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{
"time": "2026-06-17 14:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Sean Fraser (ministre de la Justice et procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du Canada et ministre responsable de l\u2019Agence de promotion \u00e9conomique du Canada atlantique, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416366\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, when my Conservative colleagues see a vulnerable Canadian, they see a political opportunity to exploit. We see people who we want to help. This question has been asked and answered.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416367\" data-originallang=\"en\"> It has been fascinating to me, over the last number of weeks, how the Conservatives have completely dropped their focus on public safety in this country. Let me tell the House why. We have a legislative agenda that is going into effect. The Bail and Sentencing Reform Act is now law in Canada. Later today, we are going to vote on the combatting hate act, and by the end of the week, we are going to adopt the protecting victims act. We can balance the economic interests of the country, the needs of families and public safety at the same time. Let us not just focus on political opportunities.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416366\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, quand mes coll\u00e8gues conservateurs voient un Canadien vuln\u00e9rable, ils voient une occasion politique \u00e0 saisir. Nous voyons des gens que nous voulons aider. La question de la d\u00e9put\u00e9e a \u00e9t\u00e9 pos\u00e9e et nous y avons r\u00e9pondu.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416367\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis fascin\u00e9 de voir \u00e0 quel point, au cours des derni\u00e8res semaines, les conservateurs ont compl\u00e8tement cess\u00e9 de se concentrer sur la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique au pays. Je vais dire \u00e0 la Chambre pourquoi. Notre programme l\u00e9gislatif se concr\u00e9tise. La Loi sur des mesures de r\u00e9forme concernant la mise en libert\u00e9 sous caution et la d\u00e9termination de la peine est maintenant en vigueur au Canada. Plus tard aujourd'hui, nous voterons sur la Loi visant \u00e0 lutter contre la haine et, d'ici la fin de la semaine, nous adopterons la Loi visant \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger les victimes. Nous pouvons concilier les int\u00e9r\u00eats \u00e9conomiques du pays, les besoins des familles et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique. Ne nous concentrons pas seulement sur l'opportunisme politique.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/17/sean-fraser-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/sean-fraser/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4447/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13589439",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/17/",
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}
}