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{
    "time": "2015-05-28 18:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Kevin Lamoureux",
        "fr": "M. Kevin Lamoureux"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4127319\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, on the same point, if you would allow me, I would love to explain for the member, because it is a very important issue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4127320\" data-originallang=\"en\">What we have before us today is a motion that would have a fairly significant impact on the way in which the House would operate going forward into the future.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4127321\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is completely relevant for us to be talking about the different types of issues coming before the House of Commons that will change the way the House actually conducts itself.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4127322\" data-originallang=\"en\">When the member makes reference to, for example, proactive disclosure and the impact it has on the behaviour inside this chamber, and when the member makes reference to the idea of unanimous consent, all of these types of things have a real tangible impact in terms of what is taking place inside the House.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4127323\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is a motion that should be thoroughly debated. We should not be trying to limit the scope of the debate, because by limiting the scope of the debate we are doing a disservice to the member who has introduced the motion.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4127324\" data-originallang=\"en\">In conclusion, what I would suggest to the member is that he might want to be a little more patient and little more open-minded as members try to express a different perspective, which I think is quite enlightening. Quite frankly, if the member would allow my colleague from <a data-HoCid=\"170105\" href=\"/politicians/ted-hsu/\" title=\"Ted Hsu\">Kingston and the Islands</a> the opportunity to finish his comments, I am sure he would have a better understanding in terms of the relevancy\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4127319\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, si vous me le permettez, je fournirai volontiers des explications au d\u00e9put\u00e9, car il s'agit d'un enjeu d'une grande importance.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4127320\" data-originallang=\"en\">La motion \u00e0 l'\u00e9tude aurait une incidence consid\u00e9rable sur les fa\u00e7ons de faire de la Chambre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4127321\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est tout \u00e0 fait pertinent de mentionner diff\u00e9rents enjeux dont la Chambre sera saisie et qui viendront modifier ses fa\u00e7ons de proc\u00e9der.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4127322\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 titre d'exemple, quand le d\u00e9put\u00e9 parle de la divulgation proactive et de ses effets sur le comportement des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, ou qu'il mentionne le consentement unanime, il parle d'\u00e9l\u00e9ments qui ont des r\u00e9percussions tangibles sur ce qui se produit \u00e0 la Chambre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4127323\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cette motion m\u00e9rite un d\u00e9bat approfondi. Il ne faudrait pas chercher \u00e0 restreindre la port\u00e9e du d\u00e9bat; ce serait injuste pour le d\u00e9put\u00e9 qui a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 la motion.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4127324\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bref, j'inviterais le d\u00e9put\u00e9 \u00e0 montrer un peu plus de patience et d'ouverture d'esprit quand des coll\u00e8gues cherchent \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter des points de vue diff\u00e9rents, un exercice qui m'appara\u00eet tr\u00e8s enrichissant. En toute honn\u00eatet\u00e9, si le d\u00e9put\u00e9 voulait bien laisser mon coll\u00e8gue de <a data-HoCid=\"170105\" href=\"/politicians/ted-hsu/\" title=\"Ted Hsu\">Kingston et les \u00celes</a> finir ses observations, il verrait s\u00fbrement mieux la pertinence...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2015/5/28/kevin-lamoureux-8/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-lamoureux/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4032/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8719903",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Private Members' Business",
        "fr": "Initiatives parlementaires"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Free Votes",
        "fr": "Les votes libres"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2015/5/28/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2015%2F5%2F28%2F"
    }
}