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{
"time": "2026-02-02 17:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Steven MacKinnon",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Steven MacKinnon"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9164771\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We believe that this project, as the bill references, is for the general benefit of Canada. That is why we've taken the steps that you see in the bill to make sure of that. Whether it be a major energy project, for example, a major mine or a major piece of infrastructure elsewhere in the country, we've determined that moving quickly on projects that have existed in the public's imagination or the public's consciousness over many years is important. We need to accelerate these things.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9164772\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is something we felt strongly enough about that we made it a major part of our platform in the last election. With respect to high-speed rail, this is a project that, while it was announced prior to the last election, we spent a long time debating and figuring out how we could get to a decision to construct this piece of infrastructure in an accelerated time frame.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9164773\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is the proposed\u2014</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9164771\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Nous estimons que ce projet est au sens du projet de loi un ouvrage d'int\u00e9r\u00eat g\u00e9n\u00e9ral. Le texte renferme des mesures qui permettent de s'en assurer. Que ce soit des projets majeurs dans le domaine de l'\u00e9nergie, des mines ou des infrastructures ailleurs au pays, nous avons d\u00e9termin\u00e9 qu'il \u00e9tait important de faire avancer rapidement les projets qui existent depuis des ann\u00e9es dans l'imaginaire ou dans l'esprit du public. Il faut acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer les choses. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9164772\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous \u00e9tions tellement convaincus de cela que nous avons r\u00e9serv\u00e9 une place pr\u00e9pond\u00e9rante \u00e0 cette id\u00e9e dans notre plateforme pendant les derni\u00e8res \u00e9lections. Quant au r\u00e9seau ferroviaire \u00e0 grande vitesse, ce projet a \u00e9t\u00e9 annonc\u00e9 avant les derni\u00e8res \u00e9lections, mais nous avons pass\u00e9 beaucoup de temps \u00e0 en d\u00e9battre avant d'en arriver \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision de le construire selon un \u00e9ch\u00e9ancier acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9164773\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est la proposition...</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/45-1/20/steven-mackinnon-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/steven-mackinnon/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4422/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13327789",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/45-1/20/",
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}
}