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{
"time": "2008-04-14 14:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Jean-Claude D'Amours (Madawaska\u2014Restigouche, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1027061\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, now more than ever, it is clear that the court challenges program is vital to this country's minorities.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1027062\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Marie-Claire Paulin, who just won a long and important battle against the RCMP to uphold linguistic minority rights, said that without this program, she never could have defended her rights all the way to the Supreme Court.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1027063\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Why is this government refusing so stubbornly to reinstate the court challenges program? This is a simple question. Why go against the will of the linguistic minorities?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1027061\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, plus que jamais, il est clair que le Programme de contestation judiciaire est indispensable aux minorit\u00e9s de ce pays. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1027062\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mme Marie-Claire Paulin, qui vient de remporter une longue et importante bataille contre la GRC pour la d\u00e9fense des minorit\u00e9s linguistiques, a dit que sans ce programme, elle n'aurait jamais pu d\u00e9fendre ses droits jusqu'en Cour supr\u00eame.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1027063\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourquoi ce gouvernement refuse-t-il avec tant d'ardeur de remettre sur pied le Programme de contestation judiciaire? Il s'agit d'une si simple question. Pourquoi aller \u00e0 l'encontre de la volont\u00e9 des minorit\u00e9s linguistiques?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/4/14/jean-claude-damours-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jean-claude-damours/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1317/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2417710",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Court Challenges Program",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/4/14/",
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}