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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2023-06-13 21:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Ken McDonald (Avalon, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Ken McDonald (Avalon, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7858683\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I certainly do not disagree with everything the member opposite had to say about the Standing Orders. However, I would like him to comment on the individuals who are present in the House on any given day during question period. All of a sudden, when question period is over and the Speaker is introducing a vote coming up or is reading what the vote is about, people on both sides of the House are exiting like rats leaving a sinking ship. Then later we will see it come up on screen that they voted virtually. They were sitting here in the House before question period ended, yet they scurried out and voted electronically. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7858684\" data-originallang=\"en\">Would he like to comment on that? I think it is wrong. If a member is here, they should stay here and vote. That is just my own perspective. Whether it is the government's perspective or the opposition's perspective, I do not know, but I would like the member to comment on that particular issue.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7858683\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, chose certaine, je ne suis pas en d\u00e9saccord avec le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face \u00e0 propos de tout ce qu'il a dit sur le R\u00e8glement. Cependant, j'aimerais qu'il nous parle des d\u00e9put\u00e9s qui sont \u00e0 la Chambre chaque jour pour assister \u00e0 la p\u00e9riode des questions. Tout \u00e0 coup, lorsque la p\u00e9riode des questions prend fin et que la pr\u00e9sidence appelle au vote, ou lorsqu'elle fait la lecture de ce qui fera l'objet du vote, des d\u00e9put\u00e9s des deux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de la Chambre se ruent \u00e0 l'ext\u00e9rieur, comme des rats abandonnant un navire qui coule. Puis, on peut voir \u00e0 l'\u00e9cran que ces m\u00eames personnes ont vot\u00e9 \u00e0 distance. Elles \u00e9taient ici, \u00e0 la Chambre, avant la fin de la p\u00e9riode des questions. Pourtant, elles se sont empress\u00e9es de sortir pour voter par voie \u00e9lectronique.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7858684\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 voudrait-il nous dire ce qu'il en pense? Je trouve qu'un tel comportement est r\u00e9pr\u00e9hensible. Si un d\u00e9put\u00e9 est ici, il devrait rester pour voter. Ce n'est que mon opinion. Je ne sais pas quelle est la position du gouvernement ou celle de l'opposition, mais j'aimerais savoir ce que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pense de cette question en particulier.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/6/13/ken-mcdonald-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/ken-mcdonald/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4510/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12290423",
"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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}
}