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{
"time": "2007-02-26 17:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Ken Epp (Edmonton\u2014Sherwood Park, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"458585\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I have great respect for the member. I appreciate his good, calm way of presenting his arguments today. I contrast that sharply with a member who spoke previously and who made all sorts of scurrilous and untrue accusations against me and my colleagues.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"458586\" data-originallang=\"en\">I wonder, when the member talks about this attack on one of their members, presumably by our <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a>, whether perhaps he would be ready to admit that there is some evidence, and there have been some occasions, where the Liberal government at the time did in fact use its position in order to protect some of its own, and perhaps that was the reason.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"458587\" data-originallang=\"en\">We on this side I think are very puzzled at the flip-flop of the Liberal Party on this particular issue. In a way, I regret that it has become so highly emotional and so politicized. I really wish that we would be able to pass the legislation to prevent the sunsetting at this time and that we could carry on with the finest tradition of protecting our citizens. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"458588\" data-originallang=\"en\">Those are my comments. Perhaps the member has a response. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"458585\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'ai beaucoup de respect pour le d\u00e9put\u00e9. J'appr\u00e9cie la fa\u00e7on dont il a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 ses arguments aujourd'hui. Il contraste grandement avec un d\u00e9put\u00e9 qui a \u00e9mis plus t\u00f4t toutes sortes de remarques calomnieuses et mensong\u00e8res \u00e0 mon \u00e9gard et celui de mes coll\u00e8gues. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"458586\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand le d\u00e9put\u00e9 parle de cette attaque \u00e0 l'endroit d'un d\u00e9put\u00e9 de son parti, pr\u00e9sum\u00e9ment par notre <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a>, je me demande s'il serait dispos\u00e9 \u00e0 admettre l'existence de certaines preuves et de certaines occasions o\u00f9 le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral de l'\u00e9poque a effectivement utilis\u00e9 sa position pour prot\u00e9ger certains de ses membres? C'\u00e9tait peut-\u00eatre la raison.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"458587\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je crois que, de ce c\u00f4t\u00e9-ci de la Chambre, nous sommes tr\u00e8s perplexes devant le volte-face du Parti lib\u00e9ral sur ce sujet en particulier. Je regrette en un sens qu'il soit devenu si \u00e9motif et politis\u00e9. J'aimerais vraiment que nous puissions adopter ce projet de loi afin de contrer pour l'instant la disposition de caducit\u00e9 et de poursuivre cette noble tradition que constitue la protection de nos concitoyens. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"458588\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce sont l\u00e0 mes observations. Peut-\u00eatre que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 voudrait y r\u00e9pondre.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2007/2/26/ken-epp-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/99/",
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"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1936406",
"h1": {
"en": "Orders of the Day",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Anti-terrorism Act",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2007/2/26/",
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}