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{
    "time": "2013-01-30 16:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims (Newton\u2014North Delta, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Jinny Jogindera Sims (Newton\u2014Delta-Nord, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3166044\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, first of all, I will make it very clear, on behalf of all my colleagues, that we have no interest in blocking legislation dealing with the expeditious removal of serious criminals. We believe there are processes in place to do that. However, we do have very serious concerns when the minister of state stands up in the House and calls legitimate debate a filibuster, especially when the Conservative members have taken up all of their speaking spots. Obviously there is a lineup of them who want to debate this as well.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3166045\" data-originallang=\"en\">The amendments we moved at committee stage were very reasonable. I am sure that my colleagues on the Conservative side will agree publicly, as they did at committee, with how reasonable these were. What we were seeking was clarity, and we did not get it. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3166046\" data-originallang=\"en\">Would the minister agree to put the criteria for entry into Canada, or for exclusion, into this piece of legislation?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3166044\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, permettez-moi d'abord de tirer les choses au clair au nom de mes coll\u00e8gues. Nous ne cherchons pas \u00e0 emp\u00eacher l'adoption d'un projet de loi sur le renvoi rapide des criminels dangereux. En fait, nous estimons qu'il existe d\u00e9j\u00e0 des m\u00e9canismes qui permettent d'expulser les criminels. Par contre, nous sommes tr\u00e8s inquiets que le ministre parle de manoeuvres d'obstruction quand il n'est question que d'un d\u00e9bat tout \u00e0 fait l\u00e9gitime. Nous le sommes d'autant plus que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs prennent le maximum de temps de parole auquel ils ont droit. C'est \u00e0 croire qu'ils font la file pour prendre la parole.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3166045\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les amendements que nous avons pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s \u00e0 l'\u00e9tape de l'\u00e9tude en comit\u00e9 \u00e9taient tout \u00e0 fait sens\u00e9s. Mes coll\u00e8gues conservateurs en avaient convenu \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0 et j'esp\u00e8re qu'ils le rediront aujourd'hui. Nous voulions que la mesure l\u00e9gislative soit plus claire, mais nous n'avons pas eu satisfaction.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3166046\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le ministre accepterait-il d'incorporer les crit\u00e8res d'admission au Canada, ou les crit\u00e8res d'exclusion, dans la mesure l\u00e9gislative?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/1/30/jinny-sims-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jinny-sims/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4105/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "7859896",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act",
        "fr": "Loi acc\u00e9l\u00e9rant le renvoi de criminels \u00e9trangers"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Bill C-43--Time Allocation Motion",
        "fr": "Projet de loi C-43 -- Motion d'attribution de temps"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/1/30/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2013%2F1%2F30%2F"
    }
}