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{
"time": "2008-11-20 11:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. John Rafferty (Thunder Bay\u2014Rainy River, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1243069\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, congratulations on your election and also to the right hon. <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> for deciding to sit with his caucus on my side of the House. I appreciate that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243070\" data-originallang=\"en\">The constituents in the west end of my riding, around Emo, will be very pleased to hear that that the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> said this morning that he is going to help build an abattoir in Emo. That was distinctly said and I will certainly pass that on to my constituents.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243071\" data-originallang=\"en\">Unfortunately, however, we did not hear anything about forestry. I think forestry was mentioned but once and with no explanations. There was no strategy to help mills in Fort Frances and Barwick keep operating. There was no strategy to help reopen the closed mills in Sapawe and in and around Thunder Bay. I am hoping that in the days to come we will hear something more concrete from the right hon. <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243072\" data-originallang=\"en\">Another glaring absence and something which is particularly important for northwestern Ontario is infrastructure money. It is certainly missing. The <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> was talking about old money for infrastructure. Where is the new money for infrastructure?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1243069\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je vous f\u00e9licite de votre \u00e9lection et je f\u00e9licite le tr\u00e8s honorable <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> d'avoir d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d'installer son caucus du m\u00eame c\u00f4t\u00e9 que nous \u00e0 la Chambre. J'en suis tr\u00e8s heureux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243070\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les \u00e9lecteurs du secteur ouest de ma circonscription, du c\u00f4t\u00e9 d'Emo, seront ravis d'apprendre que le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 ce matin qu'il allait donner un coup de pouce \u00e0 la construction d'un abattoir \u00e0 Emo. Il l'a dit clairement et je vais relayer cette information \u00e0 mes \u00e9lecteurs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243071\" data-originallang=\"en\">Malheureusement, il n'a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 question de for\u00eats. Je crois qu'on en a parl\u00e9 une seule fois, sans aucune pr\u00e9cision. Nous n'avons pas entendu parler de strat\u00e9gie pour aider les scieries de Fort Frances et de Barwick \u00e0 se maintenir. Il n'y a pas de strat\u00e9gie pour rouvrir les usines ferm\u00e9es \u00e0 Sapawe et dans la r\u00e9gion de Thunder Bay. J'esp\u00e8re qu'au cours des prochains jours le tr\u00e8s honorable <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> aura quelque chose de plus concret \u00e0 nous annoncer dans ce domaine.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243072\" data-originallang=\"en\">Un autre \u00e9l\u00e9ment qui brille par son absence et qui compte pourtant beaucoup pour le Nord-Ouest de l'Ontario, c'est l'argent pour les infrastructures. On en manque. Le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> a parl\u00e9 de l'ancien financement pour les infrastructures, mais o\u00f9 sont les nouveaux fonds qu'on pourra y injecter?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/11/20/john-rafferty-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/john-rafferty/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1166/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2556619",
"h1": {
"en": "Speech from the Throne",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/11/20/",
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}