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{
"time": "2013-11-21 10:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Marc Garneau (Westmount\u2014Ville-Marie, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Marc Garneau (Westmount\u2014Ville-Marie, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3476143\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her presentation. We in the Liberal Party certainly share the same feelings about taking a very scientific and evidence-based approach to this very important issue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3476144\" data-originallang=\"en\">The reality is that drug addicts are among the most unfortunate people on this earth. It is not something one goes into because one decides to become a drug addict. Very often, drug addicts, of course, have more serious problems that have possibly driven them to become drug addicts, yet some members from the government side, when they are hyperbolic, seem to treat InSite locations as if they will actually attract innocent people who want to take drugs, who want to become addicts, rather than understanding that this is for harm reduction.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3476145\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why does the member think this is the approach of the Conservative government toward this very important issue?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3476143\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie ma coll\u00e8gue de son expos\u00e9. Nous, d\u00e9put\u00e9s du Parti lib\u00e9ral, sommes certes du m\u00eame avis: dans ce dossier tr\u00e8s important, il faut adopter une approche tr\u00e8s scientifique et fond\u00e9e sur des donn\u00e9es probantes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3476144\" data-originallang=\"en\">La r\u00e9alit\u00e9, c'est que les toxicomanes figurent parmi les personnes les plus d\u00e9munies de notre plan\u00e8te. Personne ne fait le choix de devenir toxicomane. Bien entendu, les toxicomanes sont fr\u00e9quemment aux prises avec des probl\u00e8mes tr\u00e8s graves, qui sont probablement \u00e0 l'origine de leur d\u00e9pendance. Cela n'emp\u00eache toutefois pas certains d\u00e9put\u00e9s minist\u00e9riels, quand ils s'emportent, de parler des centres Insite comme de lieux qui attireraient d'innocentes personnes voulant obtenir de la drogue et devenir toxicomanes, au lieu de comprendre que ces centres ont pour but de r\u00e9duire les m\u00e9faits.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3476145\" data-originallang=\"en\">La d\u00e9put\u00e9e pourrait-elle nous dire pourquoi, selon elle, le gouvernement conservateur emploie une telle approche \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de cet enjeu d'importance capitale?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/11/21/marc-garneau-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/marc-garneau/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1046/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8145142",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Respect for Communities Act",
"fr": "Loi sur le respect des collectivit\u00e9s"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/11/21/",
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}
}