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{
"time": "2023-05-12 10:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Jo\u00ebl Godin",
"fr": "M. Jo\u00ebl Godin"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7772925\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Official Languages has very good questions and she is passionate about this issue, which is why she asks a lot of questions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7772926\" data-originallang=\"fr\">She says that her government has doubled investments since 2015, but that is not the whole issue. Throwing money around, the way the Liberals are used to doing, is not necessarily the solution. We must have tools, such as empowering the Treasury Board as a central agency. It is important to put money into it, but that is not a magic bullet, and it is not a Liberal magic wand.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7772927\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Now, I do not understand this dogged determination to know a party's position ahead of time. I would like to remind the minister that, according to the procedures of the House, voting is a parliamentary right. If we want to respect House practices, we exercise our right to vote here.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7772928\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Even if I disagree with her way of doing things, I do appreciate my colleague and I would like to assure her that the Conservative Party will be here to vote.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7772925\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la ministre des Langues officielles a de tr\u00e8s bonnes questions et est passionn\u00e9e; c'est pour cela qu'elle pose de nombreuses questions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7772926\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Elle dit que son gouvernement a doubl\u00e9 les investissements depuis 2015, sauf que ce n'est pas que cela, le probl\u00e8me. Garrocher de l'argent comme les lib\u00e9raux sont habitu\u00e9s de faire n'est pas n\u00e9cessairement la solution. Il faut se donner des outils, comme donner le pouvoir \u00e0 l'agence centrale du Conseil du Tr\u00e9sor. C'est important de mettre de l'argent, mais ce n'est pas une solution magique, ce n'est pas la baguette magique lib\u00e9rale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7772927\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Maintenant, je ne comprends pas quel est l'acharnement de vouloir conna\u00eetre \u00e0 l'avance la position d'un parti politique. J\u2019aimerais rappeler \u00e0 la ministre que, selon les proc\u00e9dures de la Chambre, voter est un droit parlementaire. Si nous voulons respecter les pratiques, nous votons \u00e0 la Chambre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7772928\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> M\u00eame si je ne suis pas d'accord avec sa fa\u00e7on de faire, j'appr\u00e9cie ma coll\u00e8gue et j'aimerais la rassurer que le Parti conservateur du Canada sera pr\u00e9sent pour voter.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/5/12/joel-godin-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/joel-godin/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4442/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12211512",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages",
"fr": "Loi visant l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 r\u00e9elle entre les langues officielles du Canada"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2023/5/12/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F5%2F12%2F"
}
}