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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2008-02-13 20:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Andr\u00e9 Bellavance (Richmond\u2014Arthabaska, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"901267\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague from the NDP on his excellent speech. He, like my colleague from <a data-HoCid=\"78423\" href=\"/politicians/wayne-easter/\" title=\"Wayne Easter\">Malpeque</a> and the other members of the committee, is someone with whom I enjoy working tremendously. You could feel that he spoke from the heart.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"901268\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> There have been a lot of quotations this evening. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister has quoted several people for us. Just before the emergency debate, I received an email from a pork producer in Alberta. He is a real producer. He comes from the Conservative Party stronghold. I would like my colleague from the NDP to comment on what this producer had to say. I will be practising my English at the same time, because this is what he says:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"901269\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The present government's response is a slap in the face. The promise of some money starting to trickle to farmers in the spring time does not help us deal with devastating losses we face now. To me it is like standing on the bank of a river with a lifeline in your hand and saying to the drowning farmer, \u201cKeep your chin up, hang in there, I\"ll throw you a lifeline in a few months\u201d. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"901270\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> It is quite extraordinary to hear this from a producer who comes from a Conservative Party stronghold. It is a good summary of the situation and the problems the producers are having. I would like to hear what comments my colleague who just spoke on this subject may have. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"901267\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je tiens \u00e0 f\u00e9liciter mon coll\u00e8gue du NPD de son excellent discours. C'est un coll\u00e8gue \u2014 comme le coll\u00e8gue de <a data-HoCid=\"78423\" href=\"/politicians/wayne-easter/\" title=\"Wayne Easter\">Malpeque</a> et les autres membres du comit\u00e9 \u2014 avec qui j'appr\u00e9cie \u00e9norm\u00e9ment travailler. On sent que son discours venait du coeur. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"901268\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> On fait beaucoup de citations ce soir. Le secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre nous a cit\u00e9 quelques personnes. Tout juste avant le d\u00e9bat d'urgence, j'ai re\u00e7u un courriel d'un producteur de porcs de l'Alberta. C'est un vrai producteur. Il vient du ch\u00e2teau fort du Parti conservateur. J'aimerais que mon coll\u00e8gue du NPD commente les propos de ce producteur. Je vais pratiquer mon anglais par le fait m\u00eame, car voici ce qu'il dit: </p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"901269\" data-originallang=\"en\"> La r\u00e9ponse du gouvernement actuel est une v\u00e9ritable gifle. La promesse d'argent devant commencer \u00e0 \u00eatre vers\u00e9 progressivement aux agriculteurs au printemps ne nous aide pas \u00e0 faire face aux pertes qui nous accablent maintenant. Pour moi, c'est comme se tenir au bord d'une rivi\u00e8re, une bou\u00e9e \u00e0 la main, et dire au fermier en train de se noyer: \u00ab Gardez la t\u00eate haute, tenez bon, je vais vous lancer une bou\u00e9e de sauvetage dans quelques mois. \u00bb </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"901270\" data-originallang=\"fr\">C'est assez extraordinaire d'entendre cela de la part d'un producteur qui vient d'un ch\u00e2teau fort du Parti conservateur. Cela r\u00e9sume bien la situation et les difficult\u00e9s que rencontrent les producteurs. J'aimerais avoir les commentaires de mon coll\u00e8gue qui vient de faire un discours \u00e0 ce sujet. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/2/13/andre-bellavance-6/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/andre-bellavance/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1507/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2320781",
"h1": {
"en": "Emergency Debate",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Livestock Industry",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/2/13/",
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}
}