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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2013-03-06 16:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Vic Toews",
"fr": "L'hon. Vic Toews"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3217880\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, if I want to learn lessons in humility, I will go to the NDP. Perhaps I will come there for that lesson. In respect of being concerned about what lawyers are saying about the bill, I want to say one thing. We want to do the right thing for the people of Canada. The people of Canada have asked us to bring forward an agenda, and we are bringing it forward. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3217881\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are prepared to go to the courts and explain why this is necessary. Courts do not set policy. This House sets policy. The member is an individual who is prepared to abdicate his responsibility as a policy-maker and let lawyers and judges determine our future. I have more faith in the House of Commons, indeed even in an elected NDP member, than in that kind of claptrap.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3217880\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si jamais je veux recevoir des le\u00e7ons d'humilit\u00e9, monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je m'adresserai au NPD. J'en arriverai peut-\u00eatre l\u00e0. En ce qui concerne l'opinion des avocats \u00e0 propos du projet de loi, je ne dirai qu'une chose: nous voulons faire ce qui s'impose pour la population canadienne. Or, la population canadienne nous a demand\u00e9 de pr\u00e9senter un programme, et c'est ce que nous faisons.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3217881\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous sommes pr\u00eats \u00e0 aller devant les tribunaux et \u00e0 nous expliquer s'il le faut. Ce ne sont pas les tribunaux qui d\u00e9terminent les politiques publiques, c'est la Chambre. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 semble pr\u00eat \u00e0 renoncer \u00e0 ses responsabilit\u00e9s de d\u00e9cideur et \u00e0 laisser les avocats et les juges d\u00e9terminer notre avenir. J'ai davantage foi en la Chambre des communes \u2014 j'ai m\u00eame davantage foi en un \u00e9lu n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrate \u2014 qu'en de pareilles inepties.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/3/6/vic-toews-14/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/vic-toews/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1306/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7922248",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act",
"fr": "Loi visant \u00e0 accro\u00eetre la responsabilit\u00e9 de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Bill C-42\u2014Time Allocation Motion",
"fr": "Projet de loi C-42 \u2014 Motion d'attribution de temps"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/3/6/",
"related": {
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}
}