Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2022-09-22 11:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Raquel Dancho (Kildonan\u2014St. Paul, CPC)",
        "fr": "Mme Raquel Dancho (Kildonan\u2014St. Paul, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7298737\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, on the question of privilege by my hon. colleague, I rise in my capacity as the shadow minister for public safety to add to his remarks about a tweet sent out last night from a member of the parliamentary press gallery who insinuated that my hon. colleague should be shot dead. This is incredibly serious and I would ask that you give it your full attention and investigate further measures that can be taken.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298738\" data-originallang=\"en\">This comes at a time when we are increasingly aware of threats of violence against members of Parliament and politicians of all stripes at all levels of government. This comes at a time when female journalists have felt brave enough to speak out against the violence they are receiving online. This comes at a time when the <a data-HoCid=\"278943\" href=\"/politicians/chrystia-freeland/\" title=\"Chrystia Freeland\">Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance</a> was threatened very aggressively and harassed over the summer when she was touring Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298739\" data-originallang=\"en\">This comes at a time when politicians have all experienced an aggressive person at the door, at events or when walking down the street, and we stay quiet. We do not want to seem like we are whining. We do not want to complain about it, and we certainly do not want to encourage others to act in a threatening manner.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298740\" data-originallang=\"en\">I can say that I have certainly been threatened. I have certainly been aggressively pursued and shouted at by people far larger and more intimidating than me. We try to slip away. We try not to encourage them. We shrink ourselves down and try to remove ourselves from the violent situation. However, as the shadow minister for public safety, I feel that I have a strong responsibility to stand up against the bully who insinuated violence against my colleague.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298741\" data-originallang=\"en\">We know in the House that we are going to encounter a lot of criticism, sometimes very personal criticism, and we just have to take it with a stiff upper lip; we all do. However, when someone insinuates that we should be shot dead, a very clear line in the sand must be drawn and must be drawn immediately and clearly.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298742\" data-originallang=\"en\">This individual in particular is a member of the notable parliamentary press gallery of Canada, which is supposed to have the highest ethical standards of journalism in this country. They are supposed to lead by example. Just as we have a public obligation, they have a public obligation. They have a responsibility to investigate this in full. They have a responsibility to lead by example and send a message that this is completely unacceptable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298743\" data-originallang=\"en\">As my colleague mentioned as well, this man who sent the tweet out insinuating that my dear colleague should be shot dead for his question in question period yesterday could be up in this gallery today looking down at me, looking down at my colleagues, looking down at Liberal members, NDP members, Bloc members and Green members. When members get up with their courage to ask a question to the best of their ability, that man could be tweeting out criticism and insinuating that they should be shot dead in a tweet. That is unacceptable behaviour.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298744\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I would ask that you ensure this is quickly and swiftly investigated in full, and I would appreciate if the strongest consideration was given that the individual be banned from West Block, that a discussion be had with the parliamentary press gallery and that he be removed from the parliamentary press gallery pending further review or permanently.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7298737\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, au sujet de la question de privil\u00e8ge du d\u00e9put\u00e9, je prends la parole en ma qualit\u00e9 de ministre du cabinet fant\u00f4me pour la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique afin d\u2019ajouter \u00e0 ses observations relatives \u00e0 un gazouillis envoy\u00e9 hier soir par un membre de la tribune de la presse parlementaire, qui insinuait que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 devrait \u00eatre abattu. C\u2019est gravissime, et je vous demande d'accorder toute votre attention \u00e0 cette affaire et de voir quelles autres mesures peuvent \u00eatre prises.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298738\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cet incident se produit alors que nous sommes de plus en plus sensibles aux menaces de violence contre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s et des politiciens de toutes all\u00e9geances et de tous les ordres de gouvernement. Il se produit alors que les femmes journalistes ont trouv\u00e9 le courage de d\u00e9noncer la violence dont elles font l\u2019objet en ligne. Il se produit alors que la <a data-HoCid=\"278943\" href=\"/politicians/chrystia-freeland/\" title=\"Chrystia Freeland\">vice-premi\u00e8re ministre et ministre des Finances</a> a \u00e9t\u00e9 l'objet de menaces tr\u00e8s agressives et de harc\u00e8lement en parcourant le Canada cet \u00e9t\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298739\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cet incident se produit alors que tous les politiciens se sont retrouv\u00e9s face \u00e0 une personne agressive en faisant du porte-\u00e0-porte, en participant \u00e0 des activit\u00e9s ou en marchant dans la rue, mais nous ne disons rien. Nous ne voulons pas avoir l\u2019air de nous lamenter. Nous ne voulons pas nous plaindre et nous ne voulons certainement pas encourager d\u2019autres personnes \u00e0 se montrer mena\u00e7antes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298740\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je peux confirmer que j\u2019ai certainement \u00e9t\u00e9 menac\u00e9e. J\u2019ai certainement \u00e9t\u00e9 poursuivie agressivement et engueul\u00e9e par des personnes beaucoup plus baraqu\u00e9es et intimidantes que moi. Nous essayons de nous \u00e9clipser. Nous essayons de ne pas les encourager. Nous essayons de nous faire toutes petites et de nous \u00e9loigner de la situation violente. Toutefois, en tant que porte-parole de l\u2019opposition en mati\u00e8re de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique, j\u2019estime avoir la lourde responsabilit\u00e9 de m\u2019opposer \u00e0 la brute qui a lanc\u00e9 des insinuations violentes contre mon coll\u00e8gue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298741\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 la Chambre, nous savons que nous allons essuyer notre lot de critiques, des critiques parfois tr\u00e8s personnelles, et nous devons simplement rester de marbre, ce que nous faisons tous. Cependant, lorsque quelqu\u2019un insinue que nous devrions \u00eatre abattus, il faut tracer une ligne tr\u00e8s nette dans le sable, sur-le-champ et sans \u00e9quivoque.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298742\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cette personne en particulier est membre de la prestigieuse galerie de la presse parlementaire du Canada, qui est cens\u00e9e s\u2019en tenir aux normes \u00e9thiques les plus \u00e9lev\u00e9es en mati\u00e8re de journalisme dans ce pays. Ses membres sont cens\u00e9s donner l\u2019exemple. Ils ont une obligation lorsqu'ils s'expriment en public, tout comme nous en avons une. La galerie de la presse a la responsabilit\u00e9 de mener une enqu\u00eate approfondie sur ce qui s'est produit. Elle a la responsabilit\u00e9 de donner l\u2019exemple et d\u2019affirmer clairement que c\u2019est tout \u00e0 fait inacceptable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298743\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme mon coll\u00e8gue l\u2019a aussi mentionn\u00e9, l\u2019homme qui a publi\u00e9 un gazouillis insinuant que mon cher coll\u00e8gue devrait \u00eatre abattu pour la question qu\u2019il a pos\u00e9e hier lors de la p\u00e9riode de questions pourrait se trouver dans la galerie aujourd\u2019hui et me regarder d\u2019en haut, regarder d\u2019en haut mes coll\u00e8gues, regarder d\u2019en haut les d\u00e9put\u00e9s lib\u00e9raux, n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates, bloquistes et verts. Pendant que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s ont le courage de poser des questions du mieux qu'ils peuvent, cet homme pourrait \u00eatre en train de publier des gazouillis o\u00f9 il lance des critiques et insinue que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s devraient \u00eatre abattus. C\u2019est un comportement inacceptable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7298744\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je vous demande de veiller \u00e0 ce que cette affaire fasse rapidement l\u2019objet d\u2019une enqu\u00eate approfondie et j\u2019aimerais que l\u2019on envisage tr\u00e8s s\u00e9rieusement de bannir cette personne de l\u2019\u00c9difice de l\u2019Ouest, que l'on discute de son cas avec la galerie de la presse parlementaire et qu'il en soit exclu en attendant un examen plus approfondi ou de fa\u00e7on permanente.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2022/9/22/raquel-dancho-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/raquel-dancho/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4578/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11808034",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Privilege",
        "fr": "Privil\u00e8ge"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Alleged Threats Against a Member of Parliament",
        "fr": "Les menaces pr\u00e9sum\u00e9es \u00e0 l'endroit d'un d\u00e9put\u00e9"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2022/9/22/",
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