Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2017-01-31 11:25:00",
    "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 de la leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4725903\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I support many of the comments the member made in reference to Bill <a data-HoCid=\"6254806\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-2/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act\">C-2</a>, especially his reflections on the Conservative government at the time. I was here, like him, and I like to think it was not only the NDP. The Liberals were also in great opposition to Bill C-2 and made commitments to look at making changes. What we are talking about today addresses some of the issues that were raised during the debate on Bill C-2 by both opposition parties.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4725904\" data-originallang=\"en\">I agree, in good part, with the beginning of the member's comments. Where I take some exception, and where the member needs to get a better appreciation, is on the statement that the national government has not demonstrated leadership. The <a data-HoCid=\"214328\" href=\"/politicians/jane-philpott/\" title=\"Jane Philpott\">Minister of Health</a> and the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> have demonstrated leadership on the opioid crisis here in Canada. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4725905\" data-originallang=\"en\">The <a data-HoCid=\"214328\" href=\"/politicians/jane-philpott/\" title=\"Jane Philpott\">Minister of Health</a> has been very proactive. The member himself made reference to a series of things the Minister of Health has done. We have to take into consideration an enormous amount of work with the different stakeholders, whether they are provincial administrations, indigenous people, first responders, and so forth. It has to be a coordinated approach.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4725906\" data-originallang=\"en\">My question for the member is this. Does he not recognize the importance of working with others, since it will not be just Ottawa that resolves this particular problem? Maybe he could comment further on how the House today can assist in expediting the passage of this legislation.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4725903\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, j\u2019appuie un grand nombre des commentaires formul\u00e9s par le d\u00e9put\u00e9 au sujet du projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"6254806\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-2/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act\">C-2</a>, en particulier ses r\u00e9flexions sur le gouvernement conservateur de l\u2019\u00e9poque. J\u2019\u00e9tais l\u00e0, comme lui, et j\u2019aime croire que ce n\u2019\u00e9tait pas seulement le NPD. Les lib\u00e9raux aussi s\u2019opposaient fortement au projet de loi C-2 et s\u2019\u00e9taient engag\u00e9s \u00e0 y apporter des modifications. Nous discutons aujourd\u2019hui de certaines des questions qui avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 soulev\u00e9es par les deux partis de l\u2019opposition lors du d\u00e9bat sur le projet de loi C-2.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4725904\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je suis d\u2019accord, en majeure partie, avec les premi\u00e8res observations du d\u00e9put\u00e9. L\u00e0 o\u00f9 je m\u2019inscris en faux, et o\u00f9 le d\u00e9put\u00e9 devrait s'efforcer de mieux comprendre les faits, c\u2019est quand il affirme que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral n\u2019a pas fait preuve de leadership. La <a data-HoCid=\"214328\" href=\"/politicians/jane-philpott/\" title=\"Jane Philpott\">ministre de la Sant\u00e9</a> et le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> ont bien fait preuve de leadership dans la crise des opio\u00efdes qui s\u00e9vit ici au Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4725905\" data-originallang=\"en\">La <a data-HoCid=\"214328\" href=\"/politicians/jane-philpott/\" title=\"Jane Philpott\">ministre de la Sant\u00e9</a> s\u2019est montr\u00e9e tr\u00e8s proactive. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 lui-m\u00eame a fait r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 une s\u00e9rie de mesures que la ministre de la Sant\u00e9 a appliqu\u00e9es. Nous devons prendre en consid\u00e9ration le travail colossal \u00e0 accomplir avec les diff\u00e9rents intervenants, qu\u2019il s\u2019agisse des administrations provinciales, des peuples autochtones, des premiers r\u00e9pondants, et ainsi de suite. Ce doit \u00eatre une approche coordonn\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4725906\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Ma question pour le d\u00e9put\u00e9 est la suivante. Ne reconna\u00eet-il pas l\u2019importance de travailler en collaboration avec les autres, sachant que ce ne sera pas uniquement Ottawa qui r\u00e9soudra ce probl\u00e8me? Peut-\u00eatre pourrait-il expliquer plus en d\u00e9tail la fa\u00e7on dont la Chambre pourrait aider \u00e0 acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer l\u2019adoption de ce projet de loi aujourd\u2019hui.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/1/31/kevin-lamoureux-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-lamoureux/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4032/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9330570",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Controlled Drugs and Substances Act",
        "fr": "La Loi r\u00e9glementant certaines drogues et autres substances"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/1/31/",
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