Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2023-06-13 21:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Brad Redekopp",
        "fr": "M. Brad Redekopp"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7858688\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the member's question is a good one. I think there are a few things to think about here.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7858689\" data-originallang=\"en\">First of all, and I think this is my point, as we open up the ability to do these things, people will do them; they will take advantage of them. As the member pointed out, it happens in all the parties. I think this is part of the danger. I heard another member speak about measuring this and encouraging members to be in the House. There are no teeth in what is being proposed here to do that, so what I believe will happen is that it will continue to go in that direction. People will just find it more convenient to be home, to not be in the House or even to be in their offices voting, and it is not right. I think the key point here is that I am not necessarily opposed to some of these measures, but what we have not done, and what I think we should be doing, is studying this more intensely to make sure we are making the right decisions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7858690\" data-originallang=\"en\">Second, there should be a sunset clause for this. It should be deferred, possibly even to the next Parliament, so it can look at this again and make its own decisions. Those are things that I think are important and that we should be doing here today.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7858688\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pose une bonne question. Je crois qu'il soul\u00e8ve quelques points dignes de r\u00e9flexion. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7858689\" data-originallang=\"en\">Premi\u00e8rement, et je pense que c'est l\u00e0 o\u00f9 je veux en venir, si nous ouvrons la possibilit\u00e9 de faire ces choses, les gens les feront; ils en profiteront. Comme l'a soulign\u00e9 le d\u00e9put\u00e9, cela se produit dans tous les partis. Je pense que cela fait partie du danger. J'ai entendu quelqu'un d'autre parler de mesurer ce ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne et d'encourager les d\u00e9put\u00e9s \u00e0 si\u00e9ger \u00e0 la Chambre. Il n'y a rien dans ce qui est propos\u00e9 ici pour ce faire, et je pense donc que la situation va continuer \u00e0 \u00e9voluer dans ce sens. Les gens trouveront simplement plus pratique de rester chez eux, de ne pas \u00eatre \u00e0 la Chambre ou m\u00eame de voter depuis leur bureau, et ce n'est pas bien. Je pense que le point essentiel ici est que je ne suis pas n\u00e9cessairement oppos\u00e9 \u00e0 certaines de ces mesures, mais ce que nous n'avons pas fait, et ce que je pense que nous devrions faire, c'est de mener une \u00e9tude plus approfondie pour nous assurer que nous prenons les bonnes d\u00e9cisions. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7858690\" data-originallang=\"en\">Deuxi\u00e8mement, il devrait y avoir une disposition de caducit\u00e9. Son application devrait \u00eatre report\u00e9e, peut-\u00eatre m\u00eame \u00e0 la prochaine l\u00e9gislature, afin que l'on puisse r\u00e9examiner la question et prendre ses propres d\u00e9cisions. Ce sont l\u00e0 des choses qui me semblent importantes et que nous devrions faire ici aujourd'hui. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/6/13/brad-redekopp-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/brad-redekopp/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4518/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12290425",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Government Business No. 26\u2014Amendments to the Standing Orders",
        "fr": "L'affaire \u00e9manant du gouvernement no 26 \u2014 Les modifications au R\u00e8glement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/6/13/",
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