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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2011-03-08 15:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Todd Russell",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2373542\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I appreciate the question from my colleague from the New Democratic Party. However, I am not sure that if we had proportional representation that put <em>x</em> number of Conservatives in <em>x</em> number of seats that it would make the Conservatives any more honest or transparent. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2373543\" data-originallang=\"en\">The fact is that the Conservatives have not been honest, have not been transparent and they are willing to use whatever is at their disposal. Now before the courts are their alleged illegal practices to further their own aims and ambitions. In the process, it is the regular Canadians who have some faith in the democratic system and who want to do something better who get caught up in their mess and their scheme. It shakes the confidence of all Canadians in terms of their participation in the political process. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2373544\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Conservatives have done a disservice to Elections Canada, a disservice to this House by not being transparent and accountable and a disservice to ordinary Canadians who want to be involved and participatory.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2373542\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie ma coll\u00e8gue du Nouveau Parti d\u00e9mocratique de sa question. Je ne suis toutefois pas convaincu que, si un nombre <em>x</em> de conservateurs obtenaient un nombre <em>x</em> de si\u00e8ges gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la repr\u00e9sentation proportionnelle, cela rendrait les conservateurs plus honn\u00eates ou transparents. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2373543\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le fait est que les conservateurs n'ont \u00e9t\u00e9 ni honn\u00eates ni transparents et qu'ils sont pr\u00eats \u00e0 utiliser tous les moyens mis \u00e0 leur disposition. Les tribunaux sont actuellement saisis de leurs pratiques ill\u00e9gales pr\u00e9sum\u00e9es, destin\u00e9es \u00e0 les aider \u00e0 r\u00e9aliser leurs propres objectifs et ambitions. Ce sont les Canadiens ordinaires qui croient au syst\u00e8me d\u00e9mocratique et qui souhaitent de meilleures pratiques qui se font prendre dans leur fouillis et leur stratag\u00e8me. Cela \u00e9branle la confiance qu'ont tous les Canadiens dans la participation au processus politique</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2373544\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les conservateurs ont rendu un mauvais service \u00e0 \u00c9lections Canada et \u00e0 la Chambre en ne faisant pas preuve de transparence et en n'\u00e9tant pas responsables et ils ont rendu un mauvais service aux Canadiens ordinaires qui veulent jouer un r\u00f4le dans le processus politique.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2011/3/8/todd-russell-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/todd-russell/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1543/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3791753",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Electoral Financing",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2011/3/8/",
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}