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{
"time": "2015-05-12 10:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Craig Scott",
"fr": "M. Craig Scott"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4096365\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, these are very good points, and the member for <a data-HoCid=\"170542\" href=\"/politicians/elizabeth-may/\" title=\"Elizabeth May\">Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands</a> has made them before in other debates on privilege. It is a serious point, the question of whether our head of state, the Governor General, should presumptively be the one at whose residence and workplace foreign dignitaries are received, with the exception being otherwise where planning can go on in a way that still allows for all of our activity to go on. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096366\" data-originallang=\"en\">There is a constitutional issue, and there is a de facto constant infringement going on when the executive branch is using the parliamentary precinct as its way of dealing with the rest of the world through VIP showcasing. The Speaker said that these are great premises and we want to show them off to the world. We cannot disagree. However, the idea of using this as an automatic place for whenever the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> wants to put on a diplomatic show probably does need to be looked at to see whether this could be better done, and probably with less cost, at Rideau Hall.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4096365\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de <a data-HoCid=\"170542\" href=\"/politicians/elizabeth-may/\" title=\"Elizabeth May\">Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands</a> a fait valoir de tr\u00e8s bons arguments qu'elle a d\u00e9j\u00e0 soulev\u00e9s dans d'autres d\u00e9bats sur des questions de privil\u00e8ge. On peut se demander s\u00e9rieusement s'il faudrait s'attendre \u00e0 ce que les dignitaires \u00e9trangers soient re\u00e7us \u00e0 la r\u00e9sidence et au lieu de travail du gouverneur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, sauf dans les cas o\u00f9 on peut planifier une visite de mani\u00e8re \u00e0 ne pas perturber nos travaux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096366\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il s'agit d'une question constitutionnelle. Dans les faits, le pouvoir ex\u00e9cutif porte constamment atteinte \u00e0 nos privil\u00e8ges lorsqu'il se sert de l'enceinte parlementaire pour faire \u00e9talage de ses relations avec les dignitaires \u00e9trangers. Le Pr\u00e9sident a dit que cette enceinte est magnifique et que nous voulons la montrer au reste du monde. Nous ne pouvons le contredire \u00e0 ce sujet. Toutefois, il faut probablement se demander si le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> devrait pouvoir se servir constamment de cette enceinte pour faire \u00e9talage de ses relations diplomatiques, et si ce genre de visite pourrait avoir lieu \u00e0 Rideau Hall, et probablement \u00e0 moindre co\u00fbt.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2015/5/12/craig-scott-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/craig-scott/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4150/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8694970",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires Courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Privilege",
"fr": "Privil\u00e8ge"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Physical Obstruction\u2014Speaker's Ruling",
"fr": "L'obstruction par des moyens physiques \u2014 D\u00e9cision de la pr\u00e9sidence"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2015/5/12/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2015%2F5%2F12%2F"
}
}