This is a single speech (house debate) resource from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.

Content

Get this resource as raw JSON.

See the corresponding webpage.

{
    "time": "2024-05-27 16:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivi\u00e8re-des-Mille-\u00celes, BQ)",
        "fr": "M. Luc Desilets (Rivi\u00e8re-des-Mille-\u00celes, BQ)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8423842\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, we are currently facing a crisis. I get that my colleague has no solution to the crisis except to vote against the motion under consideration, which is fine. I just find it funny how many gaffes a Speaker is allowed to commit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8423843\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> There is also the gravity of those gaffes to consider. Although it is all well and good to see the third gaffe as relatively minor, I would say this to my colleague: We are in a crisis, not only because the Speaker has made serious errors in view of his status, role and office, but we have been in a crisis for several months. Respect no longer exists in the House. For me, this is one more factor that reinforces and lends credence to the motion calling on the Speaker to resign.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8423844\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Does my colleague agree that the House is not functioning normally in terms of respect, order and language?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8423842\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, nous sommes actuellement face \u00e0 une crise. J\u2019en comprends que mon coll\u00e8gue n\u2019a pas de solution \u00e0 la crise, sauf de voter contre la motion qui est \u00e0 l'\u00e9tude. D'accord, c\u2019est correct. J\u2019aime beaucoup le nombre de gaffes qu\u2019on peut permettre \u00e0 un Pr\u00e9sident. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8423843\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il y a aussi la gravit\u00e9 des gaffes. On a beau prendre la troisi\u00e8me comme moindre, j\u2019aimerais mentionner ceci \u00e0 mon coll\u00e8gue: nous sommes dans une crise, pas seulement parce que le Pr\u00e9sident a fait des erreurs majeures compte tenu de son statut, de son r\u00f4le et de son poste, mais nous sommes dans une crise depuis plusieurs mois. Le respect \u00e0 la Chambre n\u2019existe plus. Pour moi, c\u2019est un \u00e9l\u00e9ment qui s\u2019ajoute, qui bonifie la motion visant \u00e0 demander la d\u00e9mission du Pr\u00e9sident</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8423844\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mon coll\u00e8gue est-il d\u2019accord que la Chambre ne fonctionne pas normalement en termes de respect, de calme et de propos?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/5/27/luc-desilets-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/luc-desilets/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4591/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12763317",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Privilege",
        "fr": "Privil\u00e8ge"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Request for Office of Speaker to be Vacated",
        "fr": "La demande de r\u00e9vocation de la pr\u00e9sidence"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/5/27/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F5%2F27%2F"
    }
}