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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2011-10-03 11:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Brad Butt (Mississauga\u2014Streetsville, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Brad Butt (Mississauga\u2014Streetsville, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2482633\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to my friend and I found a fair number of contradictions in what he was saying to the House. One is either for democracy or not but the member is both for and against democracy. I found that very contradicting.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2482634\" data-originallang=\"en\">Our goal here is to make the Senate more transparent and ensure that it plays an effective role in Parliament. I do not think I heard the member talking about a constitutional war with the provinces to kill the Senate. , I think our role as parliamentarians is to make the Senate as democratic and transparent as possible and to ensure that the senators over there are doing good work for Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2482635\" data-originallang=\"en\">Perhaps the member could take a moment to better explain whether he believes senators should be elected or whether senators should continue to be appointed in the way they have been for 143 years.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2482633\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'ai \u00e9cout\u00e9 attentivement mon ami et j'ai trouv\u00e9 bon nombre de contradictions dans ce qu'il a affirm\u00e9 devant la Chambre. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 semble notamment \u00eatre tant\u00f4t partisan de la d\u00e9mocratie, tant\u00f4t contre la d\u00e9mocratie. Je trouve que c'est tr\u00e8s contradictoire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2482634\" data-originallang=\"en\">Notre objectif est de rendre le S\u00e9nat plus transparent et de voir \u00e0 ce qu'il joue un r\u00f4le efficace au Parlement. Je ne me souviens pas d'avoir entendu le d\u00e9put\u00e9 parler d'une guerre constitutionnelle avec les provinces pour abolir le S\u00e9nat. Il me semble que notre r\u00f4le de parlementaires consiste \u00e0 rendre le S\u00e9nat aussi d\u00e9mocratique et transparent que possible et \u00e0 nous assurer que les s\u00e9nateurs accomplissent du bon travail pour les Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2482635\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pourrait-il prendre un moment pour mieux nous expliquer ce qu'il pense? Les s\u00e9nateurs devraient-ils \u00eatre \u00e9lus ou continuer d'\u00eatre nomm\u00e9s comme on le fait depuis 143 ans?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2011/10/3/brad-butt-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/brad-butt/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4120/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "4333878",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Senate Reform Act",
"fr": "Loi sur la r\u00e9forme du S\u00e9nat"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2011/10/3/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2011%2F10%2F3%2F"
}
}