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{
"time": "2006-05-16 13:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Wayne Easter (Malpeque, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6913\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, more to the technical side of this particular motion and its impact on the farm community. I will turn to the Peace River region as an example. It is seed country, fescue seed, and one of the laws that is in place in that region is that vacant lots, even house lots, have to ensure that there are no thistles. Pretty well the only way to control thistles in an area that big is through the use of pesticides or herbicides.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6914\" data-originallang=\"en\">If this motion were to pass, then we would have, first, a dispute over whose law prevails. However, would there not be a tremendous impact on the ability of seed producers, fescue, alfalfa, et cetera, in that region to meet the standards of weed control in order to market internationally? Because if we cannot spray and ensure that there are no thistles, then there would be a problem, in terms of marketing. I wonder if the member has any thoughts.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6913\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais me pencher sur l'aspect technique de la motion \u00e0 l'\u00e9tude et sur ses r\u00e9percussions sur le milieu agricole. Je prendrai comme exemple la r\u00e9gion de la rivi\u00e8re de la Paix, o\u00f9 l'on produit des semences, notamment la semence de f\u00e9tuque. Dans cette r\u00e9gion, la loi exige que les terrains vagues, et m\u00eame les terrains d'habitation soient exempts de chardon. Or, les seuls moyens de lutte contre le chardon dans une r\u00e9gion si vaste sont les pesticides ou les herbicides.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6914\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si la motion est adopt\u00e9e, il faudrait tout d'abord d\u00e9terminer quelle loi serait pr\u00e9pond\u00e9rante. N'aurait-elle pas de tr\u00e8s consid\u00e9rables r\u00e9percussions sur la capacit\u00e9 des producteurs de semence de f\u00e9tuque, de luzerne, etc., de cette r\u00e9gion de respecter les normes de lutte contre les mauvaises herbes pour \u00eatre en mesure de commercialiser leurs produits \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger? En effet, s'il est impossible d'effectuer des \u00e9pandages pour garantir l'absence de chardons, alors il y aurait un probl\u00e8me de commercialisation. Je me demande si le d\u00e9put\u00e9 aurait des r\u00e9flexions \u00e0 partager \u00e0 ce sujet.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/5/16/wayne-easter-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/wayne-easter/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3253/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1540036",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Pesticides",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/5/16/",
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}