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{
    "time": "2014-02-07 12:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Minister of State (Democratic Reform), CPC)",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Pierre Poilievre (ministre d\u2019\u00c9tat (R\u00e9forme d\u00e9mocratique), PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3564721\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, yesterday, we heard a question of privilege from an NDP member with respect to a briefing that the Privy Council Office gave to members on the fair elections bill.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3564722\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I spoke to my assistants to find out all of the details. The question of privilege was related to the interpretation services that are generally provided. The NDP members claimed that the service was not available.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3564723\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I learned that instead of having professional interpreters, the representatives of the Privy Council Office gave their presentation in both official languages. These public servants were bilingual; some were bilingual anglophones, while others were bilingual francophones. This ensured that they were able to provide all the information in both of our national languages.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3564724\" data-originallang=\"fr\">For briefings given to MPs and the media, all of the information sheets, press releases and the bill itself were provided in both official languages. The minister's office did not receive any complaints from the people there. I will add that the presentation given to the media, immediately after the one for the MPs, was very well received by those who attended. Furthermore, the francophone journalists had positive comments. I would like to share the comments that were made publicly by these francophone journalists.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3564721\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, hier, on a entendu une question de privil\u00e8ge de la part d'un d\u00e9put\u00e9 n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrate \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard d'un breffage que le Bureau du Conseil priv\u00e9 a fourni pour informer les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du projet de loi sur l'int\u00e9grit\u00e9 des \u00e9lections. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3564722\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'ai pu poser plusieurs questions \u00e0 mes adjoints pour avoir tous les d\u00e9tails. Cette question de privil\u00e8ge \u00e9tait \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard du service d'interpr\u00e9tation qui est g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement fourni. Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates ont dit ne pas l'avoir re\u00e7u. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3564723\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'ai pu apprendre qu'au lieu d'avoir des interpr\u00e8tes professionnels, les repr\u00e9sentants du Bureau du Conseil priv\u00e9 ont donn\u00e9 leur pr\u00e9sentation dans les deux langues officielles. Je peux aussi dire que non seulement ces fonctionnaires \u00e9taient bilingues, mais que certains \u00e9taient anglophones bilingues et d'autres francophones bilingues. Cela a permis de fournir toute l'information dans nos deux langues nationales. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3564724\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pour les s\u00e9ances d'information destin\u00e9es aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s et aux m\u00e9dias, toutes les fiches d'information, les communiqu\u00e9s et le projet de loi \u00e9taient dans les deux langues officielles. Aucune plainte n'a \u00e9t\u00e9 port\u00e9e au bureau du ministre de la part des personnes pr\u00e9sentes. Finalement, j'ose ajouter que la pr\u00e9sentation faite aux m\u00e9dias, imm\u00e9diatement apr\u00e8s celle aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s, a re\u00e7u une tr\u00e8s bonne note de la part de ceux qui y ont particip\u00e9. De plus, ces bons commentaires sont venus de journalistes francophones. Je peux aussi partager ces commentaires qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 faits publiquement par ces journalistes francophones. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2014/2/7/pierre-poilievre-16/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/pierre-poilievre/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1394/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8223043",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires Courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Privilege",
        "fr": "Privil\u00e8ge"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Bilingualism in Canada's Legislative Process",
        "fr": "Le bilinguisme dans le processus l\u00e9gislatif du Canada"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/2/7/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2014%2F2%2F7%2F"
    }
}