Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2015-05-12 11:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Kevin Lamoureux",
        "fr": "M. Kevin Lamoureux"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4096426\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, with regard to the security changes that we have witnessed over the last number of months, one thing I do know is I am very opinionated member of Parliament, which is a fair comment that members may agree with, but the other thing is that I am not a security expert. I depend on security experts and individuals who have a far better understanding of how we can protect the public and elected officials in Parliament from potential threats. Those decisions are best made by security personnel.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096427\" data-originallang=\"en\">There are institutions such as the Board of Internal Economy and others that ultimately provide guidance, in co-operation, I suspect, with the Speaker's office, and I have faith in that system.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096428\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I am very encouraged to see security on the floor of the House. From what I have witnessed, the former security guards are now on the floor of the House of Commons doing the security checks and so forth, which is great. However, that is a little off topic.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096429\" data-originallang=\"en\">My primary concern with respect to state visits is ensuring they do not impinge in any way or fashion on a member's ability to fulfill his or her roles and responsibilities in the House, which includes everything from votes to debates on laws and budgets, or to have access to committees or the House of Commons if they want to listen to what is taking place and potentially make an intervention of some fashion.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096430\" data-originallang=\"en\">Those concerns really need to be taken into consideration when we talk about state visits.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4096426\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, en ce qui concerne les changements en mati\u00e8re de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 apport\u00e9s au cours des derniers mois, j'aimerais dire que, m\u00eame si j'ai des opinions bien arr\u00eat\u00e9es sur de nombreux sujets soulev\u00e9s \u00e0 la Chambre, comme les autres d\u00e9put\u00e9s en conviendront peut-\u00eatre, je ne suis pas un expert en s\u00e9curit\u00e9. Je me fie donc aux opinions des v\u00e9ritables experts en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et des personnes qui savent bien mieux que moi comment prot\u00e9ger la population et les repr\u00e9sentants \u00e9lus contre les menaces potentielles. Ce sont des d\u00e9cisions qu'il est pr\u00e9f\u00e9rable de confier au personnel de s\u00e9curit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096427\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a des institutions comme le Bureau de r\u00e9gie interne qui prodiguent des conseils, en collaboration, je crois, avec le bureau du Pr\u00e9sident, et j'ai confiance en ce syst\u00e8me.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096428\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est tr\u00e8s encourageant de voir des membres du personnel de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 sur le parquet de la Chambre. En effet, les anciens gardiens de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 ont maintenant \u00e9t\u00e9 affect\u00e9s \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, o\u00f9 ils sont responsables, notamment, des v\u00e9rifications de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, ce qui est une excellente nouvelle. Toutefois, je m'\u00e9loigne un peu du sujet.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096429\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ma principale pr\u00e9occupation en ce qui a trait aux visites d'\u00c9tat est de faire en sorte qu'elles n'emp\u00eachent pas un d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'exercer ses fonctions ou de s'acquitter de ses responsabilit\u00e9s \u00e0 la Chambre, qu'il s'agisse de votes ou de d\u00e9bats sur des lois et des budgets, ou d'acc\u00e8s aux comit\u00e9s ou \u00e0 la Chambre des communes pour \u00e9couter ce qui s'y passe ou faire une intervention quelconque. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096430\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il faut vraiment tenir compte de ces pr\u00e9occupations quand il est question de visites d'\u00c9tat.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2015/5/12/kevin-lamoureux-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-lamoureux/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4032/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8695139",
    "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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    }
}