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{
"time": "2015-02-24 16:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. John McKay (Scarborough\u2014Guildwood, Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. John McKay (Scarborough\u2014Guildwood, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3983011\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, a lot of the objections on the government side with respect to this motion have to do with not having enough time. As the member for <a data-HoCid=\"170547\" href=\"/politicians/frank-valeriote/\" title=\"Frank Valeriote\">Guelph</a> rightly said, there is a looming deadline, and that is February next year. We do not have that much time to do it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3983012\" data-originallang=\"en\">The argument then becomes that we may have to go to the Supreme Court to ask for an extension. The parliamentary secretary suggested that. The member for <a data-HoCid=\"170217\" href=\"/politicians/joy-smith/\" title=\"Joy Smith\">Kildonan\u2014St. Paul</a> suggested that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3983013\" data-originallang=\"en\">Is it the member's opinion that our position to seek an extension, if in fact that was appropriate, would be much more enhanced if Parliament had engaged, started the process, and actually started to hear witnesses?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3983014\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I point to the chair of the finance committee. It is not unusual for the finance committee to hear 300 or 400 witnesses in the course of a three- or four-month hearing process on pre-budget consultations. It is doable. I would be interested in the member's opinion as to whether our position before the Supreme Court would actually be enhanced by the commencement of a process.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3983011\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, bon nombre des objections des d\u00e9put\u00e9s minist\u00e9riels concernant la motion dont nous sommes saisis portent sur le manque de temps. Comme l'a dit, avec raison, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"170547\" href=\"/politicians/frank-valeriote/\" title=\"Frank Valeriote\">Guelph</a>, la date limite de f\u00e9vrier 2016 approche. Il ne nous reste plus beaucoup de temps pour agir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3983012\" data-originallang=\"en\">On affirme donc qu'il faudra peut-\u00eatre se pr\u00e9senter devant la Cour supr\u00eame pour demander une prolongation. C'est ce qu'a laiss\u00e9 entendre le secr\u00e9taire parlementaire. C'est ce qu'a laiss\u00e9 entendre la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de <a data-HoCid=\"170217\" href=\"/politicians/joy-smith/\" title=\"Joy Smith\">Kildonan\u2014St. Paul</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3983013\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pense-t-il que le Parlement aurait plus de chances d'obtenir une prolongation \u2014 si c'est vraiment la chose \u00e0 faire \u2014 s'il avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 entam\u00e9 le processus, s'il avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 entendre des t\u00e9moins?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3983014\" data-originallang=\"en\">Prenons le pr\u00e9sident du comit\u00e9 des finances. Il n'est pas inhabituel pour ce comit\u00e9 d'entendre 300 ou 400 t\u00e9moins au cours d'une p\u00e9riode de trois ou quatre mois durant les consultations pr\u00e9budg\u00e9taires. C'est faisable. J'aimerais savoir si le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pense effectivement que nous pourrions renforcer notre position aupr\u00e8s de la Cour supr\u00eame en entamant le processus de consultation.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2015/2/24/john-mckay-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/john-mckay/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1423/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8594081",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Special committee on Physician-Assistance Dying",
"fr": "Motion de l\u2019opposition \u2014 Le Comit\u00e9 sp\u00e9cial sur l'aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2015/2/24/",
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}