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{
"time": "2022-02-14 14:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)",
"fr": "M. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6937308\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> intends to invoke the Emergencies Act to deal with the occupation in Ottawa. He will have seven days to get the House's approval for the special powers he is seeking. However, he refuses to say exactly what he intends to do with those powers.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937309\" data-originallang=\"fr\">People have a right to know. We cannot wait seven days to find out. We cannot give the Prime Minister carte blanche when we are talking about extreme powers that could include the use of the military. Will the Prime Minister reveal his detailed plan today?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6937308\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> compte invoquer la Loi sur les mesures d'urgence pour faire face \u00e0 l'occupation d'Ottawa. Il aura sept jours pour faire ratifier \u00e0 la Chambre les pouvoirs extraordinaires qu'il veut revendiquer. Cependant, il refuse de dire pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment quelle utilisation il compte en faire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937309\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Pourtant, la population a le droit de savoir. L'attente pour le contenu ne peut pas durer sept jours. Le premier ministre ne peut pas avoir de ch\u00e8que en blanc alors qu'on parle de pouvoirs extr\u00eames pouvant aller jusqu'\u00e0 l'utilisation de l'arm\u00e9e. Est-ce que le premier ministre va r\u00e9v\u00e9ler son plan d\u00e9taill\u00e9 d\u00e8s aujourd'hui?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2022/2/14/alain-therrien-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/alain-therrien/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4507/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11519931",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "COVID-19 Protests",
"fr": "Les manifestations en lien avec la COVID\u201119"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2022/2/14/",
"related": {
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}
}