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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2022-05-19 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer\u2014Lacombe, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer\u2014Lacombe, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7171244\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for reminding me about that rule. As he may know, the board is required by law to discuss employment and legal matters in private, so I cannot say what, if anything, has been decided or discussed at those eight meetings. I would note, though, that the board's July minutes, which have been tabled in the House, indicate that my predecessor asked for an internal review but that the board did not approve. Of course, my friend is experienced and savvy about Parliament and would know that the board works on a consensus basis, so if any single political party were to veto taking action on the allegations of Liberal partisanship, there would be no board action or decision to report.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7171244\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de me rappeler l'existence de cet article du R\u00e8glement. Comme le sait sans doute le d\u00e9put\u00e9, le Bureau de r\u00e9gie interne est tenu par la loi de discuter en priv\u00e9 des questions li\u00e9es \u00e0 l'emploi et des affaires juridiques. Par cons\u00e9quent, je ne peux r\u00e9v\u00e9ler la teneur des discussions qui ont eu lieu \u00e0 ces huit s\u00e9ances ni les d\u00e9cisions qui pourraient y avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 prises. Cela dit, je signale que le proc\u00e8s-verbal de la s\u00e9ance de juillet, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9pos\u00e9 \u00e0 la Chambre, pr\u00e9cise que mon pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur a propos\u00e9 de soumettre l'affaire \u00e0 un examen externe, mais le Bureau a refus\u00e9. \u00c9videmment, puisque mon coll\u00e8gue a beaucoup d'exp\u00e9rience et conna\u00eet bien le fonctionnement du Parlement, il sait sans doute que le Bureau proc\u00e8de par consensus. Ainsi, il suffirait qu'un seul parti politique s'oppose \u00e0 la prise de mesures concernant ces all\u00e9gations de partialit\u00e9 lib\u00e9rale pour emp\u00eacher le Bureau de r\u00e9gie interne d'intervenir, si bien qu'il n'y aurait alors aucune d\u00e9cision \u00e0 signaler.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2022/5/19/blaine-calkins-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/blaine-calkins/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4320/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11702371",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Committees of the House",
"fr": "Les comit\u00e9s de la Chambre"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2022/5/19/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2022%2F5%2F19%2F"
}
}