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.
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.
{
"time": "2024-05-09 12:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)",
"fr": "Mme Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8384311\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Montcalm for his speech, which was enlightening as always, because he himself is enlightened and well versed in his files. It is a pleasure to hear him speak.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8384312\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> This morning, several of us tried to get the Conservatives to explain the difference between decriminalization, legalization and diversion. They were unwilling to answer the question. However, we got the beginnings of a response when I asked one of my colleagues whether we were witnessing a public health crisis and he replied that drug addiction is a chronic disease.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8384313\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> My question is simple: Once we start to view drug addiction as a chronic disease, how can we do anything but decriminalize addicts' behaviour if we want to ensure that they receive proper treatment instead of throwing them in jail?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8384311\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie mon coll\u00e8gue de Montcalm de son discours, qui \u00e9tait comme toujours \u00e9clairant, parce qu\u2019il est lui-m\u00eame \u00e9clair\u00e9 et tr\u00e8s connaissant de ses dossiers. C\u2019est un plaisir de l\u2019entendre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8384312\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ce matin, nous avons \u00e9t\u00e9 plusieurs \u00e0 essayer de faire dire aux conservateurs quelle \u00e9tait la diff\u00e9rence entre la d\u00e9criminalisation, la l\u00e9galisation et la d\u00e9judiciarisation. Ils n\u2019ont pas voulu r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 cette question. Par contre, on a eu un d\u00e9but de r\u00e9ponse lorsque j'ai demand\u00e9 \u00e0 un de mes coll\u00e8gues si on assistait \u00e0 une crise de sant\u00e9 publique, et qu'il m'a r\u00e9pondu que les toxicomanes \u00e9taient des malades chroniques.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8384313\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ma question est simple: \u00e0 partir du moment o\u00f9 on consid\u00e8re que les toxicomanes sont des malades chroniques, comment peut-on faire autre chose que de d\u00e9criminaliser leurs comportements si on veut s\u2019assurer qu\u2019ils peuvent recevoir des traitements ad\u00e9quats plut\u00f4t que de les envoyer en prison?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/5/9/christine-normandin-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/christine-normandin/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4496/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12735194",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Legalization of Hard Drugs",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 La l\u00e9galisation des drogues dures"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/5/9/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F5%2F9%2F"
}
}