Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2014-05-13 11:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Ryan Leef (Yukon, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Ryan Leef (Yukon, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3717577\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to touch on the point my hon. colleague is making about parties being well resourced. Parties that are well resourced are indicative of parties that have the support of the Canadian public. The resources are provided by people who take out memberships in the party, believe in party philosophies, and are willing to donate money. It would only stand to reason that parties that are not well resourced are not well supported.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3717578\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am not sure I understand the member's logic that parties that are not supported by a membership and by membership donations, and do not have broad Canadian support, should somehow be given financial resources through some other means.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3717579\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member's argument about resourcing being indicative of incumbents' positions is not actually the case. I was not an incumbent in the last election but I was resourced. Resources do not equate to election success because the incumbent in the last election in the Yukon spent $20,000 more than he had in the election before and lost by 1,500 votes. That resourcing did not equate to election success, and that is not broadly the case across this country.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3717580\" data-originallang=\"en\">Maybe the member would wish to comment on some of those remarks.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3717577\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais aborder le point soulev\u00e9 par mon coll\u00e8gue au sujet des partis bien pourvus en ressources. Les partis bien financ\u00e9s sont ceux qui b\u00e9n\u00e9ficient du soutien du public canadien. Les ressources sont fournies par des gens qui adh\u00e8rent au parti, qui croient en ses philosophies et qui sont pr\u00eats \u00e0 lui donner de l'argent. Il semble logique de penser que les partis qui manquent de ressources manquent \u00e9galement d'appuis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3717578\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne suis pas certain de comprendre la logique du d\u00e9put\u00e9 voulant que les partis qui ne sont pas appuy\u00e9s par des membres et par leurs dons, et n'ont pas l'appui g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Canadiens, doivent pouvoir obtenir des fonds par d'autres moyens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3717579\" data-originallang=\"en\">Son argument voulant que les ressources soient une indication de la position du candidat n'est pas valable. Je n'\u00e9tais pas un candidat sortant lors des derni\u00e8res \u00e9lections, mais je disposais de ressources. Les ressources ne garantissent pas le succ\u00e8s: lors des derni\u00e8res \u00e9lections au Yukon, le candidat sortant a d\u00e9pens\u00e9 20 000 $ de plus qu'au cours des \u00e9lections pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes et a perdu par 1 500 voix. Ces ressources n'ont pas donn\u00e9 lieu \u00e0 une victoire, et ce n'est pas le cas non plus dans l'ensemble du pays.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3717580\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 veut peut-\u00eatre commenter ces remarques.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2014/5/13/ryan-leef-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ryan-leef/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4099/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8356702",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Fair Elections Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur l'int\u00e9grit\u00e9 des \u00e9lections"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/5/13/",
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    }
}