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{
"time": "2017-02-23 14:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Ralph Goodale (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. Ralph Goodale (ministre de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique et de la Protection civile, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4770450\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, immigration detention is a measure of absolute last resort. That is why we are investing $138 million to both improve the system and minimize its use. We want to avoid the housing of minors in detention facilities as much as humanly possible.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4770451\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would note that the report the hon. member refers to said this:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"4770452\" data-originallang=\"en\"> CBSA has embarked on several new programs to improve transparency, alternatives to detention, and infrastructure.... the total number of children in detention across the country...has decreased significantly.... </p>\n</blockquote>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4770450\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, on ne proc\u00e8de \u00e0 la d\u00e9tention des immigrants qu'en tout dernier recours seulement. C'est pourquoi nous investissons 138 millions de dollars afin d'am\u00e9liorer le syst\u00e8me et d'avoir recours le moins possible \u00e0 cette mesure. Nous voulons \u00e9viter d'avoir \u00e0 loger des mineurs dans des centres de d\u00e9tention autant que faire se peut. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4770451\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je note ceci dans le rapport mentionn\u00e9 par le d\u00e9put\u00e9: </p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"4770452\" data-originallang=\"en\"> L'ASFC a mis en oeuvre plusieurs programmes visant \u00e0 accro\u00eetre la transparence, \u00e0 offrir des solutions de rechange \u00e0 la d\u00e9tention et \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer les infrastructures [...] le nombre total d'enfants en d\u00e9tention au pays [...] a consid\u00e9rablement diminu\u00e9 [...] </p>\n</blockquote>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/2/23/ralph-goodale-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/ralph-goodale/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4221/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9401983",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Public Safety",
"fr": "La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/2/23/",
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}
}