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{
"time": "2016-02-17 16:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Craig Wright",
"fr": "M. Craig Wright"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4207442\" data-originallang=\"en\">I can start. Thank you.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4207443\" data-originallang=\"en\">I had mentioned that to me shovel-ready has taken on a negative connotation. When we think of infrastructure, as I suggested at the outset, we want to think in a context of long-term productivity enhancement. The challenge of fiscal policy stimulus on the infrastructure side is getting it in place when the economy needs it rather than later when the recovery takes hold. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4207444\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think that given our growth outlook we're not terribly worried about that sort of longer-term pressure on the private sector. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4207445\" data-originallang=\"en\">I don't think there'll be a challenge with shovel-ready. We've had such an infrastructure deficit built up over decades that I think there are a lot of projects in waiting that are shovel-right, rather than shovel-ready. These are good projects that are ready to go. They'll still take some time to get in place.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4207446\" data-originallang=\"en\">I worry about shovel-ready because ready-to-go may not be what's right for the economy and that's the negative connotation of shovel-ready. But I do think we probably have some good projects ready and willing to be funded and put the work in. I'm sure the minister is getting more advice than he needs. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4207442\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je peux vous r\u00e9pondre en premier. Merci.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4207443\" data-originallang=\"en\">J\u2019ai mentionn\u00e9 qu\u2019\u00e0 mon avis les projets pr\u00eats \u00e0 d\u00e9marrer ont maintenant une connotation n\u00e9gative. Comme je l\u2019ai mentionn\u00e9 au d\u00e9but, lorsqu\u2019il est question de l\u2019infrastructure, nous devons viser l\u2019am\u00e9lioration de la productivit\u00e9 \u00e0 long terme. Le d\u00e9fi concernant les stimulants budg\u00e9taires dans le domaine de l\u2019infrastructure, c\u2019est de mettre le tout en oeuvre lorsque l\u2019\u00e9conomie en a besoin au lieu de le faire plus tard au moment o\u00f9 l\u2019\u00e9conomie reprend du poil de la b\u00eate.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4207444\" data-originallang=\"en\">D\u2019apr\u00e8s moi, compte tenu de nos pr\u00e9visions de croissance, nous ne sommes pas tr\u00e8s inquiets qu\u2019une telle pression se fasse sentir \u00e0 long terme sur le secteur priv\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4207445\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne pense pas que les projets pr\u00eats \u00e0 d\u00e9marrer seront un probl\u00e8me. Nous avons accumul\u00e9 un tel d\u00e9ficit en mati\u00e8re d\u2019infrastructure au fil des d\u00e9cennies que je crois qu\u2019il y a beaucoup de projets en attente qui m\u00e9ritent d\u2019\u00eatre mis de l\u2019avant plut\u00f4t que pr\u00eats \u00e0 d\u00e9marrer. Ce sont de bons projets qui sont pr\u00eats \u00e0 \u00eatre mis de l\u2019avant, mais il faudra tout de m\u00eame du temps pour ce faire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4207446\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je m\u2019inqui\u00e8te des projets pr\u00eats \u00e0 d\u00e9marrer, parce que ce ne sont peut-\u00eatre pas les projets dont l\u2019\u00e9conomie a besoin, et voil\u00e0 l\u2019origine de la connotation n\u00e9gative de l\u2019expression \u00ab pr\u00eats \u00e0 d\u00e9marrer \u00bb. Par contre, je crois que nous avons probablement de bons projets pr\u00eats \u00e0 d\u00e9marrer et \u00e0 \u00eatre financ\u00e9s. Je suis persuad\u00e9 que le ministre re\u00e7oit plus de conseils qu\u2019il en a besoin.</p>"
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