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{
"time": "2012-05-17 20:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Wayne Marston",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2891999\" data-originallang=\"en\">I welcome you here today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2892000\" data-originallang=\"en\">You are probably aware of the U.S. Steel purchase of Stelco in Hamilton and the complicating factors that occurred in that particular situation. The promise was that certain levels of employment would be kept, and that didn't happen. There was a court case. The government ultimately seemed to collapse in the court case. I'd have to know more detail to really prejudge that one. But for the people involved in that, it was the fact that they couldn't access the terms of the deal, that the government wouldn't release them to them so that workers would have an understanding. In fact they got a copy of the deal because of a lawsuit in New York State.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2892001\" data-originallang=\"en\">In 2010 Parliament voted unanimously on an NDP motion identifying some of the serious problems relative to the Investment Canada Act. I would suggest, and I'm not asking you for a political commentary here, that the government, by voting with the opposition, at least gave the impression that it was committing to in due course make some changes to the investment act, and we don't see them here in Bill <a data-HoCid=\"5514128\" href=\"/bills/41-1/C-38/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures\">C-38</a>. They certainly don't live up to the promise that we thought would be there.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2892002\" data-originallang=\"en\">Do you have any thoughts as to why there are no specific amendments that would address the situation the government was in during that particular deal and also to allow for public hearings to allow input from people? The minister is making the determination of the value to Canada, but you would think that part of that might involve hearing from the people involved. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2892003\" data-originallang=\"en\">If you could, answer please.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2891999\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vous souhaite la bienvenue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2892000\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vous avez probablement entendu parler de l'achat de Stelco \u00e0 Hamilton par U.S. Steel et des complications qui sont survenues. La compagnie avait promis de conserver certains niveaux d'emplois, mais elle n'a pas tenu sa promesse. L'affaire est all\u00e9e en cour. Il semble que la cause du gouvernement se soit effondr\u00e9e en cour. J'aurais besoin de plus de d\u00e9tails pour me prononcer r\u00e9ellement \u00e0 ce sujet. Toutefois, le probl\u00e8me pour les gens en cause \u00e9tait que le gouvernement n'a pas voulu leur donner acc\u00e8s aux termes de l'entente qui leur aurait permis de comprendre ce qui s'\u00e9tait pass\u00e9. Dans les faits, ils ont obtenu une copie de l'entente gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une poursuite judiciaire intent\u00e9e dans l'\u00c9tat de New York.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2892001\" data-originallang=\"en\">En 2010, le gouvernement a vot\u00e9 \u00e0 l'unanimit\u00e9 une motion du NPD qui faisait \u00e9tat de quelques-uns des graves probl\u00e8mes \u00e9prouv\u00e9s avec la Loi sur Investissement Canada. \u00c0 mon sens, et je ne vous demande pas de faire un commentaire politique, en votant avec l'opposition, le gouvernement a au moins donn\u00e9 l'impression de s'engager \u00e0 apporter certains changements en temps utile \u00e0 la loi, mais ces changements ne figurent pas dans le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"5514128\" href=\"/bills/41-1/C-38/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures\">C-38</a>. Les changements propos\u00e9s ne sont certes pas \u00e0 la hauteur de nos attentes. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2892002\" data-originallang=\"en\">Avez-vous une id\u00e9e des raisons pour lesquelles aucune modification particuli\u00e8re n'a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9vue pour \u00e9viter que le gouvernement se retrouve de nouveau dans une situation semblable \u00e0 celle survenue lors de cette entente et pour permettre la tenue d'audiences publiques auxquelles les gens seraient invit\u00e9s \u00e0 participer? Le ministre d\u00e9termine la valeur du projet pour le Canada, alors, on aurait tendance \u00e0 croire que les gens pourraient avoir leur mot \u00e0 dire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2892003\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si vous avez une r\u00e9ponse, donnez-nous-la, s'il vous pla\u00eet.</p>"
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