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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2018-05-01 15:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Scott Brison (President of the Treasury Board, Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. Scott Brison (pr\u00e9sident du Conseil du Tr\u00e9sor, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5372920\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, when the Conservatives, in their so-called Fair Elections Act, took away vouching and took away voter identification cards, they were warned by hundreds of experts that it would suppress the vote and reduce participation in the Canadian election. They went ahead anyway. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5372921\" data-originallang=\"en\">In the 2015 election, according to Statistics Canada, over 170,000 Canadians were unable to vote. That is why Elections Canada recommended the restoration of both voter identification cards and vouching. That is what we are doing. Unlike the Conservatives, we think democracy is stronger when more Canadians participate in it.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5372920\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, lorsque les conservateurs ont exclu le recours aux r\u00e9pondants et \u00e9limin\u00e9 les cartes d'information de l'\u00e9lecteur avec leur pr\u00e9tendue Loi sur l\u2019int\u00e9grit\u00e9 des \u00e9lections, des centaines d'experts les ont avertis qu'une telle mesure emp\u00eacherait les gens de voter et r\u00e9duirait le taux de participation aux \u00e9lections canadiennes. Ils sont tout de m\u00eame all\u00e9s de l'avant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5372921\" data-originallang=\"en\">Selon Statistique Canada, lors des \u00e9lections de 2015, plus de 170 000 Canadiens n'ont pas pu voter. Voil\u00e0 pourquoi \u00c9lections Canada a recommand\u00e9 le r\u00e9tablissement des cartes d'information de l'\u00e9lecteur et du recours aux r\u00e9pondants. C'est ce que nous faisons. Contrairement aux conservateurs, nous estimons que la d\u00e9mocratie est plus forte lorsque davantage de Canadiens y participent.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/5/1/scott-brison-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/scott-brison/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1336/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10096461",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Democratic Reform",
"fr": "La r\u00e9forme d\u00e9mocratique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/5/1/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2018%2F5%2F1%2F"
}
}