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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2026-01-28 15:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Brad Vis (Mission\u2014Matsqui\u2014Abbotsford, CPC)",
"fr": "Brad Vis (Mission\u2014Matsqui\u2014Abbotsford, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9123899\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, on behalf of Mission\u2014Matsqui\u2014Abbotsford, I would like to present a petition about Bill <a data-HoCid=\"13590613\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-9/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places)\">C-9</a>. The Liberal-Bloc amendment to Bill C-9, passed at the justice committee, would remove the good-faith religious defence clause from the Criminal Code of Canada. Bill C-9 would allow the state to prosecute people who express deeply held religious beliefs the government finds offensive.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9123900\" data-originallang=\"en\">Therefore the petitioners are asking the Government of Canada to withdraw Bill <a data-HoCid=\"13590613\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-9/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places)\">C-9</a>, protect religious freedom, uphold the right to read and share sacred texts, and prevent government intrusion into faith.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9123899\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je pr\u00e9sente, au nom des habitants de Mission\u2014Matsqui\u2014Abbotsford, une p\u00e9tition concernant le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"13590613\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-9/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places)\">C\u20119</a>. L'amendement du Parti lib\u00e9ral et du Bloc au projet de loi C\u20119, adopt\u00e9 par le comit\u00e9 de la justice, supprimerait du Code criminel du Canada la disposition permettant d'invoquer, comme d\u00e9fense, le fait de s'\u00eatre exprim\u00e9 de bonne foi sur un sujet concernant la religion. Le projet de loi C\u20119 permettrait donc \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat de poursuivre les personnes qui expriment des convictions religieuses profondes que le gouvernement trouve offensantes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9123900\" data-originallang=\"en\">Par cons\u00e9quent, les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada de retirer le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"13590613\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-9/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places)\">C\u20119</a>, de prot\u00e9ger la libert\u00e9 de religion, de d\u00e9fendre le droit de lire et de partager des textes sacr\u00e9s et d'emp\u00eacher l'ing\u00e9rence du gouvernement dans la foi.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/1/28/brad-vis-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/brad-vis/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4836/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13320634",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": "P\u00e9titions"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Religious Freedom",
"fr": "La libert\u00e9 de religion"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/1/28/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F1%2F28%2F"
}
}