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{
    "time": "2020-11-27 12:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Rachael Harder",
        "fr": "Mme Rachael Harder"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6385297\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, why would we pile on more bureaucracy, so to speak, when we have the opportunity in front of us? Witness after witness said that this was being rushed through. One witness commented on the fact that in the middle of a pandemic this was being rushed through. She drew attention to the irony that in the middle of a pandemic we were giving focus and attention to protecting the vulnerable, yet we were unwilling to give this legislation due time. That is wrong. Now is the opportunity\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6385297\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, pourquoi ajouter des d\u00e9tours bureaucratiques, pour ainsi dire, alors que nous avons l'occasion de prendre le taureau par les cornes maintenant? Les t\u00e9moins ont affirm\u00e9, les uns apr\u00e8s les autres, que cette mesure l\u00e9gislative franchissait les \u00e9tapes \u00e0 toute vapeur. Une t\u00e9moin a m\u00eame dit qu'on essayait d'adopter ce projet de loi \u00e0 la h\u00e2te au beau milieu d'une pand\u00e9mie. Elle a fait remarquer \u00e0 quel point c'\u00e9tait ironique que, dans ce contexte de pand\u00e9mie, le gouvernement s'efforce de prot\u00e9ger les personnes vuln\u00e9rables, mais qu'il refuse de nous permettre d'\u00e9tudier ce projet de loi comme il se doit. C'est inacceptable. C'est maintenant le temps de...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2020/11/27/rachael-thomas-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/rachael-harder/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4395/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11045603",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00c9manant Du Gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Criminal Code",
        "fr": "Le Code criminel"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2020/11/27/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F11%2F27%2F"
    }
}