Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2017-05-30 15:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Dan Albas (Central Okanagan\u2014Similkameen\u2014Nicola, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Dan Albas (Central Okanagan\u2014Similkameen\u2014Nicola, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4920602\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the House leader's availability here. She mentioned Bill <a data-HoCid=\"8874160\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-44/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures\">C-44</a>, the budget implementation act. That just came off the finance committee. Liberal members did not even defend their own legislation as amendments were put up by opposition members. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4920603\" data-originallang=\"en\">She said that we are all here to represent our communities. We are actually all here to hold the government to account, and if we are not members of the executive of the government, then it is our job to come in and talk about the issues of the day. By not allowing opposition days, the ability for us to hear from their backbench on what they think the issue is, she is actually not just demoting the opposition's ability to raise issues; she is actually diminishing the ability of her own members. Does she not recognize that by giving us less time than government business she is actually hurting her own members' ability to stand up and talk about a record that she may or may not have? </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4920604\" data-originallang=\"en\">Does she agree that by not allowing an equal amount of debate, she is not allowing her own members of Parliament to stand up in this place and enter debate?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4920602\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie la leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre de sa disponibilit\u00e9. Elle mentionnait le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"8874160\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-44/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures\">C-44</a>, le projet de loi d\u2019ex\u00e9cution du budget, qui vient juste de revenir du comit\u00e9 des finances. Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s lib\u00e9raux n\u2019ont m\u00eame pas d\u00e9fendu leur propre projet de loi quand les d\u00e9put\u00e9s de l\u2019opposition ont propos\u00e9 des amendements.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4920603\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Elle a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que nous sommes tous ici pour repr\u00e9senter nos collectivit\u00e9s. En fait, nous sommes tous ici pour demander des comptes au gouvernement et, si nous ne sommes pas des d\u00e9put\u00e9s minist\u00e9riels, nous avons le devoir de venir parler des questions de l\u2019heure. En n\u2019autorisant pas de journ\u00e9es de l\u2019opposition, en ne nous permettant pas d\u2019entendre ce que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s d\u2019arri\u00e8re-ban pensent des questions \u00e0 l'\u00e9tude, non seulement la leader fait en sorte que l\u2019opposition soit moins en mesure de soulever des questions, mais elle diminue aussi la capacit\u00e9 de ses propres d\u00e9put\u00e9s de s\u2019exprimer. Reconna\u00eet-elle qu\u2019en nous accordant moins de temps qu\u2019aux affaires du gouvernement, elle nuit en fait \u00e0 la capacit\u00e9 de ses propres d\u00e9put\u00e9s de prendre la parole?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4920604\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Convient-elle qu\u2019en n\u2019accordant pas un temps de d\u00e9bat \u00e9gal, elle ne permet pas \u00e0 ses propres d\u00e9put\u00e9s de prendre la parole \u00e0 la Chambre et de participer au d\u00e9bat?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/5/30/dan-albas-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/dan-albas/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4309/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9563439",
    "h2": {
        "en": "Extension of Sitting Hours",
        "fr": "La prolongation des heures de s\u00e9ance"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Motion that debate be not further adjourned",
        "fr": "Motion portant que le d\u00e9bat ne soit plus ajourn\u00e9"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/5/30/",
    "related": {
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    }
}