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{
    "time": "2010-04-15 09:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Navdeep Bains (Mississauga\u2014Brampton South, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1894568\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you very much, Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1894569\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'd like to follow up on the comments made by Mr. Harris and Mr. Cullen with regard to the effectiveness of the program and how we measure success. I think we've spent, according to your numbers, $960 million over four years for these programs, and the overall objective is how much we reduce gases by.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1894570\" data-originallang=\"en\">You mentioned, Mr. Corey, that you would love to spend a lot more money if it were available. Obviously we have limited resources, so it does boil down to value for money. In your opinion, are we getting the optimal value for money for the investments we're making to reduce the greenhouse gases?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1894568\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vous remercie beaucoup, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1894569\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais poursuivre sur la lanc\u00e9e des observations faites par M. Harris et par M. Cullen au sujet de l'efficacit\u00e9 du programme et de la mani\u00e8re dont nous la mesurons. Selon vos chiffres, sur quatre ans, nous avons d\u00e9pens\u00e9 quelque 960 millions de dollars au titre de ces programmes, et l'objectif g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de tout cela est de savoir dans quelle proportion nous r\u00e9ussissons \u00e0 r\u00e9duire les gaz \u00e0 effet de serre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1894570\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur Corey, vous nous avez dit que vous seriez ravi de d\u00e9penser beaucoup plus d'argent s'il \u00e9tait disponible. \u00c9videmment, les ressources dont nous disposons sont limit\u00e9es, ce qui nous force donc \u00e0 les optimiser. Estimez-vous que nous r\u00e9ussissons justement \u00e0 optimiser nos ressources par rapport aux investissements que nous avons effectu\u00e9s pour r\u00e9duire nos gaz \u00e0 effet de serre? </p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/natural-resources/40-3/8/navdeep-bains-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/navdeep-bains/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1391/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3093163",
    "document_url": "/committees/natural-resources/40-3/8/",
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}