Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2018-10-25 14:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Arnold Viersen (Peace River\u2014Westlock, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Arnold Viersen (Peace River\u2014Westlock, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5603528\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, dust off your decoys and don your camo. Fall is here and hunters throughout my riding are celebrating the arrival of hunting season. Northern Alberta is a hunter's paradise, teeming with ducks, geese, deer and moose. This is a time of camaraderie outdoors, a time to pass on our traditions to our children and a time to put meat in the freezer. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5603529\" data-originallang=\"en\">Hunters are law-abiding and conscientious firearms owners. They are not criminals. Bill <a data-HoCid=\"9710291\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-71/\" title=\"An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms\">C-71</a>, if it becomes law, will make these people put their names on the Liberals' gun registry. Their registry targets hunters, not gang members. We need to shoot down this ineffective bill and put our sights on the real criminals: the people who commit crimes. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5603530\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am a hunter, my friends and relatives are hunters, and the first nations in my riding are also hunters. We shoot game to feed our families. The government is going after the wrong people. We are not the criminals; we are hunters. As Uncle Si says, \u201cThat's what I'm talking about, Jack.\u201d</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5603528\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il est temps de d\u00e9poussi\u00e9rer ses leurres et d'enfiler sa veste de chasse. L'automne est arriv\u00e9, et les chasseurs des quatre coins de ma circonscription c\u00e9l\u00e8brent l'ouverture de la saison de la chasse. Le Nord de l'Alberta est le paradis de la chasse: la r\u00e9gion fourmille de canards, d'oies, de chevreuils et d'orignaux. C'est l'occasion de profiter de la nature entre amis, de transmettre nos traditions \u00e0 nos enfants et de remplir le cong\u00e9lateur de viande.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5603529\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les chasseurs sont des propri\u00e9taires d'armes \u00e0 feu consciencieux et respectueux des lois. Ce ne sont pas des criminels. Le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"9710291\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-71/\" title=\"An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms\">C-71</a>, s'il est adopt\u00e9, obligera ces gens \u00e0 s'inscrire au registre des armes \u00e0 feu des lib\u00e9raux. Ce registre cible les chasseurs, et non les membres de gangs. Il faut torpiller ce projet de loi inefficace et s'occuper des vrais criminels, c'est-\u00e0-dire les personnes qui commettent des crimes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5603530\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis un chasseur, tout comme mes amis et mes proches ainsi que les membres des Premi\u00e8res Nations de ma circonscription. Nous abattons du gibier pour nourrir notre famille. Le gouvernement ne s'en prend pas aux bonnes personnes. Nous ne sommes pas des criminels; nous sommes des chasseurs. Comme le dirait l'oncle Si: \u00ab Je n'aurais pas mieux dit, Jack. \u00bb</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/10/25/arnold-viersen-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/arnold-viersen/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4303/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10330435",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Firearms",
        "fr": "Les armes \u00e0 feu"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/10/25/",
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    }
}