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{
"time": "2024-04-16 14:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)",
"fr": "M. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8326348\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, there are 32 members from Quebec who support the will of Quebec's National Assembly. By supporting the challenge to Quebec\u2019s Act respecting the laicity of the State, Ottawa is really challenging our model for living in harmony.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8326349\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Quebeckers want the separation of church and state. We have moved on. I am sure this is not easy to understand for members who fight to ensure that the House begins with a prayer every day. However, Quebeckers have chosen secularism. Religion is private and the state is public.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8326350\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would like a straight answer from the minister. Why is his government opposed to secularism?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8326348\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il y en a 32 qui appuient la volont\u00e9 de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e nationale du Qu\u00e9bec. En appuyant la contestation de la Loi sur la la\u00efcit\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00c9tat, ce qu\u2019Ottawa conteste, c\u2019est notre mod\u00e8le de vivre ensemble.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8326349\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Au Qu\u00e9bec, nous ne voulons pas que la religion et l\u2019\u00c9tat s\u2019entrem\u00ealent. Nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 autre chose, nous autres. Je me doute que ce n\u2019est pas facile \u00e0 comprendre pour des d\u00e9put\u00e9s qui se battent pour que les journ\u00e9es de la Chambre commencent par une pri\u00e8re. Or, les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois ont choisi la la\u00efcit\u00e9: la religion, c\u2019est priv\u00e9 et l\u2019\u00c9tat, c\u2019est public.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8326350\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J\u2019aimerais que le ministre r\u00e9ponde franchement: pourquoi son gouvernement s\u2019oppose-t-il \u00e0 la la\u00efcit\u00e9?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/4/16/martin-champoux-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/martin-champoux/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4585/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12682921",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Justice",
"fr": "La justice"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/4/16/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F4%2F16%2F"
}
}