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{
    "time": "2017-11-28 17:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jo\u00ebl Godin",
        "fr": "M. Jo\u00ebl Godin"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5153841\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, it has been quite a while since I studied philosophy, but my colleague from Hull\u2014Aylmer was probably quite involved in that field.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5153842\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> I am not naive when it comes to marijuana. I am not saying that there is not a problem. I wish to remind my colleague from Hull\u2014Aylmer that he could read over my speeches. In them I said that while we have a special situation and we need to find solutions, legalizing marijuana is a cowardly approach. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5153843\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Let us simply put two very simple things in place: a more rigorous and better-equipped force to eliminate or reduce organized crime and, to protect our young people, awareness programs to encourage them to get involved in sports and the arts. As well, as I said in one of my speeches, we should encourage them to volunteer for the many organizations that they will run into during the holidays. They need young people and new blood. As a society, we need to be proud and encourage these people so that we can be even more enlightened in Canada.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5153841\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, mes cours de philosophie sont un peu loin, mais mon coll\u00e8gue de Hull\u2014Aylmer a probablement \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s impliqu\u00e9 dans le domaine de la philosophie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5153842\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je ne suis pas na\u00eff en ce qui concerne la marijuana. Je ne dis pas qu'il n'y a pas de probl\u00e8me. J'aimerais rappeler \u00e0 mon coll\u00e8gue de Hull\u2014Aylmer qu'il peut aller consulter mes discours. Je lui ai dit qu'il y a une situation particuli\u00e8re et qu'il faut trouver des solutions, mais que l\u00e9galiser la marijuana, c'est \u00eatre l\u00e2che. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5153843\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Qu'on mette tout simplement en place deux choses tr\u00e8s simples: des effectifs plus rigoureux et plus outill\u00e9s pour \u00e9liminer ou diminuer le crime organis\u00e9 et, pour prot\u00e9ger notre jeunesse, qu'on mette sur pied des programmes de sensibilisation, des programmes pour inciter les jeunes \u00e0 faire du sport, \u00e0 faire des arts et des spectacles. En plus, comme je l'ai dit dans un de mes discours, qu'on les invite \u00e0 faire du b\u00e9n\u00e9volat pour les nombreux organismes qu'on va rencontrer pendant la p\u00e9riode des F\u00eates. Ils ont besoin de rel\u00e8ve et de jeunesse. Comme soci\u00e9t\u00e9, il faut \u00eatre fiers et encourager ces gens pour nous permettre d'\u00eatre encore plus rayonnants au Canada.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/11/28/joel-godin-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/joel-godin/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4442/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9812202",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 2",
        "fr": "Loi no 2 d'ex\u00e9cution du budget de 2017"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/11/28/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F11%2F28%2F"
    }
}