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{
"time": "2018-12-04 13:55:00",
"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=\"5709260\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, in 1970, the Trudeau government had 500 people arrested because it was afraid they were criminals. How things have changed. Now we have a government led by the son of that same prime minister, and criminals are openly parading around downtown Montreal.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5709261\" data-originallang=\"fr\">All of the parties voted against our bill to create a list of criminal organizations. They voted against police officers arresting people who make no attempt to hide their gang membership. Even the Conservatives, who talk so tough, did not stand up when it was time to take action. Ottawa is too cowardly and is forcing municipalities such as Saint-Tite to pass bylaws to stop gangsters from intimidating the locals.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5709262\" data-originallang=\"fr\">It is pretty hard to be a proud member of Parliament when the people here cannot even agree on such basic values as fighting organized crime and hardly seem to care that our young girls are being forced into the sex trade, that drugs are being sold in our schools, and that gangs are being let off scot free. It is very hard.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5709260\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, en 1970, le gouvernement Trudeau a fait arr\u00eater 500 personnes, parce qu'il craignait que ce soient des criminels. Changement de cap: on a aujourd'hui un gouvernement dirig\u00e9 par le fils du premier ministre de l'\u00e9poque, mais on a des criminels qui, eux, s'affichent comme \u00e9tant des criminels et se pavanent au centre-ville de Montr\u00e9al. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5709261\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Tous les partis ont vot\u00e9 contre notre projet de loi pour cr\u00e9er une liste d'organisations criminelles. Ils ont vot\u00e9 contre le fait que les policiers arr\u00eatent ceux qui s'affichent comme \u00e9tant membres du crime organis\u00e9. M\u00eame les conservateurs qui jouent les durs dans leurs discours se sont couch\u00e9s quand c'\u00e9tait le temps d'agir. Ottawa manque de courage et oblige les municipalit\u00e9s comme Saint-Tite \u00e0 r\u00e9glementer pour emp\u00eacher les bandits d'intimider la population.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5709262\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Difficile d'\u00eatre fier de si\u00e9ger dans un parlement o\u00f9 on n'arrive m\u00eame plus \u00e0 s'entendre sur des valeurs aussi minimales que la lutte contre le crime organis\u00e9, o\u00f9 on n'arrive m\u00eame plus \u00e0 s'indigner de la prostitution forc\u00e9e de nos jeunes filles, de la vente de drogue dans nos \u00e9coles et de l'\u00e9mancipation des groupes criminels. C'est bien difficile.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/12/4/rheal-fortin-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/rheal-fortin/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4479/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10424459",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Crime",
"fr": "La criminalit\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/12/4/",
"related": {
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}
}