Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2008-06-03 12:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Jim Karygiannis",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1132566\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out to the hon. member that we did the honourable thing. There was an inquiry at which prime ministers testified. I am wondering if the current <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> will be testifying before committee about the affair involving the previous minister of foreign affairs. He certainly is not.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1132567\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, the fact still remains that the minister was not asked once but twice about where the money was spent. She said that she would provide the information but she did not. Which part of that does the member not understand? Which part of that does the member still want me to point out? I guess none of it because he does not want to listen.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1132568\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member talked about foreign credentials. I want to share with him a personal experience about foreign credentials.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1132569\" data-originallang=\"en\">He talked about a website that the government has set up. The minister raves about the site and says that it has had thousands of hits. I am just wondering if any of the Conservative members have taken the opportunity to visit that website and see what is on it. It has a phone number that refers people to Service Canada. When people phone Service Canada about foreign credential recognition it does not know what it is talking about. I phoned myself and said that I was an engineer who had graduated from the University of Toronto and was thinking about moving back to my area in Canada, and I gave the person the coordinates. When I asked who I should be calling I was told to contact the professional association of engineering technologists. Service Canada does not know what it is talking about and neither does that member.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1132566\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je ferais remarquer au d\u00e9put\u00e9 que nous avons r\u00e9agi honorablement. Il y a eu une enqu\u00eate lors de laquelle des premiers ministres ont t\u00e9moign\u00e9. Je me demande si le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> actuel t\u00e9moignera devant le comit\u00e9 au sujet de l'affaire impliquant l'ancien ministre des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res. Il ne le fera s\u00fbrement pas.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1132567\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il n'en demeure pas moins qu'on a demand\u00e9 \u00e0 la ministre, non pas une, mais deux fois, \u00e0 quoi l'argent avait servi. Elle a dit qu'elle fournirait cette information, mais elle ne l'a pas fait. Qu'est-ce que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 ne comprend pas l\u00e0-dedans? Quelle partie veut-il que je souligne? Aucune, je suppose, puisqu'il ne veut pas \u00e9couter. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1132568\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a parl\u00e9 des titres de comp\u00e9tence \u00e9trangers. J'aimerais lui raconter une exp\u00e9rience personnelle \u00e0 ce sujet.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1132569\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il a parl\u00e9 d'un site web cr\u00e9\u00e9 par le gouvernement. La ministre en parle avec enthousiasme, disant qu'il a enregistr\u00e9 des milliers de visites. Je me demande simplement si des d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs ont pris la peine de visiter ce site pour voir ce qu'on y trouve. On y trouve un num\u00e9ro de t\u00e9l\u00e9phone pour communiquer avec Service Canada. Lorsque des gens t\u00e9l\u00e9phonent \u00e0 Service Canada pour s'informer sur la reconnaissance des titres de comp\u00e9tence \u00e9trangers, ceux qui r\u00e9pondent ne savent pas de quoi ils parlent. J'ai t\u00e9l\u00e9phon\u00e9 et j'ai dit que j'\u00e9tais un ing\u00e9nieur dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de l'Universit\u00e9 de Toronto et que je pensais retourner dans ma r\u00e9gion du Canada et j'ai donn\u00e9 les coordonn\u00e9es \u00e0 la personne. Lorsque j'ai demand\u00e9 qui je devrais appeler, elle m'a dit de communiquer avec l'association professionnelle des ing\u00e9nieurs technologues. \u00c0 Service Canada, on ne sait pas de quoi on parle, tout comme ce d\u00e9put\u00e9. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2008/6/3/jim-karygiannis-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jim-karygiannis/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3225/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2505912",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Budget Implementation Act, 2008",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2008/6/3/",
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}