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{
"time": "2017-05-30 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Rh\u00e9al Fortin (Rivi\u00e8re-du-Nord, BQ)",
"fr": "M. Rh\u00e9al Fortin (Rivi\u00e8re-du-Nord, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4920261\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, there may be a, shall we say, pink elephant in the room when it comes to the legalization of marijuana.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4920262\" data-originallang=\"fr\">First let us talk about the risks. Quebeckers are aware of them. Some of those risks include normalization of marijuana use, public health impacts, and increased use by our young people, just to name a few. Then there is production. The opening of this new market should benefit more than just the Liberals' friends. As we have seen, almost every cannabis company has a former minister or well-known Liberal on its board of directors.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4920263\" data-originallang=\"fr\">If we vote to legalize marijuana, it must be done right. It must not have a negative impact on our young people or the general public, and it must certainly not be done just to benefit the Liberals' friends. The government has not yet done anything to address Quebeckers' concerns or to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. Things are off to a bad start.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4920261\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, dans le dossier de la l\u00e9galisation de la marijuana, il y a, pourrait-on dire, un \u00e9l\u00e9phant rose dans la pi\u00e8ce.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4920262\" data-originallang=\"fr\">D'abord il y a les risques. Les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois sont conscients des risques: banalisation du ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne, effets sur la sant\u00e9 publique et augmentation de la consommation chez nos jeunes, pour n'en nommer que quelques-uns. Puis, il y a la production. L'ouverture de ce nouveau march\u00e9 ne doit pas strictement servir les amis lib\u00e9raux. On l'a vu, les conseils d'administration des entreprises de cannabis comptent d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s tous un ex-ministre ou un lib\u00e9ral notoire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4920263\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Si nous sommes favorables \u00e0 la l\u00e9galisation de la marijuana, il faudra que cela se fasse correctement, pas aux d\u00e9pens de nos jeunes, pas aux d\u00e9pens de la population en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et surtout pas au profit des amis lib\u00e9raux. Au moment o\u00f9 on se parle, le gouvernement n'a toujours rien fait pour calmer les inqui\u00e9tudes des Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois et n'a rien fait non plus pour \u00e9viter les apparences de conflits d'int\u00e9r\u00eats. \u00c7a commence bien mal.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/5/30/rheal-fortin-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/rheal-fortin/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4449/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9562731",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Marijuana",
"fr": "La marijuana"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/5/30/",
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}
}