Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2026-04-24 10:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Yves Perron (Berthier\u2014Maskinong\u00e9, BQ)",
        "fr": "Yves Perron (Berthier\u2014Maskinong\u00e9, BQ)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9272304\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I will begin my question with a comment. I did not raise a point of order, but the member referred to the member for <a data-HoCid=\"330012\" href=\"/politicians/tatiana-auguste/\" title=\"Tatiana Auguste\">Terrebonne</a> by her given name rather than by her riding name, which should not happen in the House. Perhaps that escaped the Speaker's attention, so I just wanted to give my friend opposite a friendly reminder of that. I do not have an issue with anything he said except that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9272305\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Here is the question that I want to ask. The bill before us this morning seeks to prevent people from signing more than one nomination paper. I think it is a mistake to do that because it could result in fewer candidates running in an election. Of course, one of the objectives of this bill is to limit the number of candidates. We agree with that objective, but we do not think that this particular measure is necessary. The other measures in the bill are more than sufficient to achieve that end.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9272306\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> I would like to hear my colleague's comments on the fact that voters are being asked to sign only one nomination paper. I think that poses a risk of making their votes public, because people will sign only the nomination papers of the candidate they plan to vote for. That is a significant concern.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9272304\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je vais commencer ma question par une remarque. Je n'ai pas fait de recours au R\u00e8glement, mais le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a mentionn\u00e9 le pr\u00e9nom de la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de <a data-HoCid=\"330012\" href=\"/politicians/tatiana-auguste/\" title=\"Tatiana Auguste\">Terrebonne</a> plut\u00f4t que de parler de la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de Terrebonne, ce qu'on ne doit pas faire \u00e0 la Chambre. Cela a peut-\u00eatre \u00e9chapp\u00e9 \u00e0 la vigilance de la pr\u00e9sidence et je le rappelle amicalement \u00e0 mon ami d'en face. Je ne lui reproche rien de ce qu'il a dit sauf \u00e7a.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9272305\" data-originallang=\"fr\">La question que j'aimerais lui poser est la suivante. Dans le projet de loi qui est \u00e0 l'\u00e9tude ce matin, on veut emp\u00eacher les citoyens de signer plus d'un bulletin de candidature. Je crois que c'est une erreur de faire \u00e7a, parce que \u00e7a va nuire \u00e0 la multiplicit\u00e9 des candidats dans une \u00e9lection. Bien s\u00fbr, un des objectifs de ce projet de loi est de limiter le nombre. Nous sommes d'accord sur l'objectif, mais nous pensons que cette mesure particuli\u00e8re n'est pas n\u00e9cessaire. Les autres mesures dans le projet de loi pourraient amplement faire le travail.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9272306\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'aimerais entendre les commentaires de mon coll\u00e8gue au sujet du fait qu'on demande aux citoyens de ne signer qu'un seul bulletin. Je pense que \u00e7a repr\u00e9sente le danger de rendre le vote public, parce qu'on va signer seulement le bulletin du candidat pour qui on va voter. C'est une pr\u00e9occupation importante.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2026/4/24/yves-perron-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/yves-perron/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4583/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13469174",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Strong and Free Elections Act",
        "fr": "Loi visant \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger nos \u00e9lections et nos droits"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2026/4/24/",
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    }
}