Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2018-04-26 11:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Carolyn Bennett",
        "fr": "L'hon. Carolyn Bennett"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5361255\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I thank the member for the question. I remember that day very well. It is a day that those of us who were here will never forget. There is not a week that goes by when someone does not stop us to say they brought their mother here or they were watching it from the community hall on television, and that the apology from the Government of Canada meant so much.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5361256\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I too believe that reconciliation is a journey, not a destination, and that we, as Canada, will continue to have to be corrected on our journey of reconciliation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5361257\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think the motion today means that Canada has apologized. The other churches have apologized. The reason the Truth and Reconciliation Commission put out a call to action asking the Pope to apologize is that the Catholic entities have not. It is hugely important that we move on to allow the kind of healing and closure that is, as was said, particularly for the indigenous people in this country who are devout Catholics. They want their church to do better, to be able to apologize so that they can get on with their lives, their healing journey, and their closure.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5361255\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de sa question. Je me souviens tr\u00e8s bien de cette journ\u00e9e. C'est une journ\u00e9e que n'oublieront jamais ceux qui \u00e9taient pr\u00e9sents. Il ne se passe pas une semaine sans que quelqu'un me dise avoir emmen\u00e9 sa m\u00e8re ici ou avoir regard\u00e9 la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision \u00e0 la salle communautaire et \u00e0 quel point les excuses du gouvernement du Canada ont \u00e9t\u00e9 importantes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5361256\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je crois moi aussi que la r\u00e9conciliation est un cheminement, et non une destination, et qu'il faudra continuer de corriger le Canada dans son cheminement sur cette voie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5361257\" data-originallang=\"en\">La motion d'aujourd'hui revient \u00e0 dire que le Canada a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 ses excuses. Les autres \u00c9glises ont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 leurs excuses. Si la Commission de v\u00e9rit\u00e9 et r\u00e9conciliation a lanc\u00e9 un appel \u00e0 l'action demandant au pape de pr\u00e9senter ses excuses, c'est parce que les entit\u00e9s catholiques ne l'ont toujours pas fait. Il est extr\u00eamement important que nous agissions pour permettre aux Autochtones de tourner la page et de trouver la paix, en particulier, comme il a \u00e9t\u00e9 dit, les Autochtones qui sont de fervents catholiques. Ces derniers veulent que leur \u00c9glise fasse mieux et qu'elle pr\u00e9sente ses excuses de sorte qu'ils puissent reprendre le cours de leur vie, poursuivre leur processus de gu\u00e9rison et tourner la page.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/4/26/carolyn-bennett-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/carolyn-bennett/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4324/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10083481",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion--Papal Apology on Residential Schools",
        "fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Les excuses papales concernant les pensionnats autochtones"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/4/26/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2018%2F4%2F26%2F"
    }
}