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{
"time": "2010-04-20 16:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Claude Bachand",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1883109\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to congratulate my colleague for his command of French. I appreciate the fact that he expresses himself in the language of Moli\u00e8re. I also appreciate the fact that he sends his children to French school. I think that it is very important, especially since year after year, statistics show that the French fact in Canada is completely in decline. I hope that his example will inspire others and that there will be more people like him.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1883110\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Regarding the proportional representation to which he refers, if I heard my colleague correctly, there are 129,000 constituents in his riding and he says it is normal that we should look at representation so that it is more or less equitable for everyone.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1883111\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I am returning to my example of Prince Edward Island, with its population of 129,000 people. Despite that, it has four members. So it is not working. What I want to say to my friend is that there is a historical notion as far as Quebec is concerned. In our province, we have one of the founding nations. That is why more and more people are starting to say that there should be an exception for Quebec. It is similar to what we said earlier about Prince Edward Island; that it constitutes an exception. There should be an exception for us as well and we should maintain the proportion of Quebec seats at 25%. The bill currently before us does not say that. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1883109\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je veux d'abord f\u00e9liciter mon coll\u00e8gue pour son fran\u00e7ais. J'appr\u00e9cie qu'il s'exprime dans la langue de Moli\u00e8re. J'appr\u00e9cie aussi qu'il envoie ses enfants \u00e0 l'\u00e9cole fran\u00e7aise. Je pense que c'est tr\u00e8s important, surtout que les statistiques, ann\u00e9e apr\u00e8s ann\u00e9e, nous d\u00e9montrent que le fait fran\u00e7ais est compl\u00e8tement en r\u00e9gression au Canada. J'esp\u00e8re que son exemple va se r\u00e9percuter et qu'il va y en avoir d'autres.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1883110\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Concernant la repr\u00e9sentation proportionnelle auquel il fait r\u00e9f\u00e9rence, si j'ai bien entendu mon coll\u00e8gue, il y a 129 000 \u00e9lecteurs dans son comt\u00e9 et il se dit que c'est normal qu'on aille du c\u00f4t\u00e9 de la repr\u00e9sentation pour que ce soit \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s \u00e9quitable pour tout le monde. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1883111\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je reviens avec mon exemple de l'\u00cele-du-Prince-\u00c9douard avec sa population de 129 000 personnes. Pourtant, il y a quatre d\u00e9put\u00e9s. Alors, cela ne fonctionne pas. Ce que je veux dire \u00e0 mon ami, c'est qu'il y a une notion historique en ce qui concerne le Qu\u00e9bec. On y retrouve un des peuples fondateurs. C'est pour cela qu'il y a de plus en plus de gens qui commencent \u00e0 dire qu'il faut une r\u00e8gle d'exception pour le Qu\u00e9bec. C'est un peu comme ce qu'on a dit tant\u00f4t pour l'\u00cele-du-Prince-\u00c9douard, \u00e0 savoir que c'est une exception. Pour nous aussi, il devrait y avoir une exception et on devrait garder la proportion de si\u00e8ges du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 25 p. 100. Ce n'est pas ce que dit le projet de loi qui est devant nous actuellement.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/4/20/claude-bachand-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/claude-bachand/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3317/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3106756",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition motion\u2014Representation of Quebec in the House of Commons",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/4/20/",
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}