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{
    "time": "2015-05-14 13:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Pierre-Luc Dusseault (Sherbrooke, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Pierre-Luc Dusseault (Sherbrooke, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4105036\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague a very specific question about division 18 of the budget implementation act, which grants amnesty from civil or criminal proceedings, among others, for any act committed by a public servant in relation to the destruction of the long gun registry.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4105037\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Furthermore, the most important element with regard to division 18 is that the Conservatives are exempting the long gun registry from the Access to Information Act. This could set a dangerous precedent, as the government will be able to declare that certain information will be exempted from the Access to Information Act. It would no longer be available to Canadians who make access to information requests.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4105038\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> What does my colleague think of this precedent set by the Conservatives, who are exempting information that would otherwise be available through the Access to Information Act?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4105036\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je voudrais poser \u00e0 mon coll\u00e8gue une question bien pr\u00e9cise sur la section 18 du projet de loi de mise en oeuvre du budget, qui accorde une amnistie en recours civil et p\u00e9nal, entre autres, \u00e0 toute action commise par des fonctionnaires en lien avec la destruction du registre des armes d'\u00e9paule.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4105037\" data-originallang=\"fr\">De plus, l'\u00e9l\u00e9ment le plus important concernant la section 18, c'est que les conservateurs soustraient de l'application de la Loi sur l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'information la Loi sur l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'information au registre des armes d'\u00e9paule. Cela cr\u00e9e donc un pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent dangereux, car le gouvernement est capable de d\u00e9cr\u00e9ter qu'une information sera soustraite de la Loi sur l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'information. Elle ne sera plus \u00e0 la disposition des citoyens qui font des demandes d'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'information.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4105038\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Que pense mon coll\u00e8gue de ce pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent cr\u00e9\u00e9 par les conservateurs, qui soustrait des informations, autrement disponibles, \u00e0 la Loi sur l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'information?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2015/5/14/pierre-luc-dusseault-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/pierre-luc-dusseault/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4097/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8702127",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1",
        "fr": "Loi no 1 sur le plan d'action \u00e9conomique de 2015"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Second Reading",
        "fr": "Deuxi\u00e8me lecture"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2015/5/14/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2015%2F5%2F14%2F"
    }
}