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{
"time": "2015-04-02 12:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Bernard Trottier (Etobicoke\u2014Lakeshore, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Bernard Trottier (Etobicoke\u2014Lakeshore, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4056075\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Mr. Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4056076\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I'd like to thank the minister for joining us today. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4056077\" data-originallang=\"en\">The purpose of today's meeting is actually for the crown to present its request to Parliament to spend money. That's what is actually being discussed today. We as parliamentarians, on behalf of Canadian taxpayers in particular, want to ensure that Canadians are getting value for their money. Some members wish the crown would spend more within the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. Some members might feel that the department should be spending less. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4056078\" data-originallang=\"en\">Through your main estimates and your report on plans and priorities, you presented your prioritized spending plans. I note several things in there, especially in the RPP. In the budgetary planning summary, I see some reductions in spending in most of the program areas, in keeping with our government's effort to reduce the deficit. I see increased estimates in support of international commerce in particular. I see spending at about the same levels in international development and international humanitarian assistance. Of course, some priorities and events, such as typhoon relief or earthquake relief, are inherently difficult for Foreign Affairs to predict. Another event that was very difficult for us to predict was the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4056079\" data-originallang=\"en\">Minister Nicholson, could you expand on some of your comments earlier about the atrocities that ISIL is carrying out on ethnic minorities? Why is it so important that Canada fight to stop these horrors from being committed? Also, do you feel there's enough in your estimates to rise to these challenges?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4056075\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4056076\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Je remercie le ministre d'\u00eatre ici parmi nous aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4056077\" data-originallang=\"en\">La s\u00e9ance d'aujourd'hui vise \u00e0 permettre au gouvernement de pr\u00e9senter au Parlement ses demandes d'autorisation des d\u00e9penses. Voil\u00e0 ce dont il est question aujourd'hui, en fait. En tant que parlementaires \u2014 au nom des contribuables canadiens en particulier \u2014, nous voulons nous assurer que les Canadiens en ont pour leur argent. Certains d\u00e9put\u00e9s voudraient que le gouvernement augmente les d\u00e9penses du minist\u00e8re des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res, du Commerce et du D\u00e9veloppement. D'autres pourraient penser que le minist\u00e8re devrait d\u00e9penser moins.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4056078\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans votre budget principal de d\u00e9penses et votre rapport sur les plans et les priorit\u00e9s, vous avez pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 vos plans sur les d\u00e9penses prioritaires. J'y ai not\u00e9 diverses choses, en particulier dans le RPP. Dans le sommaire de la planification budg\u00e9taire, j'ai remarqu\u00e9 une baisse des d\u00e9penses dans la plupart des secteurs de programmes, conform\u00e9ment aux efforts du gouvernement visant \u00e0 r\u00e9duire le d\u00e9ficit. Je constate en particulier une augmentation du budget visant \u00e0 appuyer le commerce international. Je vois que les d\u00e9penses li\u00e9es au d\u00e9veloppement international et \u00e0 l'aide humanitaire internationale sont demeur\u00e9es stables. \u00c9videmment, il est difficile pour le minist\u00e8re des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res de pr\u00e9voir certaines priorit\u00e9s et certains \u00e9v\u00e9nements, comme l'aide d'urgence offerte \u00e0 la suite de typhons ou de tremblements de terre. Un autre \u00e9v\u00e9nement qu'il nous a \u00e9t\u00e9 difficile de pr\u00e9dire est la mont\u00e9e du groupe \u00c9tat islamique en Irak et au Levant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4056079\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le ministre, pourriez-vous approfondir certaines de vos observations ant\u00e9rieures sur les atrocit\u00e9s commises par l'EIIL contre les minorit\u00e9s ethniques? En quoi est-il important que le Canada combatte pour emp\u00eacher que de telles horreurs se poursuivent? Aussi, croyez-vous que votre budget est assez \u00e9lev\u00e9 pour lutter contre ces probl\u00e8mes?</p>"
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