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{
"time": "2009-11-05 11:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Linda Duncan (Edmonton\u2014Strathcona, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1708037\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Mr. Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1708038\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, gentlemen, for appearing--and madam. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1708039\" data-originallang=\"en\">It's nice to see you, Mr. Lazar. We've been at way too many of these tables without results. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1708040\" data-originallang=\"en\">I really appreciated both of your testimonies--very helpful.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1708041\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. McGuinty asked you some questions, Mr. Lazar, about whether or not you've been consulted. You've probably been following the various processes that are going on--for example, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. I'm sure you've been involved in that from time to time. The agreement that establishes that commission obligates Canada to provide advance notice and consultation on any policy law initiative.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1708042\" data-originallang=\"en\">The latest initiative is the U.S.-Canada clean energy dialogue. Under it the Government of Canada also commits to be in direct communication with Canadians--presumably that includes Canadian industry--on any initiatives they might be working on with the U.S. government.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1708043\" data-originallang=\"en\">You said that you haven't been involved directly in the development of regulations, although you have had some consultations on policy development. Are you saying you would appreciate it if your industry sector could be directly consulted on any regulatory regime the government is purportedly developing on its climate change initiative?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1708037\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1708038\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, messieurs et madame, de votre pr\u00e9sence au comit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1708039\" data-originallang=\"en\">C\u2019est un plaisir de vous voir, monsieur Lazar. Nous avons assist\u00e9 \u00e0 beaucoup trop de ces r\u00e9unions sans r\u00e9sultat.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1708040\" data-originallang=\"en\">J\u2019ai beaucoup appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 votre t\u00e9moignage. J\u2019ai trouv\u00e9 vos observations tr\u00e8s utiles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1708041\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur Lazar, M. McGuinty vous a demand\u00e9 si vous avez \u00e9t\u00e9 consult\u00e9. Vous avez probablement suivi les diff\u00e9rents processus en cours, comme les travaux de la Commission nord-am\u00e9ricaine de coop\u00e9ration environnementale. Je suis s\u00fbre que vous y avez particip\u00e9 de temps en temps. L\u2019entente en vertu de laquelle la commission a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9e oblige le Canada \u00e0 donner un pr\u00e9avis et \u00e0 tenir des consultations avant d\u2019adopter des politiques ou des mesures l\u00e9gislatives.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1708042\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le dialogue Canada-\u00c9tats-Unis sur l\u2019\u00e9nergie propre est la derni\u00e8re initiative en date. Dans ce cas aussi, le gouvernement du Canada s\u2019est engag\u00e9 \u00e0 maintenir un contact direct avec les Canadiens \u2014 je suppose que cela comprend les industries canadiennes \u2014 au sujet de toute initiative envisag\u00e9e de concert avec le gouvernement des \u00c9tats-Unis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1708043\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vous avez dit que vous n\u2019avez pas directement particip\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9laboration de r\u00e8glements, mais que vous avez \u00e9t\u00e9 consult\u00e9 au sujet de l\u2019\u00e9laboration de la politique. Est-ce que cela signifie que vous aimeriez que votre secteur soit directement consult\u00e9 sur tout r\u00e9gime r\u00e9glementaire que le gouvernement voudrait mettre en place dans le cadre de son initiative touchant les changements climatiques?</p>"
},
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