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{
"time": "2007-02-06 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Tony Martin (Sault Ste. Marie, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"405395\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the government has northern Ontario singing the lonesome railway blues.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405396\" data-originallang=\"en\"> CN Rail has cut Algoma Central Railway's passenger service for the second time in three years. Tourist operators, small towns and first nations communities will suffer. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405397\" data-originallang=\"en\">Meanwhile, CN Rail, built with federal support and the recipient of federal subsidies, announced today a profit of $2.09 billion for 2006, meaning more profits and less service.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405398\" data-originallang=\"en\">Have we forgotten that CN is required to run whatever passenger service the government deems necessary?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405399\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Our tourism strategy must be in sync with our train strategy. Ontario tourism generates $20.8 billion in revenue and employs over 320,000 people.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405400\" data-originallang=\"en\">Investing in passenger trains creates jobs, generates taxes, helps the environment and gives northerners access to regional health care delivery.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405401\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let us stop the strategy of abandonment for Algoma's trains. Let us get CN Rail back on track. All aboard?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"405395\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le Nord de l'Ontario chante le blues du chemin de fer isol\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405396\" data-originallang=\"en\">CP Rail a \u00e9limin\u00e9 le service ferroviaire voyageurs de l'Algoma Central Railway pour la deuxi\u00e8me fois en trois ans. Les exploitants d'entreprises touristiques, les petites localit\u00e9s et les collectivit\u00e9s des Premi\u00e8res nations vont en p\u00e2tir. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405397\" data-originallang=\"en\">Or, CN Rail, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9 avec l'aide du f\u00e9d\u00e9ral et qui b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie de subventions f\u00e9d\u00e9rales, a annonc\u00e9 aujourd'hui des b\u00e9n\u00e9fices de 2,09 milliards de dollars pour 2006; autrement dit, plus de b\u00e9n\u00e9fices et moins de services.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405398\" data-originallang=\"en\">A-t-on oubli\u00e9 que le CN est tenu d'offrir les services voyageurs que le gouvernement juge n\u00e9cessaires?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405399\" data-originallang=\"en\">Notre strat\u00e9gie touristique doit \u00eatre en harmonie avec notre strat\u00e9gie ferroviaire. En Ontario, le tourisme g\u00e9n\u00e8re des recettes de 20,8 milliards de dollars et donne de l'emploi \u00e0 plus de 320 000 personnes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405400\" data-originallang=\"en\">Investir dans les trains de voyageurs cr\u00e9e des emplois, g\u00e9n\u00e8re des recettes, prot\u00e8ge l'environnement et donne aux gens du Nord acc\u00e8s aux soins de sant\u00e9 r\u00e9gionaux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"405401\" data-originallang=\"en\">Abandonnons la strat\u00e9gie d'abandon des trains de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Algoma. Remettons CN Rail sur les rails. Tout le monde \u00e0 bord?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2007/2/6/tony-martin-6/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/tony-martin/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1419/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1881085",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Algoma Central Railway",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2007/2/6/",
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}