Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2012-11-27 09:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Bob Dechert (Mississauga\u2014Erindale, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3128996\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Mr. Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3128997\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, gentlemen, for being here this morning and sharing your expertise with us.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3128998\" data-originallang=\"en\"> To start with, I'd like to ask some questions to Professor McRae. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3128999\" data-originallang=\"en\">Professor McRae, you mentioned the passage that's apparently occurring right now by the <em>Ob River</em>, which is a Norwegian ship that's transiting the Russian Arctic passage between Norway and Japan, carrying Russian gas, I think. I understood from an article that I read yesterday that taking that route saves 20 days of shipping between Europe and Asia. Apparently, it's being escorted by a Russian icebreaker. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3129000\" data-originallang=\"en\">Do you see that as becoming a very significant passage for ships carrying that kind of cargo? You mentioned that Russia provides coast guard support for that passage. If, for example, the Canadian Northwest Passage were opened up to similar kinds of shipping, what would be the costs and benefits of providing that kind of coast guard support in the Canadian Arctic, and is it feasible? In your opinion, would there be benefits to helping open up development in the Canadian north, if the Canadian government were to pursue opening up that route? Could you compare the Russian route to the Canadian route for us?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3128996\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3128997\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, messieurs, d'\u00eatre venus partager vos connaissances avec nous. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3128998\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais d'abord poser quelques questions \u00e0 M. McRae. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3128999\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur, vous avez dit que le navire <em>Ob River</em> serait apparemment en train de passer l\u00e0-haut en ce moment m\u00eame. Il s'agit d'un navire norv\u00e9gien transportant du gaz russe, je pense, entre la Norv\u00e8ge et le Japon en passant par le passage arctique russe. Selon un article que je lisais hier, il semble que ce trajet fera \u00e9conomiser 20 jours de voyage entre l'Europe et l'Asie. Ce navire serait apparemment escort\u00e9 par un brise-glace russe. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3129000\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pensez-vous que le transport de ce genre de marchandises par des navires empruntant cette voie risque de devenir fr\u00e9quent? Vous avez dit que la Russie assure la protection de sa garde c\u00f4ti\u00e8re pour ce passage. Si le passage du Nord-Ouest canadien \u00e9tait ouvert au m\u00eame genre de transport maritime, par exemple, quels seraient les co\u00fbts et les b\u00e9n\u00e9fices de la prestation de ce genre de soutien de la garde c\u00f4ti\u00e8re dans l'Arctique canadien, et serait-ce faisable? \u00c0 votre avis, y aurait-il des avantages \u00e0 faciliter ainsi le d\u00e9veloppement du Nord canadien, si le gouvernement du Canada d\u00e9cidait d'ouvrir cette route? Pouvez-vous comparer la route russe \u00e0 la route canadienne? </p>"
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    "url": "/committees/foreign-affairs/41-1/57/bob-dechert-1/",
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