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{
"time": "2014-06-12 11:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Laverdi\u00e8re (Laurier\u2014Sainte-Marie, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Laverdi\u00e8re (Laurier\u2014Sainte-Marie, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3790424\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, just a few moments ago, I heard the minister say that the use of time allocation in debates is not something new, that it is a parliamentary tradition and part of the process. However, what is new is that it has been used 72 times in a very short period of time. This even breaks the Liberals' record. It seems to me that the government wants to be in the <em>Guinness World Records</em>. However, this is a record to be ashamed of, not proud of.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3790425\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Let me read the title of the bill we are dealing with here. It is Bill <a data-HoCid=\"6635303\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-36/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code in response to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Attorney General of Canada v. Bedford and to make consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code in response to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Attorney General of Canada v. Bedford and to make consequential amendments to other Acts</a>. I think the title alone shows the legal and technical complexity of the issue. This legislation can have life-or-death consequences for some people. Why are we being muzzled again when we are debating this bill? Why does the government not want to give us the time to do a good job? When will the government stop muzzling Parliament itself? </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3790424\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'entendais le ministre nous dire, il y a quelques instants \u00e0 peine, que ce n'est pas une nouveaut\u00e9 de d\u00e9battre sous une attribution de temps, que c'est une tradition parlementaire et que c'est une mesure pr\u00e9vue. Ce qui est une nouveaut\u00e9, par exemple, c'est que ce soit utilis\u00e9 72 fois en tr\u00e8s peu de temps. Cela bat m\u00eame le record des lib\u00e9raux. J'ai l'impression que le gouvernement veut figurer dans le Livre Guinness des records. Or il s'agit d'un record dont il devait avoir honte plut\u00f4t que d'en \u00eatre fier.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3790425\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je vais lire le titre du projet de loi que l'on traite ici. C'est le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"6635303\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-36/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code in response to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Attorney General of Canada v. Bedford and to make consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-36, Loi modifiant le Code criminel pour donner suite \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision de la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada dans l'affaire Procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du Canada c. Bedford et apportant des modifications \u00e0 d'autres lois en cons\u00e9quence</a>. Je pense que le titre seul montre la complexit\u00e9 juridique et technique de la question. Cette loi peut avoir des cons\u00e9quences de vie ou de mort sur certaines personnes. Pourquoi nous impose-t-on encore une fois le b\u00e2illon sur la discussion de ce projet de loi? Pourquoi ne veut-on pas nous donner le temps de faire du bon travail? Quand le gouvernement va-t-il arr\u00eater de museler le Parlement lui-m\u00eame?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2014/6/12/helene-laverdiere-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/helene-laverdiere/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4053/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8418951",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act",
"fr": "Loi sur la protection des collectivit\u00e9s et des personnes victimes d'exploitation"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Bill C-36\u2014Time Allocation Motion",
"fr": "Projet de loi C-36 \u2014 Motion d'attribution de temps"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2014/6/12/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2014%2F6%2F12%2F"
}
}