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{
    "time": "2024-08-30 11:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Yanick Baillargeon",
        "fr": "M. Yanick Baillargeon"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8545530\" data-originallang=\"fr\">As I was explaining, the forest region we represent has 65 municipalities, 34 of which are forest single industries or directly dependent on this sector. And let's not forget all the recreational and tourism activities that are generated in these regions. Access to these activities will be blocked. If there is no longer a forest industry, it will be extremely difficult to access the territory and offer recreational tourism activities.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8545531\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We also have to think about access to leisure activities. There are many vacation leases. Some city dwellers have what we call forest cottages, but those will no longer be accessible, since most of the time the roads are maintained by the forest industry. The RCMs won't have the power or the means to maintain the roads and ensure their continued safety.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8545532\" data-originallang=\"fr\">That is also important for the protection of our forest. It's essential that we have access to the forest itself and that these roads continue to be built and maintained by the forest industry.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8545530\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Comme je l'expliquais, la r\u00e9gion foresti\u00e8re que nous repr\u00e9sentons compte 65 municipalit\u00e9s, dont 34 sont mono-industrielles foresti\u00e8res ou d\u00e9pendent directement de cette fili\u00e8re. Il ne faut pas non plus oublier toutes les activit\u00e9s r\u00e9cr\u00e9otouristiques qui sont engendr\u00e9es dans ces r\u00e9gions. Or, l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 ces activit\u00e9s sera bloqu\u00e9. S'il n'y a plus d'industrie foresti\u00e8re, il sera extr\u00eamement difficile d'avoir acc\u00e8s au territoire et d'offrir des activit\u00e9s r\u00e9cr\u00e9otouristiques.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8545531\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il faut penser aussi \u00e0 l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la vill\u00e9giature. Il y a beaucoup de baux de vill\u00e9giature. Il y a des gens des grands centres qui ont ce qu'on appelle des chalets en for\u00eat, mais ceux-ci ne seront plus accessibles, parce que, la plupart du temps, c'est l'industrie foresti\u00e8re qui entretient les chemins. Les MRC n'auront pas le pouvoir ni les moyens n\u00e9cessaires pour entretenir les chemins afin qu'ils continuent \u00e0 \u00eatre s\u00e9curitaires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8545532\" data-originallang=\"fr\">C'est important aussi pour la protection de notre for\u00eat. Il faut absolument que nous ayons acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la for\u00eat elle-m\u00eame et que ces chemins continuent d'\u00eatre construits et entretenus par la fili\u00e8re foresti\u00e8re.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/environment/44-1/118/yanick-baillargeon-5/",
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    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12848029",
    "document_url": "/committees/environment/44-1/118/",
    "related": {
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}