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{
"time": "2020-02-18 21:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Jenny Kwan (Vancouver-Est, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6052160\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, it is a bit much to take when I hear the Conservative members. On the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, former Prime Minister Harper actually said that it was an Indian issue. This is how the Conservative treat indigenous people. On this issue, they have perpetuated the situation which we are in today. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6052161\" data-originallang=\"en\">There is no question that the Liberals did not act, and they should have long ago. They have not made good on their promise on the new nation-to-nation relationship. However, the Conservatives have perpetuated this in their tenure as well. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6052162\" data-originallang=\"en\">On the question around the rule of law, do Conservative members not recognize section 35 of the Constitution that enshrines the rights of indigenous people, and also the Supreme Court decision with respect to Delgamuukw?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6052160\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, il est un peu dur d'avaler ce que disent les d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs. En parlant des femmes et filles autochtones assassin\u00e9es ou port\u00e9es disparues, l'ancien premier ministre Harper a dit que c'\u00e9tait une question indienne. Oui, il a bel et bien dit cela. C'est de cette fa\u00e7on que les conservateurs traitent les Autochtones. Ils ont perp\u00e9tu\u00e9 la situation dans laquelle nous nous trouvons aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6052161\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est ind\u00e9niable que les lib\u00e9raux n'ont pas agi, alors qu'ils auraient d\u00fb le faire il y a longtemps. Ils n'ont pas respect\u00e9 leur promesse d'\u00e9tablir une nouvelle relation de nation \u00e0 nation. Toutefois, les conservateurs n'ont eux aussi rien fait dans ce dossier durant leur mandat. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6052162\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour ce qui est de la primaut\u00e9 du droit, les d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs ne reconnaissent-ils pas l'article 35 de la Constitution, qui ench\u00e2sse les droits des peuples autochtones, de m\u00eame que la d\u00e9cision rendue par la Cour supr\u00eame dans l'arr\u00eat Delgamuukw? </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2020/2/18/jenny-kwan-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jenny-kwan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4248/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10757557",
"h1": {
"en": "Emergency Debate",
"fr": "D\u00e9bat D'Urgence"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Relations with Indigenous Peoples",
"fr": "Les relations avec les peuples autochtones"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2020/2/18/",
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}
}