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{
    "time": "2024-02-27 16:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Laurel Collins",
        "fr": "Mme Laurel Collins"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8263834\" data-originallang=\"en\">Honestly, what you shared about the disconnection from the land that happens when people can no longer use water in traditional ways and what that means to the opioid crisis in your community, these are really serious impacts. The federal government has a responsibility to step up and to listen to your recommendations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8263835\" data-originallang=\"en\">I have a small amount of time, so I do want to ask Ms. Hendriks a couple of questions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8263836\" data-originallang=\"en\">In particular, I wanted to ask you about the cost of climate change and the cost that we're seeing when it comes to water. We've heard from our Conservative colleagues sometimes that climate action costs too much money. I'm just curious. From your perspective, how do you respond to those kinds of concerns?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8263834\" data-originallang=\"en\">Honn\u00eatement, ce que vous avez dit sur la d\u00e9connexion de la terre qui se produit lorsque les gens ne peuvent plus utiliser l'eau de mani\u00e8re traditionnelle et ce que cela signifie pour la crise des opio\u00efdes dans votre communaut\u00e9. Ces cons\u00e9quences sont tr\u00e8s graves. Le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral peut agir et \u00e9couter vos recommandations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8263835\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne dispose que de peu de temps et je voudrais donc poser quelques questions \u00e0 Mme Hendriks.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8263836\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je voulais notamment vous interroger sur le co\u00fbt du changement climatique et sur le co\u00fbt que nous constatons en ce qui concerne l'eau. Nos coll\u00e8gues conservateurs nous disent parfois que la lutte contre le changement climatique co\u00fbte trop cher. J'aimerais savoir ce que vous r\u00e9pondriez \u00e0 ce genre de pr\u00e9occupations?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/environment/44-1/99/laurel-collins-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/laurel-collins/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4520/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12609212",
    "document_url": "/committees/environment/44-1/99/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Fenvironment%2F44-1%2F99%2F"
    }
}