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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2017-06-20 21:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, GP)",
"fr": "Mme Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, PV)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4971487\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, it is a late hour, and I thought some Stephen Leacock would be appropriate. Stephen Leacock once wrote, \u201cIn ancient times they didn't have statistics, so they had to fall back on lies.\u201d However, that applies to nobody in this place, obviously. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4971488\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want to ask the hon. member for <a data-HoCid=\"214137\" href=\"/politicians/david-graham/\" title=\"David Graham\">Laurentides\u2014Labelle</a> if he does not believe, as I do believe, that it is a mistake. I realize that Shared Services can be improved, but the most knowledgeable people we have talked to in the process of looking at Bill <a data-HoCid=\"8669465\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-36/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Statistics Act\">C-36</a> believe that Statistics Canada should have its own information system and should not have to overlap with Shared Services Canada. There is only mischief that will come from that.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4971487\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, il est tard, et je me dis qu'une citation de Stephen Leacock serait de mise. Il \u00e9crivait un jour ceci: \u00ab Autrefois, les statistiques n'existaient pas, alors les gens devaient s'en remettre aux mensonges. \u00bb \u00c9videmment, personne n'est vis\u00e9 par cette remarque dans cette enceinte.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4971488\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je voudrais demander au d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"214137\" href=\"/politicians/david-graham/\" title=\"David Graham\">Laurentides\u2014Labelle</a> s'il pense comme moi que ce projet de loi est une erreur. Je sais que Services partag\u00e9s peut s'am\u00e9liorer, mais les personnes qui connaissent le mieux le dossier nous ont dit, au cours de l'\u00e9tude du projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"8669465\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-36/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Statistics Act\">C-36</a>, que Statistique Canada devrait avoir son propre syst\u00e8me informatique et ne devrait pas d\u00e9pendre de Services partag\u00e9s sur ce point. Sinon, il ne peut en d\u00e9couler que des probl\u00e8mes.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/6/20/elizabeth-may-16/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/elizabeth-may/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4108/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9633780",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Statistics Act",
"fr": "La Loi sur la statistique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/6/20/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F6%2F20%2F"
}
}