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{
    "time": "2013-03-19 10:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins\u2014James Bay, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Charlie Angus (Timmins\u2014Baie James, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3245036\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I find this bill very interesting, because it recognizes the emergency needs of police officers to get information to save lives. However, as the Supreme Court pointed out, there was a lack of accountability measures, which would, in the long term, affect the free and democratic rights of citizens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3245037\" data-originallang=\"en\">In light of the Supreme Court decision on this, was that part of the reason the government killed the lawful access bill, in which there were very few provisions to protect accountability for average citizens, let alone potential criminals?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3245036\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ce projet de loi est tr\u00e8s int\u00e9ressant, car il tient compte du fait que les policiers doivent intervenir rapidement pour obtenir des renseignements permettant de sauver des vies. Cependant, comme l'a soulign\u00e9 la Cour supr\u00eame, aucune mesure de reddition de comptes n'a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9vue, ce qui, \u00e0 long terme, ne respecterait pas les libert\u00e9s et les droits d\u00e9mocratiques des citoyens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3245037\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 la lumi\u00e8re du jugement rendu par la Cour supr\u00eame \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard, j'aimerais savoir si cette lacune faisait partie des raisons pour lesquelles le gouvernement a abandonn\u00e9 le projet de loi sur l'acc\u00e8s l\u00e9gal, qui comportait tr\u00e8s peu de mesures de reddition de comptes pour prot\u00e9ger la population en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, et encore moins pour prot\u00e9ger d'\u00e9ventuels criminels.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/3/19/charlie-angus-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/charlie-angus/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1434/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "7932043",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse Act",
        "fr": "Loi donnant suite \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision de la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada dans l'affaire R. c. Tse"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/3/19/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2013%2F3%2F19%2F"
    }
}