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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2026-06-17 20:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Sima Acan (Oakville West, Lib.)",
"fr": "Sima Acan (Oakville-Ouest, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9417066\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I enjoy working with my colleague at committee, as well as with my colleague from <a data-HoCid=\"317814\" href=\"/politicians/rhonda-kirkland/\" title=\"Rhonda Kirkland\">Oshawa</a>, who also expressed concern about not having enough time to ask questions at committee.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9417067\" data-originallang=\"en\">With respect, every member of the committee has the same time allocated. I have difficulty understanding why, while most of the other members of the committee could ask questions, the member was not able to. It is all about using our time wisely, I think. It is like someone's complaining about the distance they cannot go, when they have waited at the station too long. That was my concern. I am trying to understand how they could not use the time wisely and why they filibustered their own witnesses.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9417066\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, j'aime travailler avec mon coll\u00e8gue au sein du comit\u00e9, ainsi qu'avec ma coll\u00e8gue d'<a data-HoCid=\"317814\" href=\"/politicians/rhonda-kirkland/\" title=\"Rhonda Kirkland\">Oshawa</a>, qui a elle aussi fait part de ses pr\u00e9occupations quant au manque de temps pour poser des questions au comit\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9417067\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai du mal \u00e0 comprendre pourquoi le d\u00e9put\u00e9 n'a pas pu le faire, alors que la plupart des autres membres du comit\u00e9 ont pu poser des questions. Je pense que tout est une question d'utilisation judicieuse de notre temps. C'est un peu comme si quelqu'un se plaignait de ne pas pouvoir se rendre l\u00e0 o\u00f9 il voulait aller, alors qu'il \u00e9tait rest\u00e9 trop longtemps \u00e0 attendre \u00e0 la gare. C'\u00e9tait l\u00e0 o\u00f9 je voulais en venir. J'essaie de comprendre pourquoi les d\u00e9put\u00e9s n'ont pas su utiliser leur temps \u00e0 bon escient et pourquoi ils ont fait de l'obstruction lorsque leurs propres t\u00e9moins \u00e9taient pr\u00e9sents. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/17/sima-acan-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/sima-acan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4769/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13590500",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Government Business No. 13\u2014Proceedings on Bill C\u201122",
"fr": "L'affaire \u00e9manant du gouvernement no 13 \u2014 Les d\u00e9lib\u00e9rations sur le projet de loi C\u201122"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/17/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F6%2F17%2F"
}
}