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{
"time": "2026-03-10 17:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)",
"fr": "Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9206977\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, today, I myself took a telephone call at my office here on the Hill from a person who was calling to say that I should vote against 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\u20119</a>. At the end of the conversation, the person said that they hoped that I would find it in my heart to change my mind. I replied that I hoped that they would use their intellect to read the bill, because they had been infected with Conservative misinformation. They had never read the bill in any form.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9206978\" data-originallang=\"fr\">According to the misinformation that is being spread by the Conservatives, no witnesses came to talk about the religious exemption. I watched meetings of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights again, and the member for <a data-HoCid=\"318084\" href=\"/politicians/rheal-fortin/\" title=\"Rh\u00e9al Fortin\">Rivi\u00e8re-du-Nord</a> asked each witness questions about the religious exemption. Some were for it and some were against it. There were opinions on both sides. That is what Parliament is for. That is how it should work.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9206979\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Here is the question I want to ask my colleague. Why does he think the Conservatives are continuing to spread disinformation? Does he think they might be using this as a way to obtain election financing?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9206977\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, aujourd'hui, j'ai moi-m\u00eame r\u00e9pondu \u00e0 un appel t\u00e9l\u00e9phonique \u00e0 mon bureau ici, sur la Colline. Cette personne m'appelait pour me dire qu'il fallait voter contre 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>. \u00c0 la fin de cette conversation, la personne m'a dit qu'elle esp\u00e9rait que je trouve de l'espace dans mon c\u0153ur pour changer d'id\u00e9e. Je lui ai r\u00e9pondu que je lui souhaitais de trouver de l'espace dans son intellect pour lire le projet de loi, parce que cette personne \u00e9tait contamin\u00e9e par la d\u00e9sinformation conservatrice. Elle n'avait jamais lu, sous quelque forme que ce soit, le projet de loi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9206978\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Dans la d\u00e9sinformation qui est v\u00e9hicul\u00e9e par les conservateurs, on dit notamment qu'il n'y a pas eu de t\u00e9moins qui sont venus parler de la question de l'exception religieuse. J'ai r\u00e9\u00e9cout\u00e9 des r\u00e9unions du Comit\u00e9 permanent de la justice et des droits de la personne et le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"318084\" href=\"/politicians/rheal-fortin/\" title=\"Rh\u00e9al Fortin\">Rivi\u00e8re-du-Nord</a> posait des questions \u00e0 chacun des t\u00e9moins sur la question de l'exemption religieuse. Certains \u00e9taient pour, certains \u00e9taient contre. Il y avait des opinions qui allaient dans les deux sens. \u00c7a sert \u00e0 \u00e7a, le Parlement. C'est comme \u00e7a que \u00e7a devrait fonctionner.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9206979\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Alors, voici la question que je veux poser \u00e0 mon coll\u00e8gue. Selon lui, pourquoi les conservateurs continuent-ils \u00e0 faire de la d\u00e9sinformation? Est-ce qu'il pense qu'ils se servent de \u00e7a, peut-\u00eatre, pour obtenir du financement \u00e9lectoral?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/3/10/jean-denis-garon-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jean-denis-garon/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4619/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13396622",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Government Business No. 6\u2014Proceedings on Bill C-9",
"fr": "L'affaire \u00e9manant du gouvernement no 6 \u2014 Les d\u00e9lib\u00e9rations sur le projet de loi C\u20119"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/3/10/",
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}
}