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{
"time": "2025-09-18 12:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Kody Blois",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Kody Blois"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8874120\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I will say a few things.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8874121\" data-originallang=\"en\">First, I would push back on the idea that there is no judicial independence in this country. Yes, prime ministers and, ultimately, ministers of justice make appointment decisions, and it is a political representative who makes those decisions. However, this is not a politicized process in Canada. This is something we should take deeply personally. It is something we should make sure we continue to protect. The government and I both believe it is transparent. Individuals are able to identify themselves as wanting to go forward. I do not think there is a problem.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8874122\" data-originallang=\"en\">There is a problem around resourcing. I would agree with the member insofar as governments, especially at the federal level, have to ensure that appointments happen quickly. As well, provincial governments need to make sure that, at the provincial level, their judiciary is properly resourced and that we have access to trials so that we are able to move forward.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8874120\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je vais dire quelques mots.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8874121\" data-originallang=\"en\">Premi\u00e8rement, je rejette l'id\u00e9e qu'il n'y a pas d'ind\u00e9pendance judiciaire au pays. Il est vrai que les premiers ministres et, ultimement, les ministres de la Justice prennent des d\u00e9cisions en mati\u00e8re de nomination et que c'est donc un repr\u00e9sentant politique qui prend ces d\u00e9cisions. Le processus n'est toutefois pas politis\u00e9 au Canada. C'est quelque chose qui devrait vraiment nous tenir \u00e0 c\u0153ur et que nous devrions continuer de prot\u00e9ger. Le gouvernement et moi sommes d'avis qu'il s'agit d'un processus transparent. Les gens peuvent manifester leur int\u00e9r\u00eat. Je ne pense pas qu'il y ait de probl\u00e8me \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8874122\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a toutefois un probl\u00e8me de ressources. Je suis d'accord avec le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pour dire que les gouvernements, et en particulier le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, doivent veiller \u00e0 la rapidit\u00e9 des nominations. Les gouvernements provinciaux doivent pour leur part s'assurer que la magistrature dispose des ressources n\u00e9cessaires et que la population a acc\u00e8s aux tribunaux, sans quoi, c'est l'impasse.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/9/18/kody-blois-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/kody-blois/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4538/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13123747",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Violent Crime and Repeat Offenders",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Les crimes violents et les r\u00e9cidivistes"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/9/18/",
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}
}