Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2008-02-14 15:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Mario Laframboise (Argenteuil\u2014Papineau\u2014Mirabel, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"907216\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on his presentation. My question is simple. The Conservatives make things difficult, particularly when it comes to amending the Canada Elections Act. In fact, 63 of their own candidates have not yet been reimbursed for their expenses during the last election campaign. Now the Chief Electoral Officer is investigating their expense accounts because they may not have complied with the law. Given that they now want to amend the law, we have to ask: is that in their interest or not?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"907217\" data-originallang=\"fr\">With respect to amendments Nos. 1 and 3, obviously we thought this was about limiting contributions to $1,000 per year, as for individuals. We thought that was a good idea, even when we were in the middle of a leadership race. Lastly, with respect to the problem of granting loans, current legislation provides that if the loan is not paid back within three years, it automatically becomes a contribution, a donation that exceeds the maximum limit under the Elections Act. <sup></sup></p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"907218\" data-originallang=\"fr\">According to this bill, the party would be responsible for paying off that debt. Anyone who contracts a loan and does not pay it back within three years no longer runs the risk of breaking the law and being charged with contravening the Canada Elections Act, because the loan would become a party debt. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"907219\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We have to wonder what the Conservatives are trying to accomplish. I think that they want to use the Canada Elections Act once again to justify election expenses that do not comply with the law.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"907220\" data-originallang=\"fr\">What is my colleague's position on this issue?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"907216\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je tiens d'abord \u00e0 f\u00e9liciter mon coll\u00e8gue de sa pr\u00e9sentation. Ma question sera simple. Avec les conservateurs, c'est assez difficile, surtout lorsqu'il est question de modifier la Loi \u00e9lectorale du Canada. En fait, 63 candidats de leur propre parti n'ont toujours pas \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9dommag\u00e9s des d\u00e9penses lors de la derni\u00e8re campagne \u00e9lectorale. En effet, le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des \u00e9lections conteste leur compte de d\u00e9penses, parce qu'ils n'auraient pas respect\u00e9 la loi. \u00c9tant donn\u00e9 qu'ils veulent modifier cette loi, on doit donc se poser la question: est-ce dans leur int\u00e9r\u00eat ou non? </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"907217\" data-originallang=\"fr\">En ce qui concerne les amendements n<sup>os</sup> 1 et 3, nous pensions \u00e9videmment qu'il s'agissait de limiter leur contribution \u00e0 1 000 $ par ann\u00e9e, comme c'est le cas pour un particulier. Pour nous, c'\u00e9tait int\u00e9ressant, m\u00eame lorsque nous participions \u00e0 une course au leadership. Finalement, en ce qui a trait au probl\u00e8me lorsqu'on accorde des pr\u00eats, la loi actuelle prescrit que, si apr\u00e8s trois ans le pr\u00eat n'est pas rembours\u00e9, automatiquement on devient un donateur. C'est une donation, une contribution selon la Loi \u00e9lectorale, donc le maximum est d\u00e9pass\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"907218\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Conform\u00e9ment \u00e0 ce projet de loi, cette somme deviendra une dette du parti. Ainsi, tous ceux qui auront contract\u00e9 des emprunts ne risqueront plus apr\u00e8s trois ans de devenir des gens qui ne respectent pas la loi, donc des gens qui sont passibles de poursuites par rapport \u00e0 la Loi \u00e9lectorale du Canada, car dor\u00e9navant cela deviendra une dette du parti. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"907219\" data-originallang=\"fr\">On se demande ce que veulent faire les conservateurs. \u00c0 mon avis, ils veulent encore une fois utiliser la Loi \u00e9lectorale du Canada pour faire des d\u00e9penses \u00e9lectorales qui ne sont pas conformes \u00e0 la loi. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"907220\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Quelle est la position de mon coll\u00e8gue sur cette question?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2008/2/14/mario-laframboise-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/mario-laframboise/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/465/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2325407",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada Elections Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2008/2/14/",
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