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{
"time": "2016-05-31 11:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Kevin Lamoureux (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4394236\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I must say that I am disappointed that the member has chosen to move yet another amendment. It has become very clear that there are many members of the House who would rather not have legislation in place, the legal framework. I would suggest that, if we were to follow the will of those individuals, there would be a legal vacuum in Canada, where the most vulnerable individuals would be put into compromised positions. It would be unfortunate.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4394237\" data-originallang=\"en\">I listened very closely to what the member was talking about, and I disagree. With the Supreme Court decision, there is a role for Ottawa and the provinces. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4394238\" data-originallang=\"en\">My question is this. Why does the member choose to believe it is better to have a legal vacuum than to have a legal framework? Would he not agree that there are going to be more people in vulnerable positions because of that vacuum?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4394236\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis d\u00e9\u00e7u que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 ait choisi de proposer encore un autre amendement. Il est maintenant clair qu\u2019un grand nombre de d\u00e9put\u00e9s pr\u00e9f\u00e9reraient ne pas avoir de mesure ou de cadre l\u00e9gislatif. Mais si nous nous plions \u00e0 la volont\u00e9 de ces gens-l\u00e0, nous allons cr\u00e9er un vide juridique au Canada, o\u00f9 les personnes les plus vuln\u00e9rables se retrouveront dans des situations extr\u00eamement difficiles. Ce serait tout \u00e0 fait regrettable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4394237\" data-originallang=\"en\">J\u2019ai \u00e9cout\u00e9 attentivement ce que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 vient de dire, et je ne suis pas d\u2019accord avec lui. Suite \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision de la Cour supr\u00eame, Ottawa et les provinces ont un r\u00f4le \u00e0 jouer. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4394238\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Ma question est la suivante. Pourquoi le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pr\u00e9f\u00e8re-t-il cr\u00e9er un vide juridique au lieu de mettre en place un cadre l\u00e9gislatif? Ne reconna\u00eet-il pas qu\u2019\u00e0 cause de ce vide juridique, un plus grand nombre de personnes vont se retrouver dans des situations difficiles? </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/5/31/kevin-lamoureux-8/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-lamoureux/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4032/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8950024",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Criminal Code",
"fr": "Le Code criminel"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/5/31/",
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}