Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2006-09-27 17:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Paul Szabo (Mississauga South, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"63213\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the member may recall that when the softwood deal came up it was a rush. Again, it was one of these issues where the government had to have an answer quickly. The <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> was not even here for question period. The Conservatives were just doing it and then they tabled it, gave it to the other leaders and said that we were in the House and we had to make a decision. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"63214\" data-originallang=\"en\">That deal which was presented to and addressed by the House at that time is not the deal that is represented in Bill <a data-HoCid=\"2334521\" href=\"/bills/39-1/C-24/\" title=\"An Act to impose a charge on the export of certain softwood lumber products to the United States and a charge on refunds of certain duty deposits paid to the United States, to authorize certain payments, to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and to amend other Acts as a consequence\">C-24</a>. In fact, some of the provisions are there, but the deal has changed substantively. It seems to me that this is not a long term solution to this problem.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"63215\" data-originallang=\"en\"> In fact, the bill itself only provides a horizon of less than 24 months, and we are going to be right back at it because we have abandoned the dispute resolution mechanism. The government has put the onus on those who want to pursue their legal rights. It has put them under pressure, saying that the government has abandoned them. The <a data-HoCid=\"79000\" href=\"/politicians/98/\" title=\"David Emerson\">Minister of International Trade</a> has said that the industry is going it alone if it does not accept this deal.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"63216\" data-originallang=\"en\">Perhaps the member would care to at least comment. I understand that he wants to protect the industry in Quebec, but we really need a long term solution. This bill represents only a short term solution. Is the member going to continue to fight for the rights of the softwood industry after this deal--maybe--goes through?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"63213\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 se souvient peut-\u00eatre du fait que lorsque l'accord sur le bois d'oeuvre a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9, il fallait agir rapidement. L\u00e0 encore, cette question figurait parmi celles o\u00f9 le gouvernement devait r\u00e9pondre avec c\u00e9l\u00e9rit\u00e9. Le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> n'\u00e9tait m\u00eame pas ici pour la p\u00e9riode des questions. Les conservateurs venaient \u00e0 peine d'en finir et ils ont d\u00e9pos\u00e9 \u00e7a, nous disant que nous devions faire notre travail de d\u00e9put\u00e9s et que nous devions prendre une d\u00e9cision. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"63214\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'accord pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0 \u00e0 la Chambre, qui l'a \u00e9tudi\u00e9, n'est pas celui qui est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 dans le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"2334521\" href=\"/bills/39-1/C-24/\" title=\"An Act to impose a charge on the export of certain softwood lumber products to the United States and a charge on refunds of certain duty deposits paid to the United States, to authorize certain payments, to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and to amend other Acts as a consequence\">C-24</a>. En fait, quelques-unes des premi\u00e8res dispositions sont toujours l\u00e0, mais l'entente a connu de profonds changements. L'accord ne me para\u00eet pas constituer une solution \u00e0 long terme du probl\u00e8me.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"63215\" data-originallang=\"en\">En fait, le projet de loi n'offre qu'un horizon de moins de 24 mois et nous allons devoir nous y remettre, parce que nous avons abandonn\u00e9 le m\u00e9canisme de r\u00e8glement des diff\u00e9rends. Le gouvernement a fait reposer le fardeau sur ceux qui veulent exercer leurs droits juridiques. Il les a soumis \u00e0 des pressions, disant qu'il allait les abandonner. Le <a data-HoCid=\"79000\" href=\"/politicians/98/\" title=\"David Emerson\">ministre du Commerce international</a> a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que l'industrie ne pourra compter que sur elle-m\u00eame si elle n'accepte pas cet accord. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"63216\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 va peut-\u00eatre daigner faire une observation, au moins. Je comprends qu'il veut prot\u00e9ger l'industrie au Qu\u00e9bec, mais nous avons vraiment besoin d'une solution \u00e0 long terme. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 va-t-il continuer de lutter pour les droits du secteur du bois d'oeuvre apr\u00e8s l'adoption, peut-\u00eatre, de cet accord?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2006/9/27/paul-szabo-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/paul-szabo/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3198/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "1657926",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2006/9/27/",
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