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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2021-05-10 12:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Dominic LeBlanc (President of the Queen\u2019s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Dominic LeBlanc (pr\u00e9sident du Conseil priv\u00e9 de la Reine pour le Canada et ministre des Affaires intergouvernementales, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6695685\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent for his intervention and his question. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6695686\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I understand that he is fully playing his role of leader of the official opposition in the House. However, when I was in the opposition and his party was in power during the Harper years, his government did not hesitate to use time allocation motions regularly, even daily on some occasions. I understand that my colleague has a role to play by expressing a certain degree of indignation, which I freely accept.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6695687\" data-originallang=\"fr\">However, on the substance of the issue, we believe the time has come for the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to study Bill <a data-HoCid=\"11031427\" href=\"/bills/43-2/C-19/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (COVID-19 response)\">C-19</a> and make amendments if necessary. For the hours of debate that have been held so far, the members of the opposition have already made several suggestions for improving this bill, which, let us be clear, will only be in effect for the next election. I think therefore it is time for the House to refer the bill to the committee to be studied.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6695685\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie mon honorable coll\u00e8gue de Louis-Saint-Laurent de son intervention et de sa question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6695686\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je comprends qu'il joue pleinement son r\u00f4le de leader de l'opposition officielle \u00e0 la Chambre. Cependant, quand j'\u00e9tais dans l'opposition et que son parti \u00e9tait au pouvoir dans les ann\u00e9es de M. Harper, son gouvernement n'a pas h\u00e9sit\u00e9 \u00e0 d\u00e9poser r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement, voire quotidiennement certaines semaines, des motions d'attribution de temps \u00e0 la Chambre. Je comprends donc que mon coll\u00e8gue a un r\u00f4le \u00e0 jouer en exprimant une certaine indignation, ce que j'accepte avec bonne volont\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6695687\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Cependant, sur le fond de la question, nous croyons que l'heure est venue pour le Comit\u00e9 permanent de la proc\u00e9dure et des affaires de la Chambre d'\u00e9tudier le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"11031427\" href=\"/bills/43-2/C-19/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (COVID-19 response)\">C-19</a> et d'y apporter des amendements au besoin. Pendant les heures de d\u00e9bat qui ont eu lieu jusqu'\u00e0 maintenant, les d\u00e9put\u00e9s de l'opposition ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 fait plusieurs suggestions pour am\u00e9liorer ce projet de loi, lequel \u2014 entendons-nous \u2014 ne sera en vigueur que pour les prochaines \u00e9lections. Je pense donc que le temps est venu pour la Chambre de renvoyer ce projet de loi au Comit\u00e9 pour qu'il soit \u00e9tudi\u00e9.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2021/5/10/dominic-leblanc-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/dominic-leblanc/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1314/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11298942",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada Elections Act",
"fr": "La Loi \u00e9lectorale du Canada"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Bill C-19\u2014Time Allocation Motion",
"fr": "Projet de loi C-19 \u2014 Motion d'attribution de temps"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2021/5/10/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2021%2F5%2F10%2F"
}
}