Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2018-10-30 17:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Sheila Malcolmson",
        "fr": "Mme Sheila Malcolmson"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5618346\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, that is quite a serious development that happened just yesterday. It is expected and understood that whoever will adjudicate the election process, or in this case the debate process, is not put in place with the support and consensus of all political parties, the party in power who appoints that person may well be seen, rightly or wrongly, to be making a partisan appointment. Of course, our hands are raised today to Johnston, a good man, but the repeated commitment made by the <a data-HoCid=\"229218\" href=\"/politicians/karina-gould/\" title=\"Karina Gould\">Minister of Democratic Institutions</a> to the House committee overseeing and reviewing the process for the leaders' debate was that \u201cI will take this committee's advice\u201d. The committee's advice was to adhere to that tradition of having a consensus view.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5618347\" data-originallang=\"en\">The government taxed people three-quarters of a million dollars for a process to establish the new oversight person for the leaders' debate. It failed to talk with the parties. It failed to do the process and present a consensus view. To announce it out in the front hall, to the great surprise of everyone, is a disappointment.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5618346\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est tout un rebondissement qui est survenu hier. D'apr\u00e8s ce qu'on peut comprendre, la personne charg\u00e9e de surveiller le processus \u00e9lectoral, dans ce cas-ci l'organisation des d\u00e9bats, ne sera pas choisie avec le consensus de tous les partis politiques; le parti au pouvoir qui nommera cette personne risque fort, \u00e0 tort ou \u00e0 raison, d'\u00eatre accus\u00e9 de proc\u00e9der \u00e0 une nomination partisane. \u00c9videmment, aujourd'hui, c'est M. Johnston, un homme bien, qui est point\u00e9 du doigt, mais c'est la <a data-HoCid=\"229218\" href=\"/politicians/karina-gould/\" title=\"Karina Gould\">ministre des Institutions d\u00e9mocratiques</a> qui, \u00e0 maintes reprises devant le comit\u00e9 de la Chambre charg\u00e9 de surveiller le processus d'organisation du d\u00e9bat des chefs, a r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9 son engagement \u00e0 suivre les recommandations du comit\u00e9 en question. La recommandation du comit\u00e9 \u00e9tait de respecter la tradition selon laquelle il faut proc\u00e9der par consensus. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5618347\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement s'est servi de trois quarts de million de dollars des contribuables pour \u00e9tablir un nouveau processus visant \u00e0 choisir une nouvelle personne qui sera charg\u00e9e de surveiller l'organisation du d\u00e9bat des chefs. Il n'a pas consult\u00e9 les autres partis. Il n'a pas respect\u00e9 la tradition et n'a pas cherch\u00e9 \u00e0 obtenir un consensus. Qu'il ait choisi de faire l'annonce de cette d\u00e9cision, que personne n'a vue venir, dans le hall est d\u00e9cevant. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/10/30/sheila-malcolmson-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/sheila-malcolmson/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4256/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10341572",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Elections Modernization Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur la modernisation des \u00e9lections"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/10/30/",
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