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{
    "time": "2008-06-17 11:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Randy Williams",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1179891\" data-originallang=\"en\">Obviously when you're looking at statistics and numbers, there are always going to be some numbers that you can fall back on and say there are some positive reflections there. But for each one of those, we certainly have some numbers that reflect a different point of view, like our travel deficit, like our growth compared to our competitors around the world.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1179892\" data-originallang=\"en\">Our report really talks about the future of our industry. A lot of the numbers you reflect on there really are talking about historical.... We've had some growth, yes, of 2% or 3%, and I refer to that in our report. But when the world is growing at 4% to 6%, is 2% to 3% growth in Canada a level that we accept as a satisfactory result? I wouldn't think so. I think there's tonnes of potential, as Jim was saying. This industry has the potential to do more, and it has the potential to do more for every community in Canada. We're not talking about Windsor and the automobile industry or localized industry; we're talking about an industry that has benefit for all Canadians and all communities in Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1179893\" data-originallang=\"en\">There are some dark clouds on the horizon. Our report doesn't speak to this summer, it doesn't speak to this summer and fall; it speaks to the next four to five years. And it had the hotels\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1179891\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c9videmment, quand on \u00e9tudie les statistiques et les chiffres, il y a toujours des chiffres sur lesquels on peut s'appuyer pour dire que certaines choses vont bien. Mais pour chacun de ces chiffres, nous en avons s\u00fbrement d'autres qui refl\u00e8tent un point de vue diff\u00e9rent, par exemple, notre d\u00e9ficit touristique, par exemple, notre croissance compar\u00e9e \u00e0 celle de nos concurrents ailleurs dans le monde.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1179892\" data-originallang=\"en\">Notre rapport traite en fait de l'avenir de notre industrie. Bon nombre des chiffres dont vous parlez sont en fait historiques... Oui, il y a eu croissance chez nous, de 2 ou 3 p. 100, et je le mentionne dans notre rapport. Mais quand le reste du monde est \u00e0 4 ou 6 p. 100, est-ce qu'une croissance de 2 \u00e0 3 p. 100 au Canada est un niveau que nous jugeons satisfaisant? Je ne le crois pas. Je pense que nous avons un potentiel \u00e9norme, comme Jim le disait. Cette industrie peut faire encore mieux, et elle peut faire encore mieux pour toutes les localit\u00e9s du Canada. On ne parle pas ici de Windsor ou de l'industrie automobile ou d'une industrie localis\u00e9e; on parle d'une industrie qui profite \u00e0 tous les Canadiens, o\u00f9 qu'ils soient.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1179893\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'horizon s'assombrit. Notre rapport ne parle pas de l'\u00e9t\u00e9 qui vient, il ne parle pas non plus de l'\u00e9t\u00e9 ou de l'automne; il s'agit ici des quatre ou cinq prochaines ann\u00e9es. Et nous avions les h\u00f4tels...</p>"
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    "url": "/committees/industry/39-2/47/randy-williams-5/",
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    "source_id": "2538411",
    "document_url": "/committees/industry/39-2/47/",
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