Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2026-04-27 18:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)",
        "fr": "Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9276406\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Dufferin\u2014Caledon has been in the House since 2011. He has seen a few other stories involving the Liberals in general, but it does not matter which party is in power.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9276407\" data-originallang=\"fr\">It is very difficult to focus when the chief government whip will not stop talking. If it would be possible to rein him in from time to time, I would appreciate it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9276408\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I was saying that my colleague from Dufferin\u2014Caledon has seen many things. I have been here since 2019, and the Liberals have been in a majority government position twice now. The first time was with the support of the NDP, as members will recall. At the time, they used the opportunity to permanently change the Standing Orders of the House by allowing the use of hybrid Parliament, something that would normally have been the subject of discussions among the parties and some consensus at the end of those discussions. However, they decided to ram it through and force it down our throats.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9276409\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Liberals now find themselves with a majority, which was obtained through questionable means, and the first thing they do is once again try to get around parliamentary rules and traditions. What does that say about the Liberals in general, and this government in particular? I would like to hear my colleague's thoughts on that.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9276406\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, mon coll\u00e8gue de Dufferin\u2014Caledon est \u00e0 la Chambre depuis 2011. Il a vu quelques autres histoires avec les lib\u00e9raux en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, mais bon, peu importe la couleur du gouvernement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9276407\" data-originallang=\"fr\">C\u2019est tr\u00e8s difficile de se concentrer quand le whip en chef du gouvernement n\u2019arr\u00eate pas de parler. Si c'\u00e9tait possible de le rappeler \u00e0 l\u2019ordre de temps en temps, je serais reconnaissant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9276408\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J\u2019\u00e9tais en train de dire que mon coll\u00e8gue de Dufferin\u2014Caledon en a vu d\u2019autres. Pour ma part, je suis ici depuis 2019, et \u00e7a fait deux fois que les lib\u00e9raux sont dans une certaine position de gouvernement majoritaire. La premi\u00e8re fois, c\u2019\u00e9tait avec l\u2019appui du NPD, on se le rappellera. Ils en avaient profit\u00e9, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, pour modifier le R\u00e8glement de la Chambre de fa\u00e7on permanente en permettant l\u2019utilisation du Parlement hybride, chose qui aurait normalement d\u00fb faire l\u2019objet de discussions entre les partis et d\u2019un certain consensus au terme de ces discussions. Or, ils ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de passer le bulldozer et de nous rentrer \u00e7a dans la gorge de force.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9276409\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Les lib\u00e9raux se retrouvent avec une majorit\u00e9 douteusement obtenue, et, la premi\u00e8re chose qu\u2019ils font, c\u2019est encore une fois une man\u0153uvre qui contourne les r\u00e8gles et les traditions parlementaires. Qu\u2019est-ce que cela dit des lib\u00e9raux en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, et de ce gouvernement en particulier? J\u2019aimerais savoir ce qu\u2019en pense mon coll\u00e8gue.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2026/4/27/martin-champoux-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/martin-champoux/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4585/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13474298",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Government Business No. 9\u2014Changes to the Standing Orders",
        "fr": "L'affaire \u00e9manant du gouvernement no 9 \u2014 Les modifications au R\u00e8glement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2026/4/27/",
    "related": {
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    }
}