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{
"time": "2011-10-19 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Louis Plamondon (Bas-Richelieu\u2014Nicolet\u2014B\u00e9cancour, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2511016\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, despite the recognition of Quebec as a nation, the three parties recognized in this House unanimously approved the appointment of a unilingual anglophone judge to the Supreme Court, demonstrating their lack of concern for the French language. In addition to being criticized by the public, this choice was also rejected by the Barreau du Qu\u00e9bec, which asks the parliamentary committee tasked with examining these recommendations not to appoint the unilingual judge.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2511017\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Will the <a data-HoCid=\"105824\" href=\"/politicians/rob-nicholson/\" title=\"Rob Nicholson\">Minister of Justice</a> tell Quebeckers that he respects their language and that, as a result, his government will reconsider its decision to appoint a unilingual anglophone judge? </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2511016\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, malgr\u00e9 la reconnaissance de la nation qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise, les trois partis reconnus en cette Chambre ont unanimement approuv\u00e9 la nomination d'un juge anglophone unilingue \u00e0 la Cour supr\u00eame, montrant le peu de cas qu'ils font de la langue fran\u00e7aise. En plus d'\u00eatre d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 par les citoyens, ce choix est rejet\u00e9 par le Barreau du Qu\u00e9bec, qui demande au comit\u00e9 parlementaire charg\u00e9 d'examiner ces recommandations de ne pas nommer le juge unilingue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2511017\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"105824\" href=\"/politicians/rob-nicholson/\" title=\"Rob Nicholson\">ministre de la Justice</a> peut-il indiquer aux Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois et aux Qu\u00e9b\u00e9coises qu'il respecte leur langue et que, par cons\u00e9quent, son gouvernement reviendra sur sa d\u00e9cision de nommer un juge unilingue anglophone?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2011/10/19/louis-plamondon-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/louis-plamondon/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/541/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "4382040",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Government Appointments",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2011/10/19/",
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}
}