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{
    "time": "2009-11-03 17:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Gordon Brown",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1669678\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, those who came in front of the committee felt that it should be in there. However, some of course were concerned that there may be times when inadvertent communications were sent by email. If in fact there was an inadvertent situation where an email was put through, as long as it was not the intent to go against legislation, there would be some protection there. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1669679\" data-originallang=\"en\">The private right of action is there, but there is protection for those who would send an inadvertent email message or a cellphone text. However, they would only be able to get away with that inadvertence for a very limited time because we do need to ensure that this protection is in place to protect Canadians.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1669678\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les personnes qui ont comparu devant le comit\u00e9 croyaient que ce droit priv\u00e9 d\u2019action devait \u00eatre inclus dans le projet de loi. Toutefois, certaines personnes craignaient que des communications \u00e9lectroniques puissent \u00eatre parfois diffus\u00e9es par inadvertance. Si une personne envoyait un message \u00e9lectronique par inadvertance, sans qu'elle ait l'intention d'aller \u00e0 l'encontre du projet de loi, elle b\u00e9n\u00e9ficierait de mesures de protection pr\u00e9vues dans le projet de loi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1669679\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le projet de loi comporte un droit priv\u00e9 d\u2019action, mais il pr\u00e9voit aussi des mesures de protection pour les personnes qui envoient par inadvertance des messages par courriel ou sur leur cellulaire. Toutefois, elles b\u00e9n\u00e9ficieraient seulement de ces protections pendant un temps limit\u00e9 parce que nous devons nous assurer de mettre en place ce droit priv\u00e9 d\u2019action afin de prot\u00e9ger les Canadiens.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2009/11/3/gord-brown-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/gord-brown/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1383/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2935801",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Electronic Commerce Protection Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2009/11/3/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F11%2F3%2F"
    }
}