Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2017-02-13 14:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Wayne Stetski (Kootenay\u2014Columbia, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Wayne Stetski (Kootenay\u2014Columbia, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4745212\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, this weekend, over 100 residents gathered in the city of Nelson in my riding, and thousands more across Canada to send a message that they wanted the government to keep its word on democratic reform.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4745213\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Following the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a>'s announcement that he was breaking his promise to Canadians to end the first past the post system, I received a large number of letters and calls from constituents telling me they felt betrayed, saddened, and angry, asking me to keep up the fight.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4745214\" data-originallang=\"en\">Here are the facts. Two-thirds of Canadians voted for parties promising electoral reform in the last election. During committee hearings, almost 90% of experts and 80% of public testimony called for the government to adopt a proportional voting system. During my own democratic reform tour last year, I heard overwhelmingly from voters that they were ready for change.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4745215\" data-originallang=\"en\">Change will happen in Canada. It will take hard work and political courage, but we can do it and we must. That is what Canadians are demanding we do.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4745212\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le week-end dernier, plus d'une centaine de personnes s'est r\u00e9unie dans la ville de Nelson, dans ma circonscription, et des milliers d'autres en ont fait autant dans tout le Canada pour envoyer un message au gouvernement lui disant de respecter sa parole au sujet de la r\u00e9forme \u00e9lectorale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4745213\" data-originallang=\"en\">Apr\u00e8s que le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> a annonc\u00e9 qu'il brisait sa promesse faite aux Canadiens de mettre un terme au syst\u00e8me majoritaire uninominal \u00e0 un tour, j'ai re\u00e7u une grande quantit\u00e9 de lettres et d'appels de la part de concitoyens me disant qu'ils se sentaient trahis, attrist\u00e9s et choqu\u00e9s et me demandant de poursuivre le combat.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4745214\" data-originallang=\"en\">Voici quels sont les faits. Les deux tiers des Canadiens ont vot\u00e9 pour des partis qui promettaient une r\u00e9forme \u00e9lectorale lors des derni\u00e8res \u00e9lections. Dans pr\u00e8s de 90 % des t\u00e9moignages d'experts et 80 % des t\u00e9moignages d'intervenants du public devant le comit\u00e9, on a recommand\u00e9 au gouvernement d'adopter un mode de scrutin proportionnel. L'ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, au cours de ma propre tourn\u00e9e sur la r\u00e9forme d\u00e9mocratique, la grande majorit\u00e9 des \u00e9lecteurs m'ont dit qu'ils \u00e9taient pr\u00eats pour un changement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4745215\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y aura un changement au Canada. Il faudra beaucoup de travail et du courage politique, mais on peut y arriver, et il faut y arriver. C'est ce que les Canadiens exigent de nous.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/2/13/wayne-stetski-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/wayne-stetski/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4355/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9367019",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Democratic Reform",
        "fr": "La r\u00e9forme d\u00e9mocratique"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/2/13/",
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}