{"time": "2012-11-19 18:05:00", "attribution": {"en": "Ms. Ruth Ellen Brosseau", "fr": "Mme Ruth Ellen Brosseau"}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3080181\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for her question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3080182\" data-originallang=\"fr\">It is very important, because what we saw at XL Foods revealed a major lack of transparency. I felt like I was working in the dark because we kept asking questions, but we never got any answers. Where is the ministerial accountability of the <a data-HoCid=\"111560\" href=\"/politicians/gerry-ritz/\" title=\"Gerry Ritz\">Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food</a>? I do not think he had any then.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3080183\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We must protect whistleblowers at processing plants. The Conservatives justified their position by saying that this was not necessary since it already exists in the Criminal Code and that is enough. After seeing what we saw, we know that it is not enough. People felt very vulnerable. They were not comfortable saying that they saw a problem and that something needed to be done.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3080184\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Whistleblower protection would help them. It would create a healthier, more transparent environment. That is exactly what we need when it comes to food safety: transparency and safety.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3080185\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We must stand up for our workers with the proposed amendments.</p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3080181\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais remercier ma coll\u00e8gue de sa question. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3080182\" data-originallang=\"fr\">C'est vraiment important, car ce qu'on a vu chez XL Foods relevait d'un important manque de transparence. J'avais l'impression de travailler dans le noir parce qu'on posait des questions sans jamais obtenir de r\u00e9ponse. O\u00f9 est la responsabilit\u00e9 minist\u00e9rielle du <a data-HoCid=\"111560\" href=\"/politicians/gerry-ritz/\" title=\"Gerry Ritz\">ministre de l'Agriculture et de l'Agroalimentaire</a>? Je pense qu'il n'y en avait pas \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3080183\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il faut prot\u00e9ger les d\u00e9nonciateurs des usines de transformation. Or les conservateurs se justifiaient en disant que ce n'\u00e9tait pas n\u00e9cessaire puisque cela existait d\u00e9j\u00e0 dans le Code criminel et que c'\u00e9tait suffisant. Or apr\u00e8s avoir vu ce qu'on a vu, on sait que ce n'est pas suffisant. Les gens se sentaient tr\u00e8s vuln\u00e9rables. Ils n'\u00e9taient pas \u00e0 l'aise de dire qu'ils avaient vu un probl\u00e8me et qu'il fallait agir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3080184\" data-originallang=\"fr\">La protection des d\u00e9nonciateurs les aiderait. Cela cr\u00e9erait un environnement plus sain et plus transparent. C'est exactement ce dont on a besoin en mati\u00e8re de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire: la transparence et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3080185\" data-originallang=\"fr\">On doit d\u00e9fendre nos travailleurs avec les amendements propos\u00e9s.</p>"}, "url": "/debates/2012/11/19/ruth-ellen-brosseau-6/", "politician_url": "/politicians/ruth-ellen-brosseau/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4127/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "7783041", "h1": {"en": "Government Orders", "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"}, "h2": {"en": "Safe Food for Canadians Act", "fr": "Loi sur la salubrit\u00e9 des aliments au Canada"}, "document_url": "/debates/2012/11/19/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2012%2F11%2F19%2F"}}