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{
    "time": "2019-03-22 10:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Kevin Lamoureux",
        "fr": "M. Kevin Lamoureux"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5833702\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, to a certain degree, you have already made reference to the content of the matter when raising a question of privilege. I want to add that it is important to point out to you and all members of the House that the rules around questions of privilege are very clear. They are intended to be short interventions that provide facts about an alleged breach. They are not meant to be a tool to monopolize the House's time or to obstruct debate.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5833703\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would ask that the Speaker enforce this rule as it relates to a question of privilege. I would suggest that you have even provided extra grace time when the member was reflecting about caucus, which is not the purview of the Speaker.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5833702\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'invoque le R\u00e8glement. Dans une certaine mesure, vous avez d\u00e9j\u00e0 mentionn\u00e9 ce qu'on doit indiquer lorsqu'on soul\u00e8ve une question de privil\u00e8ge. J'ajouterais qu'il est important de souligner au Pr\u00e9sident et \u00e0 tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s que les r\u00e8gles entourant les questions de privil\u00e8ge sont tr\u00e8s claires. Elles sont cens\u00e9es \u00eatre de courtes interventions qui fournissent des faits au sujet d'une violation pr\u00e9sum\u00e9e. Elles ne sont pas destin\u00e9es \u00e0 \u00eatre des outils servant \u00e0 monopoliser le temps de la Chambre ou \u00e0 perturber le d\u00e9bat.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5833703\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je demande au Pr\u00e9sident d'appliquer cette r\u00e8gle qui porte sur les questions de privil\u00e8ge. Selon moi, vous avez d\u00e9j\u00e0 laiss\u00e9 beaucoup de temps au d\u00e9put\u00e9 lorsqu'il parlait du caucus, qui n'est pas du ressort du Pr\u00e9sident.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2019/3/22/kevin-lamoureux-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-lamoureux/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4032/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10541309",
    "h2": {
        "en": "Privilege",
        "fr": "Privil\u00e8ge"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Alleged Breach of Caucus Confidentiality",
        "fr": "La violation pr\u00e9sum\u00e9e du caract\u00e8re confidentiel des affaires du caucus"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2019/3/22/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2019%2F3%2F22%2F"
    }
}