Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2011-09-20 13:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Judy Sgro",
        "fr": "L'hon. Judy Sgro"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2470972\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, clearly we were a government that did not react on a knee-jerk basis every time by announcing we would put people who did this or that in jail. We were much more compassionate. I do understand very well, as do several of my colleagues on this side of the House who have been ministers.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2470973\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is a balancing act between doing what is constitutionally right and what is legally right by respecting the rights of people who are being terrorized and endure tremendous hardships when they are fleeing from their countries.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2470974\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are lucky in this country because we have a roof over our head and food on the table. We have no idea how tough or difficult life is for the many people who are desperate to escape from war-ravaged countries. Until we attempt to walk in their shoes, we have no understanding of how terror and starvation can lead them to pursue such desperate and illegal measures as paying $50,000 to get on a boat to come here. They are desperate and it is that desperation that ministers need to take into consideration in the balancing act of the choices they must make.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2470972\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il est clair que notre gouvernement ne r\u00e9agissait pas syst\u00e9matiquement impulsivement en annon\u00e7ant que nous mettrions les gens qui font ceci ou cela en prison. Nous faisions preuve de beaucoup plus de compassion. Je comprends tr\u00e8s bien la situation, comme plusieurs de mes coll\u00e8gues de ce c\u00f4t\u00e9-ci de la Chambre qui ont occup\u00e9 la fonction de ministre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2470973\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il s'agit d'\u00e9tablir un \u00e9quilibre entre ce qui est juste du point de vue constitutionnel et ce qui est juste du point de vue juridique, en respectant les droits des personnes qui sont terroris\u00e9es et traversent des \u00e9preuves extr\u00eames lorsqu'elles fuient leur pays.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2470974\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous sommes chanceux dans notre pays, parce que nous avons un toit au-dessus de notre t\u00eate et de la nourriture sur notre table. Nous ne savons pas \u00e0 quel point la vie des nombreuses personnes qui cherchent par tous les moyens \u00e0 fuir leur pays ravag\u00e9 par la guerre est difficile. \u00c0 moins d'essayer de nous mettre \u00e0 leur place, nous ne pouvons pas comprendre pourquoi la terreur et la privation peuvent les pousser \u00e0 poser des gestes aussi d\u00e9sesp\u00e9r\u00e9s et ill\u00e9gaux que payer 50 000 $ pour embarquer \u00e0 bord d'un navire pour venir au Canada. Ces personnes sont d\u00e9sesp\u00e9r\u00e9es et c'est ce d\u00e9sespoir que les ministres doivent prendre en consid\u00e9ration lorsqu'ils tentent d'\u00e9tablir un juste \u00e9quilibre.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2011/9/20/judy-sgro-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/judy-sgro/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3671/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "4256428",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act",
        "fr": "Loi visant \u00e0 emp\u00eacher les passeurs d'utiliser abusivement le syst\u00e8me d'immigration canadien"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2011/9/20/",
    "related": {
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    }
}