Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2014-06-10 00:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Costas Menegakis (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Costas Menegakis (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre de la Citoyennet\u00e9 et de l'Immigration, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3781082\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am a little surprised at the hon. member's comments about the Conservative members. It was just a short while ago that the government House leader stood and asked to extend the hours because we are here to work. We want to hear the debate, ask questions, and find out why the NDP is again so adamant against supporting a free trade agreement. Sure enough, New Democrats said they did not want to stay; they wanted to leave. However, much to their surprise, there are a lot more Conservatives here than NDP members. Therefore, we were able to pass it, and that is why we are here at this late hour, 12:40 in the morning, debating the bill. It is a little disingenuous to say that the Conservatives are not here to work because we are certainly here.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3781083\" data-originallang=\"en\">My question for the member on this specific bill is simply this. I asked it before and did not get an answer from the member for <a data-HoCid=\"170456\" href=\"/politicians/malcolm-allen/\" title=\"Malcolm Allen\">Welland</a>. I am going to ask the member the same question. With the exception of the Canada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement, the NDP has opposed every single trade agreement, including Canada-United States\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3781082\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis un peu \u00e9tonn\u00e9 des remarques du d\u00e9put\u00e9 au sujet des d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs. Il y a un moment, le leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre a demand\u00e9 que les heures soient prolong\u00e9es parce que nous sommes ici pour travailler. Nous voulons entendre le d\u00e9bat, poser des questions et comprendre pourquoi le NPD s'oppose si cat\u00e9goriquement \u00e0 un accord de libre-\u00e9change. \u00c9videmment, les n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrate ont dit qu'ils ne voulaient pas rester et qu'ils voulaient s'en aller. Cependant, \u00e0 leur grande surprise, il y a ici beaucoup plus de conservateurs que de n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates. C'est pourquoi nous avons pu adopter cette motion et nous sommes encore ici \u00e0 cette heure tardive \u2014 0 h 40 \u2014, \u00e0 d\u00e9battre du projet de loi. C'est un peu malhonn\u00eate de dire que les conservateurs ne sont pas ici pour travailler, parce que c'est certainement le contraire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3781083\" data-originallang=\"en\">La question que je veux poser au d\u00e9put\u00e9 au sujet du projet de loi est bien simple. Je l'ai pos\u00e9e plus t\u00f4t au d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"170456\" href=\"/politicians/malcolm-allen/\" title=\"Malcolm Allen\">Welland</a>, mais je n'ai pas eu de r\u00e9ponse. Je la pose au d\u00e9put\u00e9. \u00c0 l'exception de l'accord de libre-\u00e9change entre le Canada et la Jordanie, le NPD s'est oppos\u00e9 \u00e0 tous les accords de libre-\u00e9change, y compris celui avec les \u00c9tats-Unis...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2014/6/9/costas-menegakis-8/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/costas-menegakis/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4085/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8408996",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act",
        "fr": "La Loi sur la croissance \u00e9conomique et la prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 -- Canada-Honduras"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/6/9/",
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}