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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2012-09-28 10:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Fran\u00e7ois Choquette (Drummond, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Fran\u00e7ois Choquette (Drummond, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2983608\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my distinguished colleague for her excellent speech. I listened very closely to her speech and noted the current weakness that exists in the Canada Elections Act. We have been saying for quite some time now that good electoral legislation translates into a healthy democracy. And funding is the very basis of democracy. Basically, if some people have certain economic advantages, that can undermine a healthy democracy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2983609\" data-originallang=\"fr\">That is why I would like to ask my distinguished colleague for her views on the future of the Canada Elections Act. As she mentioned, this bill is merely a first step. Should we not have a complete overhaul of the Canada Elections Act, in order to ensure a strong, fair democracy?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2983608\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je voudrais remercier de son excellente allocution ma distingu\u00e9e coll\u00e8gue. J'ai \u00e9cout\u00e9 cette allocution attentivement et j'ai remarqu\u00e9 toute la faiblesse de la Loi \u00e9lectorale du Canada, pr\u00e9sentement. \u00c7a fait longtemps qu'on dit qu'une bonne loi \u00e9lectorale permet d'avoir une bonne d\u00e9mocratie. Et le financement, c'est \u00e0 la base de la d\u00e9mocratie. En effet, si les gens ont certains avantages p\u00e9cuniaires, \u00e7a peut nuire \u00e0 une bonne d\u00e9mocratie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2983609\" data-originallang=\"fr\">C'est pour cela que je voudrais demander \u00e0 ma distingu\u00e9e coll\u00e8gue comment elle entrevoit l'avenir de la Loi \u00e9lectorale du Canada. Ce projet de loi, ce n'est qu'un d\u00e9but, comme elle le mentionnait. N\u00e9anmoins, ne devrait-on pas avoir toute une r\u00e9forme de la Loi \u00e9lectorale du Canada afin de s'assurer d'avoir une belle d\u00e9mocratie qui est juste?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/9/28/francois-choquette-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/francois-choquette/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4136/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7694493",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Political Loans Accountability Act",
"fr": "Loi sur la responsabilit\u00e9 en mati\u00e8re de pr\u00eats li\u00e9s \u00e0 la politique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/9/28/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2012%2F9%2F28%2F"
}
}