Traduction de «continental silence all my friends had left town » (Anglais → Français) :

apologize for my English pronunciation, but I must read this poem in the language in which it was written by its author. In reference to those events, including his arrest, Mr. Godin wrote: [English] They followed me, they taped me They spied on me, they tripped me They broke in on me, they fell down on me They hooked me, they trapped me They arrested me without a warrant without a reason, without a word, without a look and they frisked my brain They jailed me, they banned me, they exiled me They laughed at me, they tried to destroy me And there was a big silence around here then There was a sort of continental silence All my friends had left town None of the usual talkers could find his words or his breath None of the usual writers could find his pen or his ink But still I am here tonight and I'm gonna be here for a long long time decades and decades after they'll have disappeared from here I'll be hanging around looking for justice, looking for peace looking after my brothers and sisters [Translation] This is what Mr. Godin wrote following the October 1970 events, and I think we should all reflect on these words.
[Anglais] They followed me, they taped me They spied on me, they tripped me They broke in on me, they fell down on me They hooked me, they trapped me They arrested me without a warrant without a reason, without a word, without a look and they frisked my brain They jailed me, they banned me, they exiled me They laughed at me, they tried to destroy me And there was a big silence around here then There was a sort of continental silence All my friends had left town None of the usual talkers could find his words or his breath None of the usual writers could find his pen or his ink But still I am here tonight and I'm gonna be here for a long long time decades and decades after they'll have disappeared from here I'll be hanging around looking for justice, looking for peace looking after my brothers and sisters [Français] Voilà ce que M. Godin disait, suite aux événements de 1970, ce qui devrait faire réfléchir l'ensemble de cette Chambre.

Nevertheless, when he answered my question, he clearly tried to impugn my integrity when he attempted to suggest that businesses, non-profit organizations and all the cities and towns in my riding had received money under the summer career placement program because they are friends of mine.
Néanmoins, lorsqu'il a répondu à ma question, c'est clair qu'il a essayé de nuire à mon intégrité lorsqu'il a tenté de dire et suggéré qu'en ce qui concerne le programme Placement carrière-été, les entreprises, les organismes sans but lucratif et également toutes les villes et tous les villages de ma circonscription auraient reçu de l'argent parce qu'ils sont mes petits amis.

When I was mayor of the municipality of Garthby, if I had appointed the municipal inspector and then told him to appoint all the employees of the town of Garthby, I would have been in an excellent position to get him to hire my brothers-in-law, my nephews and nieces, my friends or people who could be counted on to give generously to my campaign fund. As the Prime Minister said so eloquently this week to people who were looking for work: ``Good luck''.
Lorsque j'étais maire de la municipalité de Garthby, si j'avais nommé l'inspecteur municipal et que je lui avais dit ensuite: «Nomme tous les employés de la ville de Garthby», imaginez-vous que j'aurais été assez près de lui pour y faire placer mes beaux-frères, mes neveux, mes nièces, mes amis ou ceux qui pourraient contribuer allègrement à ma caisse électorale.

I remember, for example, my hon. friend from Prince Edward Island, when he used to be a progressive left-wing Liberal, would get up and make all kinds of speeches about Canadian nationalism and how we had to look after our own country and stand up for Canada.
Par exemple, je me rappelle de mon collègue de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, lorsqu'il était libéral progressiste de gauche et qu'il prenait la parole pour faire toutes sortes de discours sur le nationalisme canadien et sur la nécessité de veiller aux intérêts de notre pays et de le défendre.