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{
    "time": "2022-05-19 12:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Taylor Bachrach",
        "fr": "M. Taylor Bachrach"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7170752\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, my colleague, the member for Montcalm, makes a great point. It is one that I made earlier today, and I agree with him wholeheartedly.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7170753\" data-originallang=\"en\">To the premise of his question, the idea that there are things in the motion that are unsupportable simply because they are inaccurate and false is really a challenge. We have three opposition parties on this side of the House that I think agree on many aspects of this debate. If we had gotten together, established where that agreement lies and put forward a motion that really holds the government to account and calls for things that are rational, defensible and evidence-based, we could have made some real progress. It is sad that this is not the case.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7170752\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, mon coll\u00e8gue le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de Montcalm soul\u00e8ve un excellent point. J'ai soulev\u00e9 le m\u00eame plus t\u00f4t aujourd\u2019hui et je suis tout \u00e0 fait d\u2019accord avec le d\u00e9put\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7170753\" data-originallang=\"en\">En ce qui concerne la pr\u00e9misse de sa question, l\u2019id\u00e9e que certains \u00e9l\u00e9ments de la motion ne puissent pas \u00eatre soutenus, car ils sont tout simplement inexacts et faux repr\u00e9sente vraiment un probl\u00e8me. De ce c\u00f4t\u00e9-ci de la Chambre, il y a trois partis de l\u2019opposition qui, je pense, sont d\u2019accord sur de nombreux aspects de ce d\u00e9bat. Si nous nous \u00e9tions r\u00e9unis, que nous avions \u00e9tabli o\u00f9 se situe cet accord et que nous avions pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 une motion obligeant vraiment le gouvernement \u00e0 rendre des comptes et demandant des choses raisonnables, d\u00e9fendables et fond\u00e9es sur des preuves, nous aurions pu faire de r\u00e9els progr\u00e8s. Il est triste que ce ne soit pas le cas.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2022/5/19/taylor-bachrach-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/taylor-bachrach/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4561/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11701062",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Rules and Service Levels for Travel",
        "fr": "Motion de l\u2019opposition \u2014 Les r\u00e8gles et les niveaux de service concernant les voyages"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2022/5/19/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2022%2F5%2F19%2F"
    }
}