Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2007-04-17 16:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Nathan Cullen",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"550617\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We will not reference Tiny Tim yet, but it might come later in his answer to my question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"550618\" data-originallang=\"en\">The important issue being raised by the CN workers that live in my riding in northwestern British Columbia, CN being one of the main rail lines and an increasingly important one, has been consistently in respect of safety. The member talked about what came forward from the report that had been sat on and not addressed by the current government and the issues we raised in the last Parliament when his party was in government. Consistently we were hearing from the ground, from the drivers and engineers, that this was a problem and that there would be consequences to these cutbacks in safety, not just consequences in terms of the environmental and human costs but also consequences economically.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"550619\" data-originallang=\"en\">The shippers in my region have consistently and with growing concern raised the issue of inconsistent rail service. Freight traffic is delayed. The member talked about the auto industry. One of the leading complaints from the auto industry with respect to rail to this point is that it just cannot get good service as the profits for this company have soared over the last number of years and the personal profits of its CEO have certainly soared to some $50 million a year.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"550620\" data-originallang=\"en\">My hon. colleague clearly cares deeply and passionately for the workers, their families, their children, their children to be and generations past and forward, but if one of the issues being raised by workers is that the safety standards have fallen so low, as has been reported, then clearly that is the issue they have raised at this moment with the government. Instead, his party has chosen to support railroading and bulldozing them and saying, \u201cThose just simply do not matter. Figure it out. We will talk about it later\u201d.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"550621\" data-originallang=\"en\"> How can he reconcile these two absolutely opposite views of the need to have a safe and dependable rail service in this country both for our economy and the families that depend on that economy? </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"550617\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous ne parlerons pas de Tiny Tim maintenant, mais cela pourrait venir plus tard dans sa r\u00e9ponse. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"550618\" data-originallang=\"en\">La question de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 est celle qui est le plus souvent soulev\u00e9e par les travailleurs du CN qui vivent dans ma circonscription du Nord-Ouest de la Colombie-Britannique, o\u00f9 le CN est l'un des principaux transporteurs ferroviaires et prend de plus en plus d'importance. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a parl\u00e9 de ce qui \u00e9tait ressorti de ce rapport que le gouvernement actuel a laiss\u00e9 de c\u00f4t\u00e9 et ignor\u00e9 pendant longtemps et des questions que nous avions soulev\u00e9es au cours de la derni\u00e8re l\u00e9gislature, alors que son parti \u00e9tait au pouvoir. Nous avons maintes fois entendu des personnes sur le terrain, des chauffeurs et des m\u00e9caniciens, dire que c'\u00e9tait l\u00e0 un probl\u00e8me et que l'affaiblissement des mesures de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 aurait des cons\u00e9quences, non seulement sur le plan environnemental et humain, mais aussi sur le plan \u00e9conomique. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"550619\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les exp\u00e9diteurs de ma r\u00e9gion signalent r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement et avec de plus en plus d\u2019inqui\u00e9tude l'instabilit\u00e9 des services ferroviaires. Le trafic des marchandises est retard\u00e9. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a parl\u00e9 de l'industrie automobile. L'une des principales plaintes des membres de cette industrie \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard du transport ferroviaire a trait au fait qu'elle ne peut obtenir un bon service et que les profits de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 ont bondi au cours des derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, les gains personnels de son PDG ayant certainement grimp\u00e9 \u00e0 environ 50 millions de dollars par ann\u00e9e. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"550620\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est \u00e9vident que mon coll\u00e8gue se pr\u00e9occupe au plus haut point du sort des travailleurs, de leurs familles, de leurs enfants et de ceux \u00e0 venir, mais si l'une des questions qui pr\u00e9occupent les travailleurs porte sur le fait que les normes de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 ont chut\u00e9 aussi drastiquement, comme on l'a rapport\u00e9, il est clair que c'est cette question dont ils veulent que le gouvernement s'occupe. Toutefois, son parti a plut\u00f4t choisi d'exercer des pressions sur eux et de leur forcer la main en leur disant: \u00ab Cela n'a aucune importance. Pensez-y. Nous en reparlerons plus tard. \u00bb </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"550621\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comment peut-il concilier ces deux opinions diam\u00e9tralement oppos\u00e9es \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de disposer d'une service ferroviaire fiable et s\u00e9curitaire au pays, \u00e0 la fois pour notre \u00e9conomie et pour les familles qui en d\u00e9pendent?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2007/4/17/nathan-cullen-2/",
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    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2009124",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Railway continuation Act, 2007",
        "fr": ""
    },
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