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{
"time": "2022-02-16 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest, CPC)",
"fr": "M. John Williamson (Nouveau-Brunswick-Sud-Ouest, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6944452\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Liberal, NDP and Green MPs defeated a motion calling on the federal government to provide Canadians with a plan to lift restrictions. Supporting this motion would have allowed the Liberals to demonstrate that they are committed to ending mandates and restrictions. However, that did not happen. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6944453\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Liberal government instead invoked the Emergencies Act. This is the reformed War Measures Act that gives Ottawa and police sweeping and never-before-used powers. The Emergencies Act suspends civil liberties.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6944454\" data-originallang=\"en\">The <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> thinks he looks strong but he looks weak and unable to lead Canada while respecting our rights and freedoms. Invoking the Emergencies Act is a dramatic misuse of federal powers. It is a deep stain on Canada's reputation as a defender of rights and civil liberties.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6944455\" data-originallang=\"en\">Totalitarian regimes around the world are delighted, for if Canada does this, who could say they could not do the same when their capital cities are filled with people objecting to their policies?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6944452\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du Parti lib\u00e9ral, du NPD et du Parti vert ont rejet\u00e9 une motion demandant au gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de pr\u00e9senter aux Canadiens un plan de d\u00e9confinement. En donnant leur appui \u00e0 cette motion, les lib\u00e9raux auraient pu montrer qu'ils s'engageaient \u00e0 mettre fin aux obligations et aux restrictions. Ce n'est pas ce qui s'est produit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6944453\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a plut\u00f4t choisi d'invoquer la Loi sur les mesures d\u2019urgence. Cette version r\u00e9vis\u00e9e de la Loi sur les mesures de guerre accorde \u00e0 Ottawa et aux services de police de vastes pouvoirs n'ayant encore jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 utilis\u00e9s. La Loi sur les mesures d\u2019urgence suspend les libert\u00e9s civiles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6944454\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> pense faire une d\u00e9monstration de force alors qu'il semble faible et incapable de diriger le Canada tout en respectant nos droits et libert\u00e9s. Invoquer la Loi sur les mesures d\u2019urgence est une utilisation abusive des pouvoirs f\u00e9d\u00e9raux. Cette d\u00e9cision entachera consid\u00e9rablement la r\u00e9putation du Canada en tant que d\u00e9fenseur des droits et des libert\u00e9s civiles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6944455\" data-originallang=\"en\">Partout dans le monde, les r\u00e9gimes totalitaires sont ravis: si le Canada le fait, qui pourrait s'objecter \u00e0 ce qu'ils fassent la m\u00eame chose lorsque des gens qui s'opposent \u00e0 leurs politiques se rassemblent dans leur capitale?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2022/2/16/john-williamson-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/john-williamson/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4533/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11528221",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Emergencies Act",
"fr": "La Loi sur les mesures d\u2019urgence"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2022/2/16/",
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}
}