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{
"time": "2023-06-09 12:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7847882\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, my colleague is correct that we worked very well together on this legislation. I will be speaking to it directly after him.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7847883\" data-originallang=\"en\">As he mentioned, I have worked in this sector for over two decades, and one of the main concerns I have with this bill is that, in effect, it criminalizes international development work. Instead of saying that we will tell organizations when we do not want them to work in a certain area or when they need an exemption in a certain area, they have to assume they are committing a crime and check in.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7847884\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is the criminalization of international development and of the very Canadian organizations that are flying our flags around the world and doing what needs to be done in the most dangerous, difficult circumstances. We are now criminalizing them. I wonder if he could talk a bit about how difficult that makes things for organizations.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7847882\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a raison de dire que nous avons collabor\u00e9 de mani\u00e8re tr\u00e8s efficace pour ce projet de loi. Je vais en parler dans un instant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7847883\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme il l'a mentionn\u00e9, je travaille dans ce secteur depuis plus de deux d\u00e9cennies, et l'une de mes principales pr\u00e9occupations \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de ce projet de loi, c'est qu'il criminalise le travail dans le domaine du d\u00e9veloppement international. Au lieu de devoir \u00e9viter un territoire ou demander une exemption pour y aller, les organisations doivent tenir pour acquis que les autorit\u00e9s locales commettent des crimes. Elles doivent demander au gouvernement une autorisation qui pr\u00e9cise quelles activit\u00e9s elles pourront y exercer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7847884\" data-originallang=\"en\">On se trouve ni plus ni moins \u00e0 criminaliser les organisations canadiennes qui se consacrent au d\u00e9veloppement international et qui font flotter notre drapeau partout dans le monde. Ces organisations accomplissent un travail essentiel dans des circonstances tr\u00e8s dangereuses et tr\u00e8s difficiles et on les criminalise. Je me demande si le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pourrait nous dire \u00e0 quel point cela complique le travail de ces organisations.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/6/9/heather-mcpherson-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/heather-mcpherson/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4571/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12280742",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Criminal Code",
"fr": "Le Code criminel"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2023/6/9/",
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}
}