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{
"time": "2011-02-17 12:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Dominic LeBlanc",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2329774\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"128453\" href=\"/politicians/jim-maloway/\" title=\"Jim Maloway\">Elmwood\u2014Transcona</a> has identified yet another compelling example, in this case a very recent one from this week, of the government refusing to make important information public before it asks the House and the other place to vote on important government legislation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2329775\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am not surprised that the government has bullied the Deputy Minister of Public Safety into silence. At least it did not force her to mislead the House or the committee, as we saw recently with some of the horrible circumstances surrounding the <a data-HoCid=\"111559\" href=\"/politicians/bev-oda/\" title=\"Bev Oda\">Minister of International Cooperation</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2329776\" data-originallang=\"en\">The government bullied the Ethics Commissioner into retirement, fired the head of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and bullied the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Surely we should not be surprised that a deputy minister who serves at the pleasure of the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> would be muzzled and forced to appear before a parliamentary committee in an expedited and rushed process and not give accurate or reliable information whatsoever about the cost of a regressive criminal justice measure. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2329777\" data-originallang=\"en\">I know my colleague from <a data-HoCid=\"128092\" href=\"/politicians/stephane-dion/\" title=\"St\u00e9phane Dion\">Saint-Laurent\u2014Cartierville</a> has some very strong views on the regressive nature of the justice legislation the government has been asking Parliament to swallow, and I look forward to his comments.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2329774\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'<a data-HoCid=\"128453\" href=\"/politicians/jim-maloway/\" title=\"Jim Maloway\">Elmwood\u2014Transcona</a> vient d'illustrer parfaitement encore une fois \u2014 et cet exemple date de cette semaine \u2014 que le gouvernement refuse de rendre publics d'importants renseignements avant que la Chambre et l'autre endroit ne votent sur d'importantes mesures l\u00e9gislatives gouvernementales. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2329775\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne suis pas surpris que le gouvernement ait contraint la sous-ministre de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique au silence. Au moins, il ne l'a pas forc\u00e9e \u00e0 tromper la Chambre ou le comit\u00e9, comme on l'a vu r\u00e9cemment dans le cas tr\u00e8s troublant de la <a data-HoCid=\"111559\" href=\"/politicians/bev-oda/\" title=\"Bev Oda\">ministre de la Coop\u00e9ration internationale</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2329776\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement a forc\u00e9 le commissaire \u00e0 l'\u00e9thique \u00e0 prendre sa retraite, il a vir\u00e9 la pr\u00e9sidente de la Commission canadienne de s\u00fbret\u00e9 nucl\u00e9aire et a harcel\u00e9 le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des \u00e9lections du Canada. Nous ne devrions vraiment pas \u00eatre surpris qu'une sous-ministre, dont la nomination peut \u00eatre r\u00e9voqu\u00e9e en tout temps par le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a>, soit musel\u00e9e et contrainte de compara\u00eetre devant un comit\u00e9 parlementaire dans le cadre d'un processus acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9 et ne fournisse absolument aucun renseignement correct et fiable sur les co\u00fbts engendr\u00e9s par une mesure r\u00e9gressive relative au droit p\u00e9nal.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2329777\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je sais que mon coll\u00e8gue de <a data-HoCid=\"128092\" href=\"/politicians/stephane-dion/\" title=\"St\u00e9phane Dion\">Saint-Laurent\u2014Cartierville</a> a des id\u00e9es bien arr\u00eat\u00e9es sur la nature r\u00e9gressive des mesures l\u00e9gislatives sur la justice que le gouvernement a demand\u00e9 au Parlement d'avaler, et j'attends avec impatience ses commentaires. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2011/2/17/dominic-leblanc-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/dominic-leblanc/",
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"source_id": "3757686",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion--Documents Requested by the Standing Committee on Finance",
"fr": ""
},
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