Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2014-12-01 15:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Elizabeth May",
        "fr": "Mme Elizabeth May"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3918075\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely the case.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3918076\" data-originallang=\"en\">It can be scary to adopt public policy that is so vulnerable to being twisted and presented in an ugly fashion for the purpose of dividing Canadians and gaining votes. Co-operation works in the other direction: How can we work together?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3918077\" data-originallang=\"en\">At the time, the provincial minister of health in British Columbia, the hon. Terry Lake, responded to the decision not to allow InSite to go forward, before it was defeated at the Supreme Court, saying: </p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3918078\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We're reluctant to close the door on innovation and creativity when it comes to tackling these very challenging problems. We have to think out of the box sometimes. I know that the thought of using heroin as a treatment is scary for people, but I think we have to take the emotions out of it and let science inform the discussion. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3918079\" data-originallang=\"en\">That is what the previous federal government and provinces did. That is the approach of stakeholders from non-governmental organizations and the medical community, people who work the streets and know what is needed to save lives.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3918075\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est exactement ce qui se produit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3918076\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il peut \u00eatre effrayant d'adopter une politique publique qui soit aussi susceptible d'\u00eatre d\u00e9form\u00e9e et pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e sous un mauvais jour dans le but de diviser les Canadiens et de gagner des votes. La coop\u00e9ration fonctionne dans le sens inverse: comment pouvons-nous travailler ensemble?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3918077\" data-originallang=\"en\">Avant que la d\u00e9cision de ne pas autoriser le centre InSite \u00e0 poursuivre ses activit\u00e9s ne soit annul\u00e9e par la Cour supr\u00eame, le ministre de la Sant\u00e9 de la Colombie-Britannique, M. Terry Lake, y avait r\u00e9agi \u00e0 l'\u00e9poque en disant: </p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3918078\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous sommes r\u00e9ticents \u00e0 l'id\u00e9e de fermer la porte \u00e0 l'innovation et \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 lorsqu'il s'agit de s'attaquer \u00e0 ces probl\u00e8mes tr\u00e8s complexes. Il faut parfois sortir des sentiers battus. Je sais que l'id\u00e9e que l'on utilise de l'h\u00e9ro\u00efne comme traitement fait peur aux gens, mais je crois que nous devons laisser les sentiments de c\u00f4t\u00e9 et laisser la science \u00e9clairer la discussion.</p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3918079\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est ce qu'ont fait l'ancien gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral et les provinces. C'est l'approche qu'ont adopt\u00e9e les parties int\u00e9ress\u00e9es, que ce soit les organismes non gouvernementaux, le milieu m\u00e9dical ou les travailleurs de rue qui savent ce qui est n\u00e9cessaire pour sauver des vies.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2014/12/1/elizabeth-may-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/elizabeth-may/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4108/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8533087",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Respect for Communities Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur le respect des collectivit\u00e9s"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Motions in amendment",
        "fr": "Motions d'amendement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/12/1/",
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    }
}