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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=\"8326353\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, we are in a Parliament that sings <em>God Save the King</em> for the head of the Anglican Church, a Parliament where elected officials pray every day, not at home, which would be entirely within their rights, but here in the House.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8326354\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We have a government that wants to change the date of the election to accommodate Diwali, a religious holiday. Then, it tells us that Canada is in favour of secularism and that secularism is important. Come on.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8326355\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Will the minister admit that he wants to challenge Bill 21 simply because he is against secularism?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8326353\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, on est dans un Parlement qui entonne <em>God Save The King</em> pour le chef de l\u2019\u00c9glise anglicane, dans un Parlement o\u00f9 des \u00e9lus font la pri\u00e8re tous les jours, pas chez eux, ce qui serait leur droit le plus strict, mais ici, \u00e0 la Chambre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8326354\" data-originallang=\"fr\">On a un gouvernement qui veut changer la date des \u00e9lections pour Diwali, une f\u00eate religieuse. Ils vont nous dire que le Canada est pour la la\u00efcit\u00e9 et que c\u2019est bien important; franchement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8326355\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le ministre va-t-il admettre que s\u2019il veut contester la loi 21, c\u2019est tout simplement parce qu\u2019il est contre la la\u00efcit\u00e9?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/4/16/martin-champoux-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/martin-champoux/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4585/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12682926",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Justice",
"fr": "La justice"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/4/16/",
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"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F4%2F16%2F"
}
}