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{
"time": "2013-11-07 15:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Rodger Cuzner (Cape Breton\u2014Canso, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Rodger Cuzner (Cape Breton\u2014Canso, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3467727\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Chair, let me first thank both the government and the official opposition for inviting me to take part in the first round of questioning. I appreciate this kinder, gentler approach. I know it was on division, but nonetheless I appreciate it. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3467728\" data-originallang=\"en\">I thank the witnesses for being here today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3467729\" data-originallang=\"en\">Coming off the focus of Scott's questioning, I think students are more enabled to embrace technology. Obviously they're far more comfortable with it. Again, I think this will probably be of help. But usually there's some kind of cost savings associated with a move toward this.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3467730\" data-originallang=\"en\">I remember being in Fisheries and Oceans and all the moneys that were going to be saved when we closed lighthouses and went with navigational aids, only to realize that the navigational aids have to be maintained as well. There weren't a lot of savings.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3467731\" data-originallang=\"en\">Does the department see cost savings here? Can you arrive at a number?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3467727\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le pr\u00e9sident, si vous le permettez, j'aimerais d'abord remercier les membres du parti gouvernemental et de l'opposition officielle de m'avoir invit\u00e9 \u00e0 participer au premier tour de questions. Je leur suis reconnaissant d'avoir adopt\u00e9 cette fa\u00e7on de faire plus aimable et plus souple. Je sais que cette d\u00e9cision n'a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 prise \u00e0 l'unanimit\u00e9, mais n\u00e9anmoins, je m'en r\u00e9jouis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3467728\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je remercie les t\u00e9moins d'\u00eatre ici aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3467729\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour faire suite aux questions pos\u00e9es par Scott, j'aimerais dire que, \u00e0 mon avis, les \u00e9tudiants sont plus aptes \u00e0 adopter la technologie. De toute \u00e9vidence, ils ont beaucoup plus de facilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la ma\u00eetriser. L\u00e0 encore, j'estime que cela leur sera probablement utile, mais en r\u00e8gle g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, une telle initiative d\u00e9coule d'une volont\u00e9 de faire des \u00e9conomies.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3467730\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je me souviens que, lorsque je faisais partie du comit\u00e9 des p\u00eaches et des oc\u00e9ans, on nous avait dit que nous allions r\u00e9aliser des \u00e9conomies substantielles gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la fermeture de phares et \u00e0 l'adoption d'aides \u00e0 la navigation. Cependant, nous avons constat\u00e9 ult\u00e9rieurement que ces aides \u00e0 la navigation devaient \u00e9galement \u00eatre entretenues, de sorte que peu d'\u00e9conomies ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3467731\" data-originallang=\"en\">Est-ce que les gens du minist\u00e8re croient que les mesures dont nous parlons se traduiront par des \u00e9conomies? Ces \u00e9conomies ont-elles \u00e9t\u00e9 chiffr\u00e9es?</p>"
},
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