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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2010-09-28 14:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Tony Clement (Minister of Industry, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2084658\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, as I have already stated, we have taken a fair and reasonable position that strikes a balance between Canadians' right to privacy and the need for access to information that is important to society.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2084659\" data-originallang=\"fr\">However, as the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> said, the Bloc leader's position is clear, and I quote: \u201cIf people refuse to take part in the census, Ottawa could refuse to issue them a passport or pay them employment insurance benefits.\u201d That is not the position of a reasonable government.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2084658\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme je l'ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 dit, nous avons une position \u00e9quitable et raisonnable pour maintenir l'\u00e9quilibre entre les droits des Canadiens \u00e0 la vie priv\u00e9e et l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des renseignements importants pour la soci\u00e9t\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2084659\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Toutefois, comme le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> l'a dit, la position du chef du Bloc est claire, et je cite: \u00ab Si les citoyens ne veulent pas se plier \u00e0 l'exercice du recensement, Ottawa pourrait refuser de leur d\u00e9livrer un passeport, ou alors ne pas leur verser d'allocations d'assurance-emploi. \u00bb Ce n'est pas la position d'un gouvernement raisonnable. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/9/28/tony-clement-8/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/tony-clement/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/376/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3304042",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Census",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/9/28/",
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}
}