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{
"time": "2026-04-27 18:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)",
"fr": "Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9276444\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, with regard to the whip's somewhat ridiculous argument, I would say that the Liberals should have about 6.2 people on each committee, and usually when rounding, we round to the nearest whole number. That is six, not seven. We do not round up when the number we are rounding is 6.2. It does not work like that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9276445\" data-originallang=\"fr\">He finally let the cat out of the bag earlier in his speech. We heard him express his frustration at how the Conservatives have been acting in recent years. I understand that they have been filibustering a lot and that that has not always been easy for the Liberals, but that is no reason to flout parliamentary decency. That is exactly what the Liberals are doing. They are flouting parliamentary decency and failing to respect the rules and traditions of Parliament.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9276446\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would like my colleague opposite, the government whip, to explain why the Liberals suddenly feel as though they have the right to flout the rules and traditions of Parliament and use their majority to take control of committees, including the ones where the government has to be accountable to the people.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9276444\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, sur cet argument un peu ridicule du whip, je dirais que la proportion qui reviendrait aux lib\u00e9raux est d'\u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s 6,2. D'habitude, quand on arrondit, on arrondit au plus proche nombre entier. \u00c7a fait 6; \u00e7a ne fait pas 7. On n\u2019arrondit pas \u00e0 la hausse quand on est \u00e0 6,2. \u00c7a ne fonctionne pas comme \u00e7a.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9276445\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Tant\u00f4t, dans son discours, le chat est enfin sorti du sac. Nous l'avons entendu exprimer sa frustration relativement au comportement des conservateurs pendant les derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. Je comprends qu'ils ont fait beaucoup d'obstruction et que \u00e7a n'a pas toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 facile pour les lib\u00e9raux de vivre \u00e7a, mais ce n'est pas une raison pour pi\u00e9tiner la d\u00e9cence parlementaire. C'est exactement ce que les lib\u00e9raux sont en train de faire: pi\u00e9tiner la d\u00e9cence parlementaire, ne pas respecter les r\u00e8gles et les traditions du Parlement. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9276446\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'aimerais que mon coll\u00e8gue d'en face, le whip du gouvernement, explique pourquoi les lib\u00e9raux sentent qu'ils sont soudainement l\u00e9gitim\u00e9s de pi\u00e9tiner les r\u00e8gles parlementaires et les traditions parlementaires pour imposer par leur majorit\u00e9 le contr\u00f4le des comit\u00e9s, y compris les comit\u00e9s au sein desquels ils doivent rendre des comptes \u00e0 la population.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/4/27/martin-champoux-8/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/martin-champoux/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4585/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13474359",
"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/",
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}
}