPLY",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/4/24/",
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}