Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2023-12-15 12:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Andrew Scheer",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Andrew Scheer"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8128186\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, that goes to show how Speakers should approach these types of questions. If there is any doubt, if there is any semblance of a partisan link, they should think about that and take steps to make sure that it does not look like they are favouring one political party. The example he used of a Speaker consulting with the members of other parties to find out how they might react is one way to do that and safeguard the impartiality of the Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8128187\" data-originallang=\"en\">I know my predecessor Speaker Milliken would only go to his own Liberal Christmas party if he could also go to the Christmas parties of the other recognized parties so that there was no sense that he was favouring his side or engaging in what is often a partisan event. We get together, bring in volunteers, activists and fundraisers from around the country to come and celebrate the holidays with us, which is the type of thing that Speakers would not normally do.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8128188\" data-originallang=\"en\">In my home riding, when I got invitations from my provincial counterparts, it was the easiest thing in the world to just say no. When my provincial counterparts asked if I would come to their dinner or annual general meeting, I would tell them that I would love to support them, but because I was a Speaker I could be seen in public like that. I got to say no to a lot of events over four years. It was relatively simple.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8128186\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, voil\u00e0 qui montre comment les Pr\u00e9sidents devraient aborder ce genre de questions. S\u2019il y a le moindre doute, la moindre apparence de lien partisan, ils devraient y r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir et prendre des mesures pour s\u2019assurer qu\u2019ils ne donnent pas l\u2019impression de favoriser un parti politique. L'exemple donn\u00e9 par le d\u00e9put\u00e9, celui d'un Pr\u00e9sident ayant consult\u00e9 les membres des autres partis pour jauger leur r\u00e9action, est une bonne solution qui permet de pr\u00e9server l'impartialit\u00e9 de la pr\u00e9sidence.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8128187\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je sais que mon pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur, le Pr\u00e9sident Milliken, allait uniquement \u00e0 la f\u00eate de No\u00ebl du Parti lib\u00e9ral s'il pouvait aussi aller aux f\u00eates de No\u00ebl des autres partis reconnus pour qu'on n'ait pas l'impression qu'il favorisait son parti ou qu'il participait \u00e0 ce qui est souvent un \u00e9v\u00e9nement partisan. En effet, lors d'un tel \u00e9v\u00e9nement, nous nous r\u00e9unissons, nous invitons des b\u00e9n\u00e9voles, des militants et des collecteurs de fonds de partout au pays \u00e0 venir c\u00e9l\u00e9brer le temps des F\u00eates avec nous, ce que les Pr\u00e9sidents ne feraient normalement pas.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8128188\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans ma circonscription, lorsque je recevais des invitations de mes homologues provinciaux, je n'avais aucun probl\u00e8me \u00e0 dire non. Lorsque mes homologues provinciaux me demandaient si j'allais participer \u00e0 un de leur repas ou \u00e0 leur assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale annuelle, je leur r\u00e9pondais que j'adorerais les appuyer mais que, parce que j'\u00e9tais le Pr\u00e9sident de la Chambre, je ne pouvais \u00eatre vu en public lors d'une activit\u00e9 partisane. J\u2019ai refus\u00e9 des invitations \u00e0 beaucoup d\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nements pendant mes quatre ann\u00e9es comme Pr\u00e9sident. C'\u00e9tait relativement simple.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/12/15/andrew-scheer-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/andrew-scheer/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1535/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12523857",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Speaker of the House of Commons",
        "fr": "Le Pr\u00e9sident de la Chambre des communes"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/12/15/",
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    }
}