Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2019-06-12 16:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. John White",
        "fr": "M. John White"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6005882\" data-originallang=\"en\"> There are two things. First of all, if this bill does not pass, what could happen is that it would be one other reason for our friends in the south to not ratify the agreement. What we've seen is that the Americans have not been shy in terms of imposing tariffs and doing things rather quickly. From there, with the countermeasures that we have adopted, or that we adopted in the past, there were also indications that this could further lead, if the dispute continued, to the imposition of tariffs on cars and trucks in addition. You have a trickle-down effect. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6005883\" data-originallang=\"en\">Now, it's our understanding, from reading some of the material from the presentations from the various parties, that concerns were stated\u2014again, I'm not an expert on the manufacturing part\u2014about the fact that there could be repercussions elsewhere in the country. I think you've gone down that path with the west, and I think some statements were made to that effect by various political parties to be careful for that. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6005884\" data-originallang=\"en\">We're not experts in terms of drilling down into the manufacturing sector and into the sector of how steel is produced around the country and the effects on B.C. versus Alberta versus the east. We're simply saying that as you go forward and move this, you need to be careful, in whatever it is you do, that there are not consequences that could harm those businesses locally. I think I've heard you go down that path, and I think I've heard that this has been appeased to a certain perspective.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6005882\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Il y a deux choses. Tout d'abord, si ce projet de loi n'\u00e9tait pas adopt\u00e9, ce qui pourrait arriver, ce serait une raison de plus pour nos amis du Sud de ne pas ratifier l'accord. Nous avons vu que les Am\u00e9ricains n'ont pas h\u00e9sit\u00e9 \u00e0 imposer des tarifs et \u00e0 agir assez rapidement. Cela \u00e9tant, les contre-mesures que nous avons adopt\u00e9es, ou que nous avons adopt\u00e9es par le pass\u00e9, s'accompagnaient aussi du risque que cela pouvait mener, si le diff\u00e9rend se poursuivait, \u00e0 l'imposition de tarifs suppl\u00e9mentaires sur les voitures et les camions. Il y a un effet d'entra\u00eenement. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6005883\" data-originallang=\"en\">D'apr\u00e8s ce que nous avons compris, \u00e0 la lecture de certains des documents pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s par les diff\u00e9rents partis, des pr\u00e9occupations ont \u00e9t\u00e9 exprim\u00e9es \u2014 encore une fois, la fabrication n'est pas mon domaine \u2014 quant aux r\u00e9percussions qu'il pourrait y avoir ailleurs au pays. Je pense que vous en avez d\u00e9j\u00e0 parl\u00e9 au sujet de l'Ouest, et divers partis politiques ont dit, je crois, qu'il fallait faire attention \u00e0 cela. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6005884\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous ne sommes pas des experts en ce qui concerne le secteur manufacturier et la fa\u00e7on dont l'acier est produit au pays et les effets sur la Colombie-Britannique par rapport \u00e0 l'Alberta ou \u00e0 la r\u00e9gion de l'Est. Nous disons simplement qu'\u00e0 mesure que vous allez de l'avant, vous devez veiller, quoi que vous fassiez, \u00e0 ce qu'il n'y ait pas de cons\u00e9quences qui pourraient nuire aux entreprises locales. Je pense vous avoir entendu en parler, et je crois que cette question a \u00e9t\u00e9 plus ou moins r\u00e9solue.</p>"
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    "url": "/committees/finance/42-1/220/john-white-2/",
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