Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2015-12-07 16:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Dan Albas (Central Okanagan\u2014Similkameen\u2014Nicola, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Dan Albas (Central Okanagan\u2014Similkameen\u2014Nicola, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4171766\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to congratulate the new member on her election. I actually worked with her predecessor on various committees. He did great work, and I am sure she will offer as much, if not more, in terms of eloquence and sincerity. I felt that her speech was excellent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4171767\" data-originallang=\"en\">She did raise some points. The previous Liberal government implemented the new veterans charter. There was not a lot of discussion. In fact, as she noted in her speech, it sped through all stages in the House rather quickly. My concern is that we have also heard talk in the Speech from the Throne about a leaner military, and very little information is coming from the government side as to what that means.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4171768\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Again, I am concerned that a previous Liberal government implemented a new system for our veterans without proper parliamentary oversight or committee review, and it seems that the new Liberal government is not giving us the transparency that it portends to offer. I would like to ask the member if she is also concerned about a lack of process and, perhaps, what some of the ramifications of that may be.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4171766\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais d'abord f\u00e9liciter la nouvelle d\u00e9put\u00e9e de son \u00e9lection. J'ai d'ailleurs si\u00e9g\u00e9 avec son pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur \u00e0 divers comit\u00e9s. Il a fait de l'excellent travail, et je suis s\u00fbr que la d\u00e9put\u00e9e saura s'acquitter de son mandat avec autant d'\u00e9loquence et de sinc\u00e9rit\u00e9, voire plus encore. J'ai trouv\u00e9 son discours excellent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4171767\" data-originallang=\"en\">Elle a abord\u00e9 diverses questions. L'ancien gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a mis en place la Nouvelle Charte des anciens combattants. Il n'y a pas eu beaucoup de discussions. Au contraire, comme la d\u00e9put\u00e9e l'a soulign\u00e9 dans son discours, le projet de loi a \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9 assez rapidement \u00e0 toutes les \u00e9tapes de l'\u00e9tude \u00e0 la Chambre. Ce qui me pr\u00e9occupe, c'est que, dans le discours du Tr\u00f4ne, nous avons aussi entendu parler d'une r\u00e9duction de la taille des forces arm\u00e9es, sauf que le gouvernement a fourni tr\u00e8s peu d'explications \u00e0 ce sujet.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4171768\" data-originallang=\"en\">Encore une fois, ce qui me pr\u00e9occupe, c'est que, d'une part, un ancien gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a mis en oeuvre un syst\u00e8me pour les anciens combattants sans mettre en place des m\u00e9canismes appropri\u00e9s pour la surveillance parlementaire ou l'examen en comit\u00e9 et, d'autre part, il semble que le nouveau gouvernement lib\u00e9ral ne fait pas preuve de la transparence dont il se targue. J'aimerais demander \u00e0 la d\u00e9put\u00e9e si elle est \u00e9galement pr\u00e9occup\u00e9e par l'absence de processus, avec les cons\u00e9quences que cela pourrait avoir.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2015/12/7/dan-albas-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/dan-albas/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4309/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8760577",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Speech from the Throne",
        "fr": "Discours du Tr\u00f4ne"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Resumption of debate on Address in Reply",
        "fr": "Reprise du d\u00e9bat sur l'Adresse en r\u00e9ponse"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2015/12/7/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2015%2F12%2F7%2F"
    }
}