Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2022-03-25 13:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Shannon Stubbs (Lakeland, CPC)",
        "fr": "Mme Shannon Stubbs (Lakeland, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7055154\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thanks, Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055155\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'm going to ask a question, and then I'll go back to Jamie Schmale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055156\" data-originallang=\"en\">Minister, thanks for being here. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055157\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thanks to your officials for joining you today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055158\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'm sure you know that M\u00e9tis settlements in Alberta are unique in Canada. They are a land base, they pay taxes and they have elected councils. There are eight of them in total, and four of them are in Lakeland. We're all well aware that the 2016 Daniels decision confirmed that M\u00e9tis people are a federal responsibility.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055159\" data-originallang=\"en\">A 2018 infrastructure report highlighted the massive gap that exists between M\u00e9tis settlements and the rest of rural Alberta, especially on infrastructure. They estimate that about 24% of roads, or 216 kilometres, are in very poor condition. The average cost to build a road in Alberta varies, but it's anywhere between $500,000 to $1 million a kilometre. For context, for the entire immediate infrastructure needs of M\u00e9tis settlements, in which the government also included housing, you promised $40 million over four years. That would be $1.25 million or 2.5 kilometres per community per year, and that's only if it's used for roads and not housing or water treatment lagoons, plants or any other facilities.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055160\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I am a fiscal Conservative. I believe in governments putting needs before wants and making careful spending choices, exactly so core needs like infrastructure and housing can be met.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055161\" data-originallang=\"en\">I wonder how much has been given to the Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie and Peavine M\u00e9tis settlements in Alberta.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7055154\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055155\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vais poser une question, puis je reviendrai \u00e0 Jamie Schmale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055156\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le ministre, merci d\u2019\u00eatre ici. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055157\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci \u00e0 vos fonctionnaires de s\u2019\u00eatre joints \u00e0 vous aujourd\u2019hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055158\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vous savez sans doute que les \u00e9tablissements m\u00e9tis de l\u2019Alberta sont uniques au Canada. Ils ont une assise territoriale, ils paient des imp\u00f4ts et ils ont des conseils \u00e9lus. Il y en a huit au total, dont quatre \u00e0 Lakeland. Nous savons tous que l\u2019arr\u00eat Daniels, de 2016, a confirm\u00e9 que les M\u00e9tis sont sous la responsabilit\u00e9 du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055159\" data-originallang=\"en\">Un rapport sur l\u2019infrastructure, de 2018, a soulign\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9cart \u00e9norme qui existe entre les \u00e9tablissements m\u00e9tis et le reste des r\u00e9gions rurales de l\u2019Alberta, surtout en ce qui concerne l\u2019infrastructure. On estime qu\u2019environ 24 % des routes, soit 216 kilom\u00e8tres, sont en tr\u00e8s mauvais \u00e9tat. Le co\u00fbt moyen de construction d\u2019une route en Alberta varie, mais il se situe entre 500 000 $ et 1 million de dollars le kilom\u00e8tre. Pour mettre les choses dans leur contexte, pour l\u2019ensemble des besoins imm\u00e9diats en infrastructure des \u00e9tablissements m\u00e9tis, dans lesquels le gouvernement a \u00e9galement inclus le logement, vous avez promis 40 millions de dollars sur quatre ans. Il s\u2019agirait de 1,25 million de dollars ou de 2,5 kilom\u00e8tres par collectivit\u00e9 par ann\u00e9e, et cela ne s\u2019applique que si c'est utilis\u00e9 pour des routes et non pour des logements ou des \u00e9tangs d\u2019\u00e9puration, des usines ou d\u2019autres installations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055160\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je suis conservatrice sur le plan financier. Je crois que les gouvernements doivent faire passer les besoins avant les d\u00e9sirs et faire des choix judicieux en mati\u00e8re de d\u00e9penses, pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 des besoins essentiels comme l\u2019infrastructure et le logement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7055161\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je me demande combien d\u2019argent a \u00e9t\u00e9 donn\u00e9 aux \u00e9tablissements m\u00e9tis de Buffalo Lake, d\u2019East Prairie, d\u2019Elizabeth, de Fishing Lake, de Gift Lake, de Kikino, de Paddle Prairie et de Peavine, en Alberta.</p>"
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    "url": "/committees/indigenous-affairs/44-1/10/shannon-stubbs-1/",
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