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{
"time": "2014-06-12 19:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Philip Toone",
"fr": "M. Philip Toone"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3791514\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his good question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3791515\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I want to point out that when I said that the minister had tools at his disposal, I was talking about natural justice. We have a legal process for revoking citizenship from someone in the case of fraud or other types of crimes. My problem with this bill is that there is no process of natural justice. It is a discretionary process. The minister has that discretion and can make decisions as he sees fit. It is up to him to determine whether he is satisfied on a balance of probabilities. This decision should be left to jurists, after all of the interested parties have had a chance to submit evidence. We need a system based on equality, not on inequality.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3791514\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de sa bonne question. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3791515\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'aimerais souligner que lorsque je dis que le ministre a les outils \u00e0 sa disposition, je parle de la justice naturelle. On a un processus juridique pour r\u00e9voquer la citoyennet\u00e9 \u00e0 quelqu'un en cas de fraude et en cas de criminalit\u00e9 dans certaines circonstances. La difficult\u00e9 que j'ai avec ce projet de loi, c'est qu'il n'y a pas de processus de justice naturelle. Le processus est carr\u00e9ment discr\u00e9tionnaire. La discr\u00e9tion appartient au ministre et \u00e0 son bon vouloir. C'est \u00e0 lui de d\u00e9terminer si la pr\u00e9pond\u00e9rance est pr\u00e9sente ou pas. Or cela appartient aux juristes, apr\u00e8s que tous les int\u00e9ress\u00e9s ont eu le droit de fournir leurs preuves. Il faut un syst\u00e8me bas\u00e9 sur l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 et non sur l'iniquit\u00e9.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2014/6/12/philip-toone-6/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/philip-toone/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4137/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8420621",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act",
"fr": "Loi renfor\u00e7ant la citoyennet\u00e9 canadienne"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2014/6/12/",
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}
}