Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2013-12-09 19:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Manon Perreault (Montcalm, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Manon Perreault (Montcalm, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3529658\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, on December 3, I tried to get an answer about the delayed follow-up report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529659\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Canada ratified the convention in 2010 and had two years to produce its report; therefore we should have received this report in April 2012. It is now December 9, 2013, and we still have no news of this report.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529660\" data-originallang=\"fr\">However, this obligation is clearly outlined in article 35 of the convention. To refresh the Conservatives' memory, the following is an excerpt from this article:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3529661\" data-originallang=\"fr\">1. Each State Party shall submit to the Committee...a comprehensive report on measures taken to give effect to its obligations under the present Convention and on the progress made in that regard, within two years after the entry into force of the present Convention...</p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3529662\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We have to understand that the purpose of this convention is to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons with disabilities and to ensure respect for the dignity of each and every one of them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529663\" data-originallang=\"fr\">My Conservative colleague simply ignored the question. Instead of answering me, he thanked me for my attendance at the International Day of Disabled Persons. That has nothing to do with my question. I must admit that I did not expect to get an answer to my question, much less a reason for the delay, but I would have greatly appreciated being given a possible date for the release of this report.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529664\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I am very well aware that there are various programs for people with disabilities, but that is not the issue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529665\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I want to know whether there have been any advances or setbacks in terms of providing support for people with disabilities.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529666\" data-originallang=\"fr\">At the risk of repeating myself, people with disabilities, as a group, still require more attention and increased support from all stakeholders in our society, because they often live in poverty and still face too many significant obstacles to their integration in society.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529667\" data-originallang=\"fr\">All the necessary measures to provide these people with better support must be based on the understanding that the situations that challenge them result from their interactions in a physical or social environment that does not take into account their functional characteristics or specific needs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529668\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a powerful international legislative tool that must guide all countries that have ratified it to ensure that persons with disabilities can exercise their rights on an equal basis especially by providing the appropriate supports to do so.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529669\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Although Canada was closely involved in developing the convention's content and the process leading to its adoption, the Conservative government has not shown leadership with respect to its implementation in our country. Instead, it has been quite indifferent and has shown little interest in having Canadians with disabilities exercise their rights. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529670\" data-originallang=\"fr\">In my opinion, in order to show the leadership required to ensure the implementation of the convention, the Canadian government must do the following: first, sign the optional protocol to the convention in order to clearly demonstrate to the international community that it is engaged in a process that will guarantee that all Canadians with disabilities can exercise their rights; second, establish a Canadian plan to implement the convention and to give the Canadian Human Rights Commission the mandate to put in place an oversight mechanism together with the provinces and the territories; third, respect the spirit of the convention by ensuring that organizations that represent persons with disabilities are involved in the process to oversee its application.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529671\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I will repeat my question: when do the Conservatives plan on presenting the follow-up report and implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to create a more accessible and inclusive Canada?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3529658\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le 3 d\u00e9cembre dernier, j'ai essay\u00e9 d'avoir une r\u00e9ponse concernant le retard du rapport de suivi sur la mise en oeuvre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicap\u00e9es. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529659\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ayant ratifi\u00e9 la Convention en 2010, le Canada avait deux ans pour produire son rapport, donc nous aurions d\u00fb recevoir ce rapport en avril 2012. Nous sommes aujourd'hui le 9 d\u00e9cembre 2013 et nous sommes toujours sans nouvelles de ce fameux rapport. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529660\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourtant, cette obligation est bien sp\u00e9cifi\u00e9e \u00e0 l'article 35 de la Convention. Pour renouveler la m\u00e9moire des conservateurs, voici un extrait de cet article: </p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3529661\" data-originallang=\"fr\">1. Chaque \u00c9tat Partie pr\u00e9sente au Comit\u00e9 [...] un rapport d\u00e9taill\u00e9 sur les mesures qu\u2019il a prises pour s\u2019acquitter de ses obligations en vertu de la pr\u00e9sente Convention et sur les progr\u00e8s accomplis \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard, dans un d\u00e9lai de deux ans \u00e0 compter de l\u2019entr\u00e9e en vigueur de la pr\u00e9sente Convention [...] </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3529662\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il faut bien comprendre que cette convention vise \u00e0 promouvoir et \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger les droits et libert\u00e9s fondamentaux des personnes handicap\u00e9es ainsi qu'\u00e0 respecter la dignit\u00e9 de toutes et chacunes d'entre elles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529663\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Mon coll\u00e8gue conservateur a tout simplement ignor\u00e9 la question. Au lieu de me r\u00e9pondre, il m'a remerci\u00e9e de ma pr\u00e9sence \u00e0 la Journ\u00e9e internationale des personnes handicap\u00e9es. Cela n'avait aucun lien avec ma question. Je dois avouer que je ne m'attendais pas \u00e0 obtenir une r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 ma question et encore moins \u00e0 une justification pour expliquer ce retard, mais j'aurais grandement appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 qu'on me donne une \u00e9ventuelle date \u00e0 laquelle ce rapport aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529664\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je reconnais tr\u00e8s bien qu'il existe diff\u00e9rents programmes pour les personnes handicap\u00e9es, mais l\u00e0 n'est pas la question. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529665\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je veux savoir s'il y a eu des progr\u00e8s accomplis ou des reculs au niveau du soutien destin\u00e9 aux personnes handicap\u00e9es. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529666\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Au risque de me r\u00e9p\u00e9ter, les personnes vivant avec des incapacit\u00e9s demeurent un groupe qui requiert plus d'attention et un soutien accru de la part de tous les acteurs de notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9, car elles vivent trop souvent dans la pauvret\u00e9 et rencontrent encore trop d'obstacles de taille \u00e0 leur inclusion sociale. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529667\" data-originallang=\"fr\">\u00c0 la base de toutes les mesures requises pour mieux les soutenir, il faut reconna\u00eetre que les situations de handicap auxquelles ces personnes sont confront\u00e9es r\u00e9sultent de leur interaction dans un environnement physique ou social qui ne tient pas compte de leur caract\u00e9ristiques fonctionnelles ou de leurs besoins particuliers.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529668\" data-originallang=\"fr\">La Convention de l'ONU relative aux droits des personnes handicap\u00e9es est un puissant outil l\u00e9gislatif international devant guider tous les pays l'ayant ratifi\u00e9e \u00e0 assurer que ces personnes puissent exercer leurs droits en toute \u00e9galit\u00e9 et surtout en pr\u00e9voyant les mesures de soutien requises pour ce faire. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529669\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Bien que le Canada ait \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9troitement impliqu\u00e9 dans l'\u00e9laboration du contenu et dans le processus menant \u00e0 l'adoption de la convention, le gouvernement conservateur n'exerce pas le leadership en regard de son implantation dans notre pays. D\u00e9montrant plut\u00f4t une grande indiff\u00e9rence, il a peu d'int\u00e9r\u00eat pour l'exercice des droits des citoyens handicap\u00e9s. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529670\" data-originallang=\"fr\">\u00c0 mon avis, le gouvernement canadien doit r\u00e9aliser les actions suivantes afin d'exercer le leadership requis pour assurer la mise en oeuvre de la Convention: premi\u00e8rement, signer le protocole optionnel li\u00e9 \u00e0 la convention afin de clairement d\u00e9montrer \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 internationale qu'il est engag\u00e9 dans un processus visant \u00e0 assurer l'exercice des droits de tous ses citoyens en situation d'handicap; deuxi\u00e8mement, \u00e9tablir un plan canadien d'implantation de la convention et mandater la Commission canadienne des droits de la personne de s'assurer de la mise en place d'un m\u00e9canisme de suivi en collaboration avec les provinces et les territoires; troisi\u00e8mement, respecter l'esprit de la convention en s'assurant que les organismes repr\u00e9sentant les personnes en situation d'handicap soient impliqu\u00e9s dans le processus de suivi de son application.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3529671\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je r\u00e9it\u00e8re ma question: quand les conservateurs ont-ils l'intention de pr\u00e9senter le rapport de suivi et de mettre en oeuvre la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicap\u00e9es pour cr\u00e9er un Canada plus accessible et plus inclusif?</p>"
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    "url": "/debates/2013/12/9/manon-perreault-1/",
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    "source_id": "8189845",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Adjournment Proceedings",
        "fr": "Motion D'Ajournement"
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    "h2": {
        "en": "Persons with Disabilities",
        "fr": ""
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