Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2017-05-29 13:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Kevin Lamoureux (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4917655\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I appreciated the comments from speakers this morning and afternoon in regard to the government motion. To begin, it was not that long ago, a couple of years, that I sat in the opposition benches, not far from the member who just spoke. At that time, then Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognized the need to bring in the almost identical motion that we are debating today. I can recall standing up in my place and even saying that this was a good thing. At times, the government needs to be able to extend the hours of sitting in order to achieve more debate on very serious issues facing Canadians. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4917656\" data-originallang=\"en\">I, like my colleagues, am not scared to work overtime, if that is what they want to call it. Many of us work well into the evening every night of the week anyway. It is important that we recognize right from the get-go, and everyone in the House should recognize it, that there is a time when the House needs to extend its hours. Conservative governments have recognized it. Even when I was in opposition, I recognized that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4917657\" data-originallang=\"en\">I suggest that my colleagues across the way read the motion and compare it to the motion that Prime Minister Stephen Harper brought in. If they can find a difference, I ask them to please tell me where those differences are. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4917658\" data-originallang=\"en\">Stephen Harper was right back then. That is why we supported\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4917655\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j\u2019ai \u00e9cout\u00e9 avec int\u00e9r\u00eat les commentaires des intervenants ce matin et cet apr\u00e8s-midi au sujet de la motion du gouvernement. Tout d\u2019abord, il n\u2019y a pas si longtemps, deux ans, j\u2019\u00e9tais assis sur les bancs de l\u2019opposition, non loin du d\u00e9put\u00e9 qui vient d\u2019intervenir. Le premier ministre de l\u2019\u00e9poque, Stephen Harper, avait reconnu la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de pr\u00e9senter une motion presque identique \u00e0 celle dont nous d\u00e9battons aujourd\u2019hui. Je me souviens avoir dit que c\u2019\u00e9tait une bonne chose. Parfois, le gouvernement doit pouvoir prolonger une s\u00e9ance pour permettre de d\u00e9battre davantage de questions tr\u00e8s graves auxquelles les Canadiens sont confront\u00e9s. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4917656\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Comme mes coll\u00e8gues, je n\u2019ai pas peur de faire des heures suppl\u00e9mentaires, si c\u2019est le terme qu\u2019ils veulent utiliser. Nous sommes nombreux \u00e0 travailler de toute fa\u00e7on jusqu\u2019\u00e0 une heure avanc\u00e9e chaque soir de la semaine. Il est important de reconna\u00eetre d\u2019embl\u00e9e \u2014 et tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s devraient l\u2019admettre \u2014 qu\u2019il y a des moments o\u00f9 la Chambre doit prolonger ses s\u00e9ances. Des gouvernements conservateurs l\u2019ont reconnu. M\u00eame quand j\u2019\u00e9tais dans l\u2019opposition, je le reconnaissais.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4917657\" data-originallang=\"en\"> J\u2019invite mes coll\u00e8gues d\u2019en face \u00e0 lire la motion et \u00e0 la comparer \u00e0 la motion pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par le premier ministre Stephen Harper. S\u2019ils trouvent une diff\u00e9rence, je les prie de m\u2019indiquer o\u00f9 elle se trouve. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4917658\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Stephen Harper avait raison \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque. C\u2019est pourquoi nous avons\u2026</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/5/29/kevin-lamoureux-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-lamoureux/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4032/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9552947",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Extension of Sitting Hours",
        "fr": "La prolongation des s\u00e9ances"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/5/29/",
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}