Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2010-10-28 10:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Olivia Chow",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2124390\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, in Canada we have had two approaches. One approach is a welcoming and caring approach to refugees. If we look at the Vietnamese boat people, their arrival to Canada was very much celebrated by church groups, by the government and by Canadians. They settled well in Canada and have made tremendous contributions to the well-being of Canada. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2124391\" data-originallang=\"en\">Another approach has been that we did not want them and we would detain them. If we look at the Somali refugees, for example, we detained them for an extensive period of time. Further back in history, we have turned boats away, whether they were from India or from Europe. As a result, we have caused deaths and suffering, whether they were Jews or Sikhs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2124392\" data-originallang=\"en\">We have also interned Italians and Japanese because of their ethnic origins. The internments, for peace especially, is what I really am concerned about.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2124393\" data-originallang=\"en\">If this bill passes the way it is written, we will see children being interned in jail and detained for at least a year, if not a year and a half. The psychological impact that would have on these children would be devastating. Let us give serious thought to this because detaining a child for more than even a few weeks is very problematic. I doubt that many of them would even recover after being detained for more than a year.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2124390\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, au Canada nous avons toujours eu deux fa\u00e7ons de traiter les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s. D'une part, nous accueillons les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et les prenons en charge. Prenez les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s vietnamiens. Leur arriv\u00e9e au Canada a \u00e9t\u00e9 applaudie par des groupes confessionnels, par le gouvernement et par les Canadiens. Ils se sont \u00e9tablis au Canada et contribuent grandement au bien-\u00eatre du Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2124391\" data-originallang=\"en\">D'autre part, nous tournons le dos aux r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et nous les pla\u00e7ons en d\u00e9tention. Prenons les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s somaliens, par exemple. Nous les avons gard\u00e9s en d\u00e9tention pendant une longue p\u00e9riode. \u00c0 une autre \u00e9poque, nous avons forc\u00e9 des bateaux \u00e0 faire demi-tour, certains venaient de l'Inde, d'autres d'Europe. Ce faisant, nous avons caus\u00e9 beaucoup de souffrances et m\u00eame la mort des personnes concern\u00e9es, qu'il s'agisse de Juifs ou de sikhs, </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2124392\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons \u00e9galement intern\u00e9 des Italiens et des Japonais en raison de leur origine ethnique. Les internements, plus particuli\u00e8rement au motif de pr\u00e9server la paix, sont ceux qui me pr\u00e9occupent vraiment.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2124393\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si ce projet de loi est adopt\u00e9 en l'\u00e9tat, nous verrons des enfants intern\u00e9s en prison pendant au moins un an, voire un an et demi. Les r\u00e9percussions psychologiques sur ces enfants seraient destructrices. Prenons le temps d'y r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir parce que la d\u00e9tention d'un enfant pendant plus de quelques semaines est tr\u00e8s probl\u00e9matique. Je doute qu'un grand nombre d'entre eux se remettent jamais d'une d\u00e9tention de plus d'un an.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/10/28/olivia-chow-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/olivia-chow/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/374/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3432513",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Preventing Human Smugglers From Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/10/28/",
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