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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2024-05-28 10:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Mark Gerretsen",
"fr": "M. Mark Gerretsen"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8426757\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, the idea that a Speaker who is represented by individuals in their community cannot be partisan is absolutely ludicrous. I come from the riding of the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Commons, Peter Milliken. I personally attended fundraisers that Peter Milliken put on as a Liberal in our riding while he was Speaker. There is an established practice for it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8426758\" data-originallang=\"en\">If one does not want to listen to what the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Commons did, let us just talk about his successor, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"278258\" href=\"/politicians/andrew-scheer/\" title=\"Andrew Scheer\">Regina\u2014Qu'Appelle</a>, who is the House leader for the Conservatives right now. While he was Speaker, he not only attended a fundraiser in his riding but also went to the neighbouring riding of Regina\u2014Wascana and attended a fundraiser. There is documented evidence of it. I have tried to table it in the House of Commons before. There are pictures of him at that fundraiser but, of course, Conservatives would never let me do that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8426759\" data-originallang=\"en\">It raises this question: Why are the Conservatives and the Bloc hell-bent on taking down this particular <a data-HoCid=\"300999\" href=\"/politicians/greg-fergus/\" title=\"Greg Fergus\">Speaker</a>? I cannot wrap my head around it. Why are they after the current Speaker of the House of Commons?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8426757\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, l'id\u00e9e qu'un Pr\u00e9sident repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par des personnes de sa circonscription ne puisse pas \u00eatre partisan est absolument ridicule. Je viens de la circonscription du Pr\u00e9sident ayant occup\u00e9 le fauteuil le plus longtemps \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, Peter Milliken. J'ai personnellement assist\u00e9 \u00e0 des collectes de fonds que Peter Milliken avait organis\u00e9es en tant que d\u00e9put\u00e9 lib\u00e9ral dans notre circonscription lorsqu'il \u00e9tait Pr\u00e9sident. C'est une pratique bien \u00e9tablie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8426758\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Si l'on refuse de voir ce qu'a fait le Pr\u00e9sident de la Chambre ayant exerc\u00e9 cette fonction le plus longtemps, parlons de son successeur, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"278258\" href=\"/politicians/andrew-scheer/\" title=\"Andrew Scheer\">Regina\u2014Qu'Appelle</a>, qui est actuellement le leader parlementaire des conservateurs. Alors qu'il \u00e9tait pr\u00e9sident, il a non seulement particip\u00e9 \u00e0 une collecte de fonds dans sa circonscription, mais il s'est rendu dans la circonscription voisine, Regina\u2014Wascana, pour participer \u00e0 une collecte de fonds. Nous en avons des preuves documentaires. J'ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 essay\u00e9 de les d\u00e9poser \u00e0 la Chambre des communes. Il y a des photos de lui \u00e0 cette collecte de fonds, mais bien s\u00fbr, les conservateurs ne me laisseront jamais faire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8426759\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Cela soul\u00e8ve la question suivante: pourquoi les conservateurs et les bloquistes s'acharnent-ils \u00e0 faire tomber ce <a data-HoCid=\"300999\" href=\"/politicians/greg-fergus/\" title=\"Greg Fergus\">Pr\u00e9sident</a> en particulier? Je n'arrive pas comprendre. Pourquoi s'en prennent-ils \u00e0 l'actuel pr\u00e9sident de la Chambre des communes?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/5/28/mark-gerretsen-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/mark-gerretsen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4311/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12765569",
"h1": {
"en": "Orders of the Day",
"fr": "Ordre du jour"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Privilege",
"fr": "Privil\u00e8ge"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Request for Office of Speaker to be Vacated\u2014Motion That Debate Be Not Further Adjourned",
"fr": "La demande de r\u00e9vocation de la pr\u00e9sidence \u2014 Motion portant que le d\u00e9bat ne soit plus ajourn\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/5/28/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F5%2F28%2F"
}
}