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{
"time": "2013-11-26 15:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Geoff Regan",
"fr": "L'hon. Geoff Regan"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3483693\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I note that my <a data-HoCid=\"170200\" href=\"/politicians/dean-del-mastro/\" title=\"Dean Del Mastro\">hon. colleague from Peterborough</a> is no longer a member of the Conservative caucus, yet he is certainly defending the Conservatives here today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483694\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why is he no longer a member of that caucus? It seems to me it is because he has been charged under the Elections Act. I believe strongly in the presumption of innocence, so we are going to presume that he is innocent, and I wish him well with whatever happens with those charges. However, he is no position to be attacking this party about transparency in the way that he has.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483695\" data-originallang=\"en\"> What we are really talking about here today is the record of the current government and the way it acted in this event, and that is important.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483696\" data-originallang=\"en\"> It is important, in fact, that if an individual is no longer a member of the Conservative caucus, he or she shares the responsibility of holding the government to account. I can recall lots of times when we were in government when Liberal backbenchers took part in that process, especially in committees, where they acted independently and insisted that the government be held to account and that it answer questions. I can recall as a minister being asked some tough questions from my own members, not just the lob-balls we see on the other side all the time.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483697\" data-originallang=\"en\">These are things that my hon. colleague should reflect on.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3483693\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remarque que m\u00eame si mon <a data-HoCid=\"170200\" href=\"/politicians/dean-del-mastro/\" title=\"Dean Del Mastro\">coll\u00e8gue de Peterborough</a> ne fait plus partie du caucus conservateur, il se porte r\u00e9solument \u00e0 la d\u00e9fense des conservateurs aujourd\u2019hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483694\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Pourquoi ne fait-il plus partie de ce caucus? Il me semble que c\u2019est parce qu\u2019il fait l\u2019objet d\u2019accusations en vertu de la Loi \u00e9lectorale. Je crois fermement en la pr\u00e9somption d\u2019innocence, nous pr\u00e9sumerons donc qu\u2019il est innocent, et je lui souhaite bonne chance, quelle que soit l\u2019issue des accusations port\u00e9es contre lui. Toutefois, il est mal plac\u00e9 pour attaquer notre parti au sujet de la transparence comme il l\u2019a fait.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483695\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Aujourd\u2019hui, nous parlons du bilan du gouvernement actuel et de la fa\u00e7on dont il s\u2019est comport\u00e9 dans l'affaire qui nous occupe, et c\u2019est important.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483696\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Il est important, en fait, qu\u2019une personne qui n\u2019est plus membre du caucus conservateur assume, comme les autres, la responsabilit\u00e9 de tenir le gouvernement responsable de ses actes. Je me souviens de nombreuses fois, lorsque nous formions le gouvernement, au cours desquelles des d\u00e9put\u00e9s d\u2019arri\u00e8re-ban prenaient part au processus, tout particuli\u00e8rement dans les comit\u00e9s, o\u00f9 ils agissaient en toute ind\u00e9pendance et insistaient pour que le gouvernement rende des comptes et r\u00e9ponde aux questions. Lorsque j\u2019\u00e9tais ministre, je me souviens de m\u2019\u00eatre fait poser des questions serr\u00e9es par des d\u00e9put\u00e9s de mon parti. Rien \u00e0 voir avec les questions simplettes que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s d'en face posent constamment.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483697\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mon coll\u00e8gue devrait r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir \u00e0 cela.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/11/26/geoff-regan-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/geoff-regan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1640/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8158075",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Prime Minister's Office",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Le Cabinet du premier ministre"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/11/26/",
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}
}