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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2025-12-10 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Sean Fraser (ministre de la Justice et procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du Canada et ministre responsable de l\u2019Agence de promotion \u00e9conomique du Canada atlantique, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9056583\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, me thinks the member doth protest too much. We have watched him and his colleagues filibuster the work of the justice committee for many weeks on end. He says that he is not responsible for it, but it is actually all on video. For hours they go on discussing their preference for puppies or kittens when they in fact could be debating laws that are designed to keep Canadians safe. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9056584\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is essential that we move forward with the aggressive campaign to improve public safety, which we campaigned on to fight hate in this country, to improve bail systems in this country and to ensure every community is safe. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9056583\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je pense que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 joue les vierges offens\u00e9es. Nous les avons vus, ses coll\u00e8gues et lui, faire obstruction aux travaux du comit\u00e9 de la justice pendant de nombreuses semaines. Il dit qu'il n'en est pas responsable, mais tout a \u00e9t\u00e9 film\u00e9. Alors que les conservateurs pourraient d\u00e9battre de lois con\u00e7ues pour assurer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Canadiens, ils passent des heures \u00e0 parler de leur pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence entre les chiots et les chatons.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9056584\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est essentiel d'aller de l'avant avec la campagne ambitieuse d'am\u00e9lioration de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique, qui faisait partie de notre programme \u00e9lectoral, afin de lutter contre la haine dans notre pays, d'am\u00e9liorer les mesures de mise en libert\u00e9 sous caution dans notre pays et d'assurer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de toutes les collectivit\u00e9s.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/12/10/sean-fraser-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/sean-fraser/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4447/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13304321",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Justice",
"fr": "La justice"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/12/10/",
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}
}