Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2008-11-20 11:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Right Hon. Stephen Harper",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1243073\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, as the Speech from the Throne committed yesterday, the government will act to increase slaughterhouse capacity in this country. That was made clear yesterday</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243074\" data-originallang=\"en\">In terms of the forestry sector, this government has been undertaking some important initiatives, including investment incentives not just in forestry but across manufacturing to help improve competitiveness and allow the transformation of these industries.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243075\" data-originallang=\"en\">We also launched the billion dollar community development trust in collaboration with all of the provincial and territorial governments in this country with the express desire that the money be targeted toward forestry communities in particular.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243076\" data-originallang=\"en\">We also are looking at innovative ways to encourage the development of biomass energy from forestry products.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243077\" data-originallang=\"en\">In terms of infrastructure, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"128620\" href=\"/politicians/john-rafferty/\" title=\"John Rafferty\">Thunder Bay\u2014Rainy River</a> is relatively new to the House and I congratulate him on his election, but he will no doubt be informed by his colleagues that this government has already undertaken the largest infrastructure investments in this country in over half a century.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1243073\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme promis dans le discours du Tr\u00f4ne d'hier, le gouvernement va prendre des mesures pour accro\u00eetre la capacit\u00e9 des abattoirs canadiens. Cette intention a \u00e9t\u00e9 clairement exprim\u00e9e hier.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243074\" data-originallang=\"en\">En ce qui concerne le secteur forestier, notre gouvernement a lanc\u00e9 d'importants projets, dont des projets d'investissement, non seulement dans le secteur forestier, mais \u00e9galement dans l'ensemble du secteur manufacturier afin de contribuer \u00e0 l'accroissement de la comp\u00e9titivit\u00e9 et \u00e0 la transformation de ces industries.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243075\" data-originallang=\"en\">De plus, nous avons cr\u00e9\u00e9, de concert avec les gouvernements provinciaux et territoriaux, une fiducie de 1 milliard de dollars pour le d\u00e9veloppement communautaire pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment en vue d'apporter une aide financi\u00e8re aux collectivit\u00e9s foresti\u00e8res en particulier.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243076\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous envisageons en outre des moyens novateurs d'encourager la d\u00e9veloppement de la bio\u00e9nergie tir\u00e9e de produits forestiers.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1243077\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour ce qui est de l'infrastructure, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"128620\" href=\"/politicians/john-rafferty/\" title=\"John Rafferty\"> Bay\u2014Rainy River</a> ne si\u00e8ge pas \u00e0 la Chambre depuis bien longtemps \u2014 je le f\u00e9licite d'ailleurs de sa victoire \u00e9lectorale \u2014, mais ses coll\u00e8gues sauront s\u00fbrement lui dire que notre gouvernement a d\u00e9j\u00e0 effectu\u00e9 les plus gros investissements des 50 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es ou plus en cette mati\u00e8re.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2008/11/20/stephen-harper-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/stephen-harper/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1241/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2556622",
    "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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}