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{
"time": "2015-05-12 11:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Gerald Keddy (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, to the Minister of National Revenue and for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Gerald Keddy (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre de l\u2019agriculture, de la ministre du Revenu national et pour l'Agence de promotion \u00e9conomique du Canada atlantique, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4096440\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I want to pick up on a few of the comments I have heard. The first comment I heard, and quite frankly disagree with, was that somehow instead of visiting dignitaries coming to the House of Commons they should go to Rideau Hall and meet with the Governor General. Those comments came from a party that does not believe in the Governor General or the monarchy. I have my own particular opinion on that item, but I would like to hear the hon. member reply to that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096441\" data-originallang=\"en\">The other issue is that very real question about security and the rights and privileges of members of Parliament and the Senate, and the responsibility of security to try to balance that. I expect there will be some slippage and some mistakes made along the way, but that is why we as parliamentarians need to involve ourselves in this ongoing process, because it is a new world we live in since October. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096442\" data-originallang=\"en\">We have to find the proper balance. However, to achieve that proper balance, it is also incumbent upon members of Parliament and Senators to respect the security officials here who may not know each of us by name, or may not remember our faces. We need to carry either our pin or an ID. I would like to hear his opinion on that. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4096440\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais revenir sur certaines observations que j'ai entendues. La premi\u00e8re \u2014 et je suis franchement en d\u00e9saccord l\u00e0-dessus \u2014, c'\u00e9tait qu'au lieu d'accueillir des dignitaires \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, on devrait les amener \u00e0 Rideau Hall pour qu'ils rencontrent le gouverneur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral. Cette d\u00e9claration vient d'un parti qui ne croit pas au poste de gouverneur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral ni \u00e0 la monarchie. J'ai ma propre opinion \u00e0 ce sujet, mais j'aimerais savoir ce qu'en pense le d\u00e9put\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096441\" data-originallang=\"en\">Par ailleurs, il y a une question bien r\u00e9elle entourant la s\u00e9curit\u00e9, les droits et privil\u00e8ges des d\u00e9put\u00e9s et des s\u00e9nateurs et la responsabilit\u00e9 des services de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 d'essayer de trouver le juste milieu. Je m'attends \u00e0 ce qu'il y ait des d\u00e9rapages ou des erreurs en cours de route, mais c'est justement pourquoi nous, les parlementaires, devons nous engager dans ce processus continu, car nous vivons dans un monde nouveau depuis les \u00e9v\u00e9nements d'octobre dernier. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096442\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous devons trouver le juste milieu. Toutefois, pour y arriver, il incombe aussi aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s et aux s\u00e9nateurs de respecter les agents de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 qui travaillent ici et qui ne se souviennent pas forc\u00e9ment du nom ou du visage de chacun de nous. Nous devons porter notre insigne ou pr\u00e9senter une carte d'identit\u00e9. J'aimerais conna\u00eetre l'avis du d\u00e9put\u00e9 \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2015/5/12/gerald-keddy-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gerald-keddy/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1339/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8695179",
"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/",
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}
}