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{
"time": "2007-12-05 16:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Mario Silva (Davenport, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"854740\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Madam Chair. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"854741\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would like to begin by saying that because I'm new to the committee, I haven't had an opportunity to express my public view on this particular sale. I will state quite emphatically that I'm opposed to it; I have some serious reservations as well about how they're proceeding, both with this phase and with the next phase and the development.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"854742\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'd like to ask questions of the witnesses; I thank them for coming forward and giving us their presentation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"854743\" data-originallang=\"en\">There is always this myth out there that you sell things and then somehow you're going to actually get a better value for taxpayers' dollars. They point to banks that are selling their properties and then leasing them back as a prime example.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"854744\" data-originallang=\"en\">You said the devil is always in the details, and I quite agree with you. We're not always very clear on what the details are. Why is the mythology out there that if you do sell property and lease it back, somehow you're getting good value for your dollars? I'm not necessarily speaking only to this particular sale, but that seems to be a general rule. With your experience of 35 years, could you elaborate on why some of those cases are not always the truth as they come out? </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"854740\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, madame la pr\u00e9sidente.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"854741\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je veux pr\u00e9ciser d'entr\u00e9e de jeu que je n'ai pas encore eu l'occasion d'exprimer publiquement mon point de vue au sujet de cette vente, car je fais mes d\u00e9buts au sein de ce comit\u00e9. Je peux vous affirmer tr\u00e8s clairement que je n'y suis pas favorable; j'ai de s\u00e9rieuses r\u00e9serves quant au mode de fonctionnement, tant pour la phase en cours que pour celle qui la suivra et pour le d\u00e9veloppement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"854742\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai des questions pour nos t\u00e9moins que je remercie pour leur expos\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"854743\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a toujours ce mythe qui veut que lorsque l'on vend des actifs, on se retrouve d'une mani\u00e8re ou d'une autre \u00e0 faire une utilisation plus judicieuse des fonds publics. On cite souvent comme exemple les banques qui vendent leurs biens immobiliers pour les louer par la suite.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"854744\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vous avez indiqu\u00e9 que ce sont les d\u00e9tails qui font foi de tout et je suis tout \u00e0 fait d'accord avec vous. Cependant, nous ne connaissons pas toujours tr\u00e8s clairement la teneur de ces d\u00e9tails. Pourquoi persiste-t-on \u00e0 croire ainsi qu'en vendant ces actifs pour les louer par la suite, on se retrouve gagnant en mati\u00e8re d'optimisation de ces ressources? Je ne parle pas n\u00e9cessairement seulement de la vente qui nous int\u00e9resse, car cela semble \u00eatre une r\u00e8gle g\u00e9n\u00e9rale. \u00c0 la lumi\u00e8re de vos 35 ann\u00e9es d'exp\u00e9rience, pourriez-vous nous expliquer pourquoi ce mythe n'est pas toujours conforme \u00e0 la r\u00e9alit\u00e9?</p>"
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