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{
"time": "2011-03-21 12:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Joseph Volpe (Eglinton\u2014Lawrence, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2408781\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the hon. colleague is a lawyer and is accustomed to ensuring that precision is part of the presentation. He will recall that, on June 16, I presented a private member's bill to draw the government's attention to the fact that Mr. Chen's case was languishing in a stupor of indifference. The member for <a data-HoCid=\"128233\" href=\"/politicians/olivia-chow/\" title=\"Olivia Chow\">Trinity\u2014Spadina</a> followed that up the following September, still in 2010, weeks before Mr. Chen's case appeared in court for deliberation. Still there was no action by the government. Remember, the government says that it is tough on crime, but it is indifferent to victims.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2408782\" data-originallang=\"en\">Those of us who really wanted a balanced approach to life were looking for an indication that the government would deliver on its promises, promises made by the <a data-HoCid=\"128705\" href=\"/politicians/jason-kenney/\" title=\"Jason Kenney\">Minister of Immigration</a> and the <a data-HoCid=\"128869\" href=\"/politicians/daniel-petit/\" title=\"Daniel Petit\">Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice</a>. Even the <a data-HoCid=\"105824\" href=\"/politicians/rob-nicholson/\" title=\"Rob Nicholson\">Justice Minister</a>, in his presentation, indicated that in the fall of 2009 he was already in consultation with the provincial attorneys general to do something, and did nothing. Does the member not find this all strange?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2408781\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 est un avocat. Il sait donc comment il faut faire pour qu\u2019un expos\u00e9 soit clair et pr\u00e9cis. Il se souviendra que, le 16 juin, j\u2019ai pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 un projet de loi d\u2019initiative parlementaire pour attirer l\u2019attention du gouvernement sur le fait que le dossier de M. Chen tra\u00eenait encore dans une sorte de torpeur d\u2019indiff\u00e9rence. La d\u00e9put\u00e9e de <a data-HoCid=\"128233\" href=\"/politicians/olivia-chow/\" title=\"Olivia Chow\">Trinity\u2014Spadina</a> a donn\u00e9 suite \u00e0 cette d\u00e9marche en septembre, toujours en 2010, des semaines avant que les tribunaux ne d\u00e9lib\u00e8rent de l\u2019affaire de M. Chen. Pourtant, le gouvernement n\u2019a absolument rien fait. Il faut se rappeler que le gouvernement se targue de s\u00e9vir contre la criminalit\u00e9, mais qu\u2019il est indiff\u00e9rent au sort des victimes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2408782\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ceux d\u2019entre nous qui pr\u00f4naient vraiment une philosophie de vie \u00e9quilibr\u00e9e attendaient du gouvernement le signe qu\u2019il respecterait ses promesses, des promesses faites par le <a data-HoCid=\"128705\" href=\"/politicians/jason-kenney/\" title=\"Jason Kenney\">ministre de l\u2019Immigration</a> et le <a data-HoCid=\"128869\" href=\"/politicians/daniel-petit/\" title=\"Daniel Petit\">secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre de la Justice</a>. M\u00eame le <a data-HoCid=\"105824\" href=\"/politicians/rob-nicholson/\" title=\"Rob Nicholson\">ministre de la Justice</a>, dans son expos\u00e9, a indiqu\u00e9 qu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019automne de 2009, il \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 en consultation avec les procureurs provinciaux pour passer \u00e0 l\u2019action, ce qu\u2019il n\u2019a pas fait. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 ne pense-t-il pas que c\u2019est \u00e9trange?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2011/3/21/joe-volpe-6/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/joe-volpe/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/606/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3811715",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2011/3/21/",
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}