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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2025-10-31 10:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Michael Barrett",
"fr": "Michael Barrett"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8956147\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, of course the parliamentary secretary is ignoring his own actions and his government's own actions. Let us follow his argument all the way through.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956148\" data-originallang=\"en\">The NDP asked to be given official party status to make sure they get the same rights. However, that is not how it works. It is a question of numbers and how many members they sent to the House. The Liberal government has said that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956149\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are sure that over the last 10 years of their government, the Liberals have said that committees are important and are the master of their own destiny, and that the House will respect what committees have to say. What has been the change? The change is that the Liberals do not have a majority, and they do not want to respect what happened at committee.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8956147\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, le secr\u00e9taire parlementaire fait bien s\u00fbr fi de ses propres d\u00e9cisions et de celles de son gouvernement. Reprenons ses arguments jusqu'au bout.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956148\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le NPD a demand\u00e9 qu'on lui accorde le statut de parti officiel pour s'assurer d'avoir les m\u00eames droits. Toutefois, ce n'est pas ainsi que les choses fonctionnent. C'est une question de chiffres et de nombre de d\u00e9put\u00e9s qu'on fait \u00e9lire \u00e0 la Chambre. C'est ce que le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a r\u00e9pondu.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956149\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous sommes convaincus qu'au cours des 10 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es de leur gouvernement, les lib\u00e9raux ont dit que les comit\u00e9s \u00e9taient importants et ma\u00eetres de leur destin, et que la Chambre respecterait ce qu'ils ont \u00e0 dire. Qu'est-ce qui a chang\u00e9? Ce qui a chang\u00e9, c'est que les lib\u00e9raux n'ont pas la majorit\u00e9, et ils ne veulent pas respecter ce qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9cid\u00e9 au comit\u00e9.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/10/31/michael-barrett-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michael-barrett/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4753/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13215025",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Citizenship Act",
"fr": "La Loi sur la citoyennet\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/10/31/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F10%2F31%2F"
}
}