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{
    "time": "2023-03-27 16:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe",
        "fr": "M. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7655034\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, it is precisely because we are in contact with people who have been on the ground there for many years that we need to pass such legislation. Every day and every week, we meet people who tell us what they need, and we speak on their behalf. That is more or less what my colleague wanted to say as well. We need to go and get the information from those who are really experiencing the situation in order to use our parliamentary power to make legislative changes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7655035\" data-originallang=\"fr\">It is not such a bad idea to talk about why this took such a long time. Since the bill has not yet been passed, let us move it through the process as quickly as possible as of now. Humanitarian organizations and the people of Afghanistan are the ones asking us to do this quickly.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7655034\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, c'est justement parce que nous sommes en contact avec des personnes qui sont sur le terrain l\u00e0-bas depuis de nombreuses ann\u00e9es qu'il faut adopter une telle mesure l\u00e9gislative. Chaque jour et chaque semaine, nous rencontrons des gens qui nous disent ce dont ils ont besoin, et nous sommes leur porte-voix. C'est un peu ce que mon coll\u00e8gue voulait dire aussi. Il faut aller chercher les informations de ceux qui le vivent vraiment pour arriver \u00e0 changer les choses sur le plan l\u00e9gislatif en utilisant notre pouvoir parlementaire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7655035\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ce n'est pas une si mauvaise id\u00e9e de parler de la raison pour laquelle cela a pris autant de temps. Le projet de loi n'\u00e9tant pas encore adopt\u00e9, faisons-le cheminer le plus rapidement possible \u00e0 partir de maintenant. Ce sont les organisations humanitaires et le peuple afghan qui nous demandent de le faire rapidement.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/3/27/alexis-brunelle-duceppe-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/alexis-brunelle-duceppe/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4501/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12118008",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Criminal Code",
        "fr": "Le Code criminel"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/3/27/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F3%2F27%2F"
    }
}