Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2023-12-12 16:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Adam Chambers (Simcoe North, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Adam Chambers (Simcoe-Nord, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8113716\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her many years of service. It gives me great pleasure to comment on her very long career. As the member and I share a great love of Georgian Bay, I expect to see her spending more time there, perhaps finishing her book on democracy, which we will all take great lessons from.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8113717\" data-originallang=\"en\">When I was first elected, I was provided advice by many people, and someone said I should get to know members in all parties. Shortly after being elected, when the member was the then minister of mental health and addictions, she reached out to me. She said I had a mental health hospital in my riding and she would love to visit it with me, which we did this past summer. We have heard the member talk about the things that she is passionate about. She has dedicated her life of public service to indigenous reconciliation, of course, as well as mental health and increasing the number of women in politics and getting women involved in politics at all different levels.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8113718\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member had an opportunity to continue serving her community well as a doctor, but she put that aside to make thousands of Canadians' lives better through her 26 years of public service. I will not say what I was doing in 1997, or my age then, but I was not quite yet in high school. This is the length of the member's dedication to public service. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8113719\" data-originallang=\"en\">While we may disagree on ways to make this country better, we do agree that we live in the best country on this planet and that we can work together to make it better. As I said, when opportunities arise that allow us to work together, visit institutions or work on a file, we can do great things for Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8113720\" data-originallang=\"en\">I look forward to what is to come for the member. I know her life of service will not be over. I am sure she has other things planned to continue serving in different ways. I and all my colleagues wish the member good luck and thank her for her service.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8113716\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie ma coll\u00e8gue pour ses nombreuses ann\u00e9es de service. C\u2019est avec grand plaisir que je commente sa tr\u00e8s longue carri\u00e8re. Comme la d\u00e9put\u00e9e et moi partageons un grand amour de la baie Georgienne, je m\u2019attends \u00e0 la voir y passer plus de temps, peut-\u00eatre pour achever son livre sur la d\u00e9mocratie, dont nous tirerons tous de grandes le\u00e7ons.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8113717\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lorsque j\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lu pour la premi\u00e8re fois, beaucoup de gens m\u2019ont donn\u00e9 des conseils, et quelqu\u2019un m\u2019a dit que je devrais apprendre \u00e0 conna\u00eetre les d\u00e9put\u00e9s de tous les partis. Peu apr\u00e8s mon \u00e9lection, la d\u00e9put\u00e9e qui \u00e9tait alors ministre de la Sant\u00e9 mentale et des D\u00e9pendances m\u2019a contact\u00e9. Elle m\u2019a dit qu\u2019il y avait un h\u00f4pital psychiatrique dans ma circonscription et qu\u2019elle aimerait le visiter avec moi, ce que nous avons fait l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 dernier. Nous avons entendu la d\u00e9put\u00e9e parler des sujets qui la passionnent. Elle a consacr\u00e9 sa vie publique \u00e0 la r\u00e9conciliation avec les Autochtones, bien s\u00fbr, ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 la sant\u00e9 mentale et \u00e0 l\u2019augmentation du nombre de femmes en politique et \u00e0 la participation des femmes \u00e0 la vie politique au sein de tous les ordres de gouvernement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8113718\" data-originallang=\"en\">La d\u00e9put\u00e9e a eu l'occasion de continuer \u00e0 bien servir sa collectivit\u00e9 en tant que m\u00e9decin, mais elle a mis cela de c\u00f4t\u00e9 pour am\u00e9liorer la vie de milliers de Canadiens au cours de ses 26 ann\u00e9es de service public. Je ne dirai pas ce que je faisais en 1997 ni l'\u00e2ge que j'avais \u00e0 l'\u00e9poque, mais je n'\u00e9tais pas encore au secondaire, ce qui montre l'ampleur du d\u00e9vouement de la d\u00e9put\u00e9e au service public. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8113719\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bien que nos opinions divergent sur les moyens d'am\u00e9liorer le Canada, nous sommes d'accord pour dire que nous vivons dans le meilleur pays de la plan\u00e8te et que nous pouvons travailler ensemble pour l'am\u00e9liorer. Comme je l'ai dit, lorsque des occasions se pr\u00e9sentent qui nous permettent de travailler ensemble, de visiter des \u00e9tablissements ou de travailler sur un dossier, nous pouvons accomplir de grandes choses pour les Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8113720\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai h\u00e2te de voir ce que l'avenir r\u00e9serve \u00e0 la d\u00e9put\u00e9e. Je sais que sa vie de service n'est pas termin\u00e9e. Je suis s\u00fbr qu'elle a d'autres projets pour continuer \u00e0 servir de diff\u00e9rentes mani\u00e8res. Tous mes coll\u00e8gues et moi lui souhaitons bonne chance et la remercions de ses services.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/12/12/adam-chambers-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/adam-chambers/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4635/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12514694",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023",
        "fr": "Loi d'ex\u00e9cution de l'\u00e9nonc\u00e9 \u00e9conomique de l'automne 2023"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/12/12/",
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    }
}