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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2022-02-14 16:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. John Brassard",
"fr": "M. John Brassard"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6937566\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, we support the bill. I do not think I can be any clearer than that. However, we are saying that we cannot bring the hammer down. Our job as members of Parliament is to provide oversight and scrutiny on the money that is being spent by the government to make sure it is effective and make sure it is being spent in the best manner it can be. All we are asking for, and the only compromise I propose, is that we have one day to scrutinize this.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937567\" data-originallang=\"en\">We were not going to hold up the bill. The Senate is not sitting until next week, so if the bill gets approved tonight, it just sits there for five days. What damage can be done by providing a little oversight or some scrutiny on a multi-billion dollar bill? It does not make any sense. We support the piece of legislation, but we also support accountability.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6937566\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous appuyons le projet de loi. Je ne pense pas pouvoir \u00eatre plus clair que cela. Cependant, nous disons que nous ne pouvons pas nous y prendre de cette fa\u00e7on. Notre travail, en tant que d\u00e9put\u00e9s, est de surveiller et d\u2019examiner les d\u00e9penses du gouvernement, pour s\u2019assurer que l'argent est employ\u00e9 efficacement et d\u00e9pens\u00e9 de la meilleure fa\u00e7on possible. Tout ce que nous demandons, et le seul compromis que je propose, c\u2019est que nous disposions une journ\u00e9e pour examiner ce projet de loi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937567\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous n\u2019allions pas retarder le projet de loi. Le S\u00e9nat ne si\u00e8ge pas avant la semaine prochaine, donc si le projet de loi est approuv\u00e9 ce soir, il restera l\u00e0 pendant cinq jours. Quel mal peut-on faire en exer\u00e7ant un peu de surveillance ou en se penchant sur un projet de loi de plusieurs milliards de dollars? Cela n\u2019a aucun sens. Nous appuyons le projet de loi, mais nous appuyons \u00e9galement la responsabilisation.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2022/2/14/john-brassard-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/john-brassard/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4269/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11520526",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Government Business No. 8\u2014Proceedings on Bill C-10",
"fr": "L'affaire du gouvernement no 8 \u2014 Les d\u00e9lib\u00e9rations sur le projet de loi C\u201110"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2022/2/14/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2022%2F2%2F14%2F"
}
}