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{
"time": "2021-12-07 11:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Alex Ruff",
"fr": "M. Alex Ruff"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6871428\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I think the member will find it easier to respond to my comments if he actually listens to them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6871429\" data-originallang=\"en\">He talked about time and that nobody could have predicted this. He sort of corrected that in his last response, but this was predicted. His own backbencher, the MP for <a data-HoCid=\"278656\" href=\"/politicians/marcus-powlowski/\" title=\"Marcus Powlowski\">Thunder Bay\u2014Rainy River</a>, raised a concern with the Liberal government two years ago that this was going to come down the pike, so this should have been predicted. I raised it myself in the national media weeks before the government took action.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6871430\" data-originallang=\"en\">I will agree with the member. It is the backbenchers' responsibility to stand up and criticize the government at certain times. I am looking forward to members of the Liberal caucus voting for this motion today.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6871428\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je pense qu'il sera plus facile pour le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 mes observations s'il se donne la peine de les \u00e9couter.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6871429\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il a parl\u00e9 de la question du temps et du fait que personne n'aurait pu pr\u00e9voir ce qui allait arriver. Il s'est en quelque sorte r\u00e9tract\u00e9 dans sa derni\u00e8re r\u00e9ponse, mais je me dois d'insister: la situation avait \u00e9t\u00e9 annonc\u00e9e. Un d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'arri\u00e8re-ban de son propre parti, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"278656\" href=\"/politicians/marcus-powlowski/\" title=\"Marcus Powlowski\">Thunder Bay\u2014Rainy River</a>, a dit au gouvernement lib\u00e9ral il y a deux ans qu'il craignait qu'une telle situation survienne. Ce n'\u00e9tait donc pas impr\u00e9visible. J'ai moi aussi soulev\u00e9 cette pr\u00e9occupation dans les m\u00e9dias nationaux, des semaines avant que le gouvernement r\u00e9agisse.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6871430\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis d'accord avec le d\u00e9put\u00e9 sur un point. Il incombe aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s d'arri\u00e8re-ban de prendre la parole pour critiquer le gouvernement \u00e0 certains moments. J'esp\u00e8re que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du caucus lib\u00e9ral voteront pour cette motion aujourd'hui.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2021/12/7/alex-ruff-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/alex-ruff/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4539/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11443830",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Special Committee on Afghanistan",
"fr": "Motion de l\u2019opposition \u2014 Le comit\u00e9 sp\u00e9cial sur l\u2019Afghanistan"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2021/12/7/",
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}
}