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{
"time": "2017-06-20 11:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Harold Albrecht (Kitchener\u2014Conestoga, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Harold Albrecht (Kitchener\u2014Conestoga, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4969975\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I just want to pick up on this point of parliamentary secretaries sitting on committees as ex officio members. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4969976\" data-originallang=\"en\">Certainly during our time in government, the parliamentary secretary was there, part of the committee, quarterbacking the work that needed to be done. We know this idea of not having them there officially was tried in 1986 but scrapped in 1991. Thomas Sowell said this:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"4969977\" data-originallang=\"en\"> One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"4969978\" data-originallang=\"en\">If the government is so intent on having parliamentary secretaries at committee, why not let them sit there as full members to quarterback the work of government, as they really should be doing?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4969975\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais simplement revenir sur la pr\u00e9sence des secr\u00e9taires parlementaires au sein des comit\u00e9s en tant que membres d'office.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4969976\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lorsque nous formions le gouvernement, les secr\u00e9taires parlementaires faisaient partie des comit\u00e9s, o\u00f9 ils coordonnaient les travaux \u00e0 faire. Nous savons que l'id\u00e9e visant \u00e0 les exclure en tant que membres officiels des comit\u00e9s a \u00e9t\u00e9 mise \u00e0 l'essai en 1986, mais qu'elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 abandonn\u00e9e en 1991. Thomas Sowell a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 ce qui suit: </p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"4969977\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Une des principales raisons pour lesquelles on \u00e9tudie l'histoire, c'est que presque toutes les id\u00e9es stupides qui sont \u00e0 la mode aujourd'hui ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 essay\u00e9es et qu'elles se sont av\u00e9r\u00e9es d\u00e9sastreuses. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"4969978\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si le gouvernement tient tant \u00e0 ce que les secr\u00e9taires parlementaires si\u00e8gent au sein des comit\u00e9s, pourquoi ne les d\u00e9signe-t-il pas en tant que membres \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re des comit\u00e9s afin qu'ils puissent y coordonner les travaux du gouvernement, comme il se doit?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/6/20/harold-albrecht-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/harold-albrecht/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/311/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9631638",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Amendments to Standing Orders",
"fr": "Les modifications au R\u00e8glement"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/6/20/",
"related": {
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}
}