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{
"time": "2017-12-13 16:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Randy Boissonnault",
"fr": "M. Randy Boissonnault"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5189244\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member across the way for his leadership on LGBTQ2 issues and the work that he has done in his caucus to get us to this stage.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5189245\" data-originallang=\"en\">What is important to understand is that at this stage the bill is speaking to offences related to buggery, anal intercourse, and gross indecency. That is the very clear position of our government. We are listening to the community, as we have done for many months and, indeed, years. We understand where communities are coming from and it is important to say that we understand the devastating consequences that bathhouse raids had on communities. That is why the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> mentioned the culture of fear and discrimination that our government was part of creating. We take the hon. member's comments to heart as well.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5189244\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je tiens \u00e0 remercier le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d\u2019en face pour son leadership dans le dossier des personnes LGBTQ2 et pour le travail qu\u2019il a accompli dans son caucus pour nous permettre d\u2019en arriver o\u00f9 nous sommes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5189245\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il importe de comprendre qu\u2019\u00e0 cette \u00e9tape, le projet de loi concerne les infractions de grossi\u00e8re ind\u00e9cence, de sodomie et de relations sexuelles anales. Le gouvernement a pris une position tr\u00e8s claire \u00e0 ce sujet. Depuis des mois, voire des ann\u00e9es, nous sommes \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9coute de cette communaut\u00e9. Nous savons ce qui l'anime, et il est important de dire que nous comprenons les cons\u00e9quences d\u00e9vastatrices qu\u2019ont eues les raids de la police dans les bains publics. Voil\u00e0 pourquoi le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> a parl\u00e9 de la culture de peur et de discrimination dont le gouvernement \u00e9tait en partie responsable. Nous avons aussi \u00e0 coeur les commentaires du d\u00e9put\u00e9.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/12/13/randy-boissonnault-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/randy-boissonnault/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4392/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9896374",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act",
"fr": "Loi sur la radiation de condamnations constituant des injustices historiques"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/12/13/",
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}