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{
"time": "2026-06-17 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Ruby Sahota (Secretary of State (Combatting Crime), Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. Ruby Sahota (secr\u00e9taire d'\u00c9tat (Lutte contre la criminalit\u00e9), Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416401\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Canadians have questions, victims have questions and the police chiefs have questions as to why it has taken so long for Bill <a data-HoCid=\"13957880\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-22/\" title=\"An Act respecting lawful access\">C-22</a>, which was originally Bill <a data-HoCid=\"13543613\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-2/\" title=\"An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related security measures\">C-2</a>, to get through the legislative process.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416402\" data-originallang=\"en\">Every day that we wait, more and more victims are created in Canada. Take, for example, the shootings at the synagogues that have just happened recently. Those shooters were paid and hired by a foreign entity, in our country, online. Had we been able to find those shooters sooner, there would have been fewer victims.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416401\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les Canadiens se posent des questions, les victimes se posent des questions et les chefs de police se demandent pourquoi il a fallu tant de temps pour que le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"13957880\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-22/\" title=\"An Act respecting lawful access\">C\u201122</a>, qui \u00e9tait \u00e0 l'origine le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"13543613\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-2/\" title=\"An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related security measures\">C\u20112</a>, franchisse toutes les \u00e9tapes du processus l\u00e9gislatif.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416402\" data-originallang=\"en\">Chaque jour qui passe cr\u00e9e de plus en plus de victimes au Canada. Prenons l'exemple des fusillades dans les synagogues qui ont eu lieu r\u00e9cemment. Ces tireurs ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pay\u00e9s et embauch\u00e9s par une entit\u00e9 \u00e9trang\u00e8re, dans notre pays, en ligne. Si nous avions pu trouver ces tireurs plus t\u00f4t, il y aurait eu moins de victimes.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/17/ruby-sahota-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/ruby-sahota/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4731/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13589501",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Public Safety",
"fr": "La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/17/",
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}
}