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{
"time": "2013-04-25 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Pat Martin (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Pat Martin (Winnipeg-Centre, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3291627\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it seems that spring has sprung and love is in the air as last night we witnessed the two old-line parties caught in each other's warm embrace once again. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3291628\" data-originallang=\"en\">When the final vote for Bill <a data-HoCid=\"5385776\" href=\"/bills/41-1/S-7/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act and the Security of Information Act\">S-7</a> came up, it was Liberal, Tory, same old story as the Liberals and Conservatives were seen voting hand-in-hand. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3291629\" data-originallang=\"en\">Together they voted through a law that allows secret hearings and incarcerations of up to one year without charge and conviction, provisions that have proven unnecessary in the past and provisions that represent a clear violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a piece of paper that some parties in this place should understand better.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3291630\" data-originallang=\"en\">We recognize that these springtime smells can be intoxicating, but that is no excuse for shirking one's responsibility to uphold both the letter and spirit of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, even when it takes political courage to do so. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3291631\" data-originallang=\"en\">Canadians deserve a party that will fight to protect the sanctity of the charter in all circumstances and they will have a chance to choose that change when they vote NDP in the federal election of 2015.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3291627\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il semble que le printemps soit arriv\u00e9 et qu'il y ait de l'amour dans l'air. En effet, hier soir, les deux vieux partis ont \u00e9t\u00e9 vus valsant ensemble.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3291628\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lors du vote final sur le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"5385776\" href=\"/bills/41-1/S-7/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act and the Security of Information Act\">S-7</a>, les lib\u00e9raux et les conservateurs, ces vieux complices, ont vot\u00e9 main dans la main. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3291629\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ensemble, ils ont adopt\u00e9 une loi qui autorise les audiences secr\u00e8tes et les incarc\u00e9rations pendant au plus un an sans accusation et sans d\u00e9claration de culpabilit\u00e9, alors que ces dispositions se sont r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9es inutiles dans le pass\u00e9 et violent clairement la Charte canadienne des droits et libert\u00e9s \u2014 un document que certains partis ici pr\u00e9sents devraient mieux comprendre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3291630\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous reconnaissons que le parfum du printemps peut \u00eatre enivrant, mais ce n'est pas une excuse pour se soustraire \u00e0 la responsabilit\u00e9 de respecter la lettre et l'esprit de la Charte canadienne des droits et libert\u00e9s, m\u00eame si cela prend du courage politique pour le faire. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3291631\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les Canadiens m\u00e9ritent un parti qui se battra pour prot\u00e9ger le caract\u00e8re sacr\u00e9 de la Charte, quelle que soit la situation, et ils auront l'occasion de changer le cours des choses lorsqu'ils \u00e9liront le NPD aux \u00e9lections f\u00e9d\u00e9rales de 2015.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/4/25/pat-martin-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/pat-martin/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2515/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7982256",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Justice",
"fr": "La justice"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/4/25/",
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}
}