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{
"time": "2007-11-22 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. James Moore (Port Moody\u2014Westwood\u2014Port Coquitlam, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"781241\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, in the last election we promised to give British Columbia more seats, its fair share of seats, in the House of Commons. We have kept our promise and tabled legislation to give B.C. seven more seats in Parliament.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"781242\" data-originallang=\"en\">Equal representation is good for Canada. Premier Campbell said it best, \u201cThis is a non-partisan measure that strengthens our democracy. This legislation recognizes B.C.'s growing population and the increasingly important role of the west in the federation's future\u201d.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"781243\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Liberals are opposing this bill. This is not surprising. The Liberals voted against the gateway funding. They voted against B.C.'s forest industry by opposing the softwood lumber agreement. They voted against dredging on the Fraser River and a number of other B.C. issues.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"781244\" data-originallang=\"en\">By opposing British Columbia's fair share of seats in Parliament, the Liberal MPs from British Columbia are ignoring their responsibility to defend the province's future and its equal say in Canada's future. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"781245\" data-originallang=\"en\">Shame on them for ignoring their constituents. Shame on them for turning their backs on the future of British Columbia.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"781241\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, lors des derni\u00e8res \u00e9lections, nous avons promis de donner plus de si\u00e8ges \u00e0 la Colombie-Britannique, de lui donner sa juste part de si\u00e8ges \u00e0 la Chambre des communes. Nous avons tenu notre promesse en d\u00e9posant une mesure qui vise \u00e0 donner \u00e0 la Colombie-Britannique sept si\u00e8ges de plus au Parlement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"781242\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le principe de la repr\u00e9sentation \u00e9gale est bon pour le Canada. Le premier ministre Campbell l'a dit mieux que quiconque, lorsqu'il a d\u00e9clar\u00e9: \u00ab C'est une mesure non partisane qui renforce notre d\u00e9mocratie. Cette mesure l\u00e9gislative tient compte de la population croissante de la Colombie-Britannique et du r\u00f4le de plus en plus important que l'Ouest est appel\u00e9 \u00e0 jouer au sein de la f\u00e9d\u00e9ration. \u00bb</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"781243\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les lib\u00e9raux s'opposent au projet de loi. Ce n'est pas surprenant. Les lib\u00e9raux ont aussi vot\u00e9 contre le financement de la porte d'entr\u00e9e du Pacifique. Ils ont vot\u00e9 contre l'industrie foresti\u00e8re de la Colombie-Britannique, en s'opposant \u00e0 l'accord sur le bois d'oeuvre. Ils ont vot\u00e9 contre le dragage du fleuve Fraser et contre diverses autres initiatives en Colombie-Britannique. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"781244\" data-originallang=\"en\">En s'opposant \u00e0 ce que la Colombie-Britannique ait sa juste part de si\u00e8ges au Parlement, les d\u00e9put\u00e9s lib\u00e9raux de cette province font fi de la responsabilit\u00e9 qui leur incombe de d\u00e9fendre l'avenir de la Colombie-Britannique et son statut d'intervenant \u00e9gal au Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"781245\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les lib\u00e9raux devraient avoir honte d'ignorer leurs \u00e9lecteurs. Ils devraient avoir honte de tourner le dos \u00e0 l'avenir de la Colombie-Britannique.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2007/11/22/james-moore-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/james-moore/",
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"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2215747",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Democratic Representation",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2007/11/22/",
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}