Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2010-03-30 16:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Nathan Cullen",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1839823\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the amendment put forward by the Liberal member is more than an insult. It pretends to do something it knows it will not. It pretends to provide some sort of security with respect to human rights in Colombia, yet the amendment asks the Colombia government to do that. It proposes that the Colombian government review its own human rights record, decide whether it is good enough and then tell Canadians and Colombians about it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1839824\" data-originallang=\"en\">I do not want to be cynical, but my suspicion is this. If the Colombian government continues to break human rights, continues to assassinate trade union leaders, it will not report on it. That is just a guess.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1839825\" data-originallang=\"en\">The fact that the Liberal member proposes this as some sort of fix or cure is an insult to everyone's intelligence in this place. Worse, it has the tragic consequence of continuing a practice that simply must not be allowed to continue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1839826\" data-originallang=\"en\">It seems to me that in order to facilitate the things that Canada wishes, which is a better world for all, to raise all ships to better environmental standards, the first thing we should do is practise that type of integrity in this place. The amendment is a waste of time and paper. We should move to a real fair trade deal with Colombia and Canada. That would be true progress.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1839823\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, l'amendement propos\u00e9 par le d\u00e9put\u00e9 lib\u00e9ral est une v\u00e9ritable insulte. Il vise \u00e0 accomplir quelque chose d'impossible: il feint d'offrir une certaine protection des droits de la personne en Colombie, mais il demande au gouvernement de ce pays de s'en charger. Il propose au gouvernement de la Colombie d'\u00e9tudier son propre bilan en mati\u00e8re de droits de la personne, de d\u00e9cider si les r\u00e9sultats sont acceptables, puis de rendre compte aux Canadiens et aux Colombiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1839824\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne cherche pas \u00e0 faire mon cynique, mais je soup\u00e7onne que si le gouvernement de la Colombie continue \u00e0 violer les droits de la personne et \u00e0 assassiner des dirigeants syndicaux, il ne le signalera pas. Ce n'est qu'une hypoth\u00e8se.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1839825\" data-originallang=\"en\">En pr\u00e9sentant cette mesure comme s'il s'agissait d'une solution ou d'un rem\u00e8de, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 lib\u00e9ral fait un affront \u00e0 l'intelligence de toutes les personnes ici pr\u00e9sentes. Pis encore, la mesure aurait la cons\u00e9quence tragique de permettre la poursuite d'une pratique qui doit absolument \u00eatre abolie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1839826\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il me semble que, pour r\u00e9aliser les objectifs du Canada \u2014 qui cherche \u00e0 cr\u00e9er un monde meilleur pour tous \u2014 et pour que tous profitent de meilleures normes environnementales, nous devrions d'abord et avant tout faire preuve de ce genre d'int\u00e9grit\u00e9 ici m\u00eame. L'amendement est une perte de temps et un gaspillage de papier. Pour accomplir de vrais progr\u00e8s, nous devrions tenter de conclure un v\u00e9ritable accord de commerce \u00e9quitable entre la Colombie et le Canada. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/3/30/nathan-cullen-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/nathan-cullen/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1287/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3071633",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/3/30/",
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