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{
"time": "2018-04-24 16:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Kevin Lamoureux (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5355610\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I have been listening to the debate all day. When the Conservatives speak, I often get the sense they want to prevent or do not see the value in the process we currently have in place. It has done a truly amazing job with irregular border crossings for years, not only in this government but also during the Harper government. The difference is that to further complement our our border control, we have invested literally tens of millions of dollars to ensure additional support will be there if it is fully warranted.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5355611\" data-originallang=\"en\">On the other hand, the NDP seems to want to take a different approach. I would argue that it is irresponsible to try to give an impression that there is absolutely nothing wrong with crossing the Canada-U.S. border anywhere. In essence we could treat all crossings the same by just waiving one aspect of the legislation. The process we have today is doing the job\u2014</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5355610\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, j'ai \u00e9cout\u00e9 le d\u00e9bat toute la journ\u00e9e. Lorsque les conservateurs ont la parole, j'ai souvent l'impression qu'ils ne voient aucune valeur au processus actuel ou qu'ils veulent rendre son fonctionnement impossible. Pendant des ann\u00e9es, ce processus a accompli un travail formidable \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard des passages irr\u00e9guliers \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re non seulement sous le gouvernement actuel, mais aussi sous le gouvernement Harper. La diff\u00e9rence est que, dans le but d'am\u00e9liorer le contr\u00f4le \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re, nous avons investi des dizaines de millions de dollars afin de fournir un soutien suppl\u00e9mentaire lorsque la situation le justifie pleinement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5355611\" data-originallang=\"en\">En revanche, le NPD semble vouloir adopter une autre approche. \u00c0 mon avis, il est irresponsable d'essayer de donner l'impression qu'il n'y a absolument rien de mal \u00e0 traverser la fronti\u00e8re canado-am\u00e9ricaine n'importe o\u00f9. Essentiellement, nous pourrions traiter tous les passages de la m\u00eame fa\u00e7on en levant simplement un aspect de la loi. Le processus actuel accomplit son travail...</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/4/24/kevin-lamoureux-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-lamoureux/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4032/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10078103",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Illegal Border Crossings",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Les passages ill\u00e9gaux \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/4/24/",
"related": {
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}
}