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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2017-12-12 13:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, GP)",
"fr": "Mme Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, PV)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5187570\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I find this legislation remarkably inconsequential. I am torn about how I should vote on it quite honestly. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5187571\" data-originallang=\"en\">I really do have a philosophical problem with the idea that we do better in attracting people when we pay more. I frankly think every minister and every member of Parliament should be paid less. We would attract better people. We would attract people from the NGO sector who are used to working for poverty wages. We need civil service and public service to be foremost in our minds.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5187572\" data-originallang=\"en\">I do not know if we are going to say all members are equal. The salary of the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> should come down and ministers' salaries could come down. We could all work in a way that reflects to the Canadian public that we experience lives closer to the lives they lead.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5187570\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ce projet de loi me semble absolument insignifiant. Je vous dirai honn\u00eatement que je ne sais vraiment pas comment je vais voter. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5187571\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je m\u2019oppose philosophiquement \u00e0 l\u2019id\u00e9e selon laquelle en offrant un meilleur traitement, on attire des personnes plus comp\u00e9tentes. Je vous dirai franchement que l\u2019on devrait diminuer le traitement de chaque ministre et de chaque d\u00e9put\u00e9. Nous attirerions ainsi de meilleurs candidats. Nous aurions des candidats du secteur des ONG habitu\u00e9s \u00e0 travailler pour un salaire mis\u00e9rable. Il est crucial que nous nous concentrions avant tout sur le service de la population et le sens civique.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5187572\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je ne sais pas si nous affirmerons que tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s sont \u00e9gaux. Il faudrait r\u00e9duire le traitement du <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a>. Nous pourrions r\u00e9duire le salaire des ministres. Nous pourrions tous travailler de mani\u00e8re \u00e0 montrer aux Canadiens que notre quotidien ressemble davantage au leur.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/12/12/elizabeth-may-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/elizabeth-may/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4108/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9893203",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Salaries Act",
"fr": "La Loi sur les traitements"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/12/12/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F12%2F12%2F"
}
}