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{
"time": "2008-02-11 16:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Pierre Poilievre",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"895392\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the reason so many people are confused about the Liberal position on crime is that they are confused themselves. They have used procedural complexity as their refuge on this issue, claiming that they wanted to fast-track all of these bills months ago. The problem is that the Chair indicated that was procedurally impossible because it violated the rules of the House of Commons.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"895393\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, let us assume for a moment that they were telling the truth. I know it is a strange exercise to engage in but let us do it for hypothetical reasons. If the Liberals really were prepared to fast-track our legislation on crime months ago, why not now?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"895392\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la raison pour laquelle tant de gens ne savent pas quelle est la position des lib\u00e9raux sur la criminalit\u00e9, c'est que les lib\u00e9raux eux-m\u00eames ne le savent pas. La complexit\u00e9 de la proc\u00e9dure leur sert de refuge dans cette affaire et ils affirment qu'ils voulaient faire adopter rapidement tous ces projets de loi il y a de cela plusieurs mois. Le probl\u00e8me, c'est que la pr\u00e9sidence a montr\u00e9 que, aux termes de la proc\u00e9dure, cela aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 impossible parce que cela aurait enfreint le R\u00e8glement de la Chambre des communes. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"895393\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quoi qu'il en soit, supposons pour un instant qu'ils disent la v\u00e9rit\u00e9. Je sais que c'est l\u00e0 un exercice \u00e9trange, mais faisons-le \u00e0 des fins hypoth\u00e9tiques. Si les lib\u00e9raux \u00e9taient vraiment pr\u00eats \u00e0 adopter rapidement ces projets de loi sur la criminalit\u00e9 il y a plusieurs mois, pourquoi ne le sont-ils pas maintenant?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/2/11/pierre-poilievre-8/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/pierre-poilievre/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1394/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2311272",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Tackling Violent Crime Legislation",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/2/11/",
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}
}