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{
    "time": "2010-06-09 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. France Bonsant (Compton\u2014Stanstead, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2025641\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the extreme right has arrived in Parliament. The ultra-conservative members of the Reform Party, the Canadian Alliance and other right-wing splinter groups have won: they have taken Parliament hostage.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025642\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Using their favourite puppet, the Conservative Party, these groups take pleasure in destroying all the gains achieved over the years. I am referring to their position on abortion, the firearms registry and the funding cruelly taken away from the most vulnerable members of our society. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025643\" data-originallang=\"fr\">As we near the end of this session, only one conclusion can be drawn: these Reform Conservatives will do everything they can to impose their regressive views. Quebec can always count on a party that, unlike the Liberals and the NDP, will always stand up when it is time to protect these gains. The Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois is here to defend the interests and values of the Quebec nation.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2025641\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la droite radicale a fait son entr\u00e9e au Parlement. Les ultra-conservateurs du Reform Party, de l'Alliance canadienne et d'autres groupuscules profond\u00e9ment de droite ont gagn\u00e9 leur pari: prendre en otage le Parlement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025642\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 leur v\u00e9hicule pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9, soit le gouvernement conservateur, ces groupes s'amusent \u00e0 mettre la hache dans les acquis obtenus au fil des ans. Je pense \u00e0 leur position sur l'avortement, au registre des armes \u00e0 feu et aux subventions retir\u00e9es sauvagement aux groupes les plus vuln\u00e9rables de notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025643\" data-originallang=\"fr\">En cette fin de session, une conclusion s'impose: les \u00ab r\u00e9formistes \u00bb conservateurs tentent par tous les moyens d'imposer leur vision r\u00e9trograde. Le Qu\u00e9bec peut toutefois compter sur un parti qui, contrairement aux lib\u00e9raux et aux n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates, se tient debout lorsqu'il est temps de prot\u00e9ger ces acquis. Le Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois est l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre les int\u00e9r\u00eats et les valeurs de la nation qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/6/9/france-bonsant-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/france-bonsant/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1469/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3217567",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Conservatives",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/6/9/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2010%2F6%2F9%2F"
    }
}