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{
"time": "2020-11-24 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)",
"fr": "M. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6368762\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, today the appeal court began hearing the challenge to Quebec's Bill 99 on its right to self-determination.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6368763\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois would like to reiterate that the Quebec people have an inalienable right to self-determination. We want to reiterate that democracy means 50% of the votes plus one vote. We want to reiterate that the Quebec people are the only masters of their future, which will be decided in the National Assembly and not here. We strongly condemn the federal government's participation in this attack on Quebeckers' freedom of choice. We denounce the Government of Canada for participating in a course of action that is tantamount to authoritarianism. We denounce the fact that, once again, Ottawa is using Quebec taxpayers' money to fund its bid to violate their rights.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6368764\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I will close by quoting staunch federalist Robert Bourassa, who said that no matter what anyone says or does, Quebec is and always will be a distinct and free society capable of taking charge of its own destiny.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6368762\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, aujourd'hui d\u00e9butent les audiences en cour d'appel de la contestation de la loi 99 du Qu\u00e9bec sur son droit \u00e0 l'autod\u00e9termination.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6368763\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois tient \u00e0 r\u00e9it\u00e9rer que le droit \u00e0 l'autod\u00e9termination du peuple qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois est inali\u00e9nable. Nous tenons \u00e0 r\u00e9it\u00e9rer que, la d\u00e9mocratie, c'est 50 % plus un vote. Nous tenons \u00e0 r\u00e9it\u00e9rer que le peuple qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois est le seul ma\u00eetre de son avenir et que c'est \u00e0 l'Assembl\u00e9e nationale qu'il se d\u00e9cide, et non ici. Nous d\u00e9non\u00e7ons fermement la participation du f\u00e9d\u00e9ral \u00e0 cet acharnement contre la libert\u00e9 des choix des Qu\u00e9b\u00e9coises et des Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois. Nous d\u00e9non\u00e7ons le fait que le gouvernement canadien participe \u00e0 une d\u00e9rive qui s'apparente \u00e0 de l'autoritarisme. Nous d\u00e9non\u00e7ons le fait que, encore une fois, Ottawa prend l'argent des contribuables qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois pour tenter de brimer leurs droits fondamentaux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6368764\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Je terminerai en citant le tr\u00e8s f\u00e9d\u00e9raliste Robert Bourassa, qui a dit que \u00ab quoi qu\u2019on dise et quoi qu\u2019on fasse, le Qu\u00e9bec est, aujourd\u2019hui et pour toujours, une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 distincte, libre et capable d\u2019assumer son destin \u00bb.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2020/11/24/alain-therrien-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/alain-therrien/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4507/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11031528",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Intergovernmental Affairs",
"fr": "Les relations intergouvernementales"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2020/11/24/",
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}
}