Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1995-03-28 13:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Julian Reed (Halton-Peel, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, in the red book the Liberal government made a commitment to reducing carbon dioxide levels in Canada by 20 per cent by the year 2005. In December of last year the government took a big step toward meeting this target by introducing the national biomass ethanol program which has encouraged large scale production of ethanol.</p>\n<p>The ethanol task force was encouraged by this commitment and is now focusing its efforts on promoting new renewable</p>\n<p>fuels such as diesel fuel made from vegetable oil. Biodiesel has already established a large market in Germany and France. The Canadian mining industry has shown interest in using the fuel underground due to a lack of harmful emissions.</p>\n<p>Biodiesel also holds the advantage of being 100 per cent biodegradable. If it spills, costly environmental cleanups are unnecessary.</p>\n<p>I hope the government will respond to renewable diesel fuel with the same enthusiasm it did with ethanol.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1995/3/28/julian-reed-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4528/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3178/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Biodiesel Fuel",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1995/3/28/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1995%2F3%2F28%2F"
    }
}