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{
    "time": "2008-05-16 11:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1100930\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I challenge the minister to go to Mackenzie, B.C. and just see what the impact is on families and that community as a result of all of the jobs that are being lost there. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1100931\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is the same with the pine beetle. Climate change has allowed the mountain pine beetle to ravage the forests of B.C. The result of the red tide of destruction across B.C.'s interior is being felt in many communities and homes. This season will yet again see major fire risk because of the deadwood and climate conditions. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1100932\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would like to know what steps the Conservative government is taking to address the safety and security of communities at risk. Or will it be just another story of too little, too late?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1100930\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je mets le ministre au d\u00e9fi de se rendre \u00e0 Mackenzie, en Colombie-Britannique pour voir sur place les cons\u00e9quences des pertes d'emplois sur les familles et la population en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1100931\" data-originallang=\"en\">La situation est semblable dans le cas du dendroctone du pin ponderosa qui ravage les for\u00eats de la Colombie-Britannique sous l'effet des changements climatiques. Le r\u00e9sultat de cette vague rouge de destruction se fait sentir au sein de nombreuses populations et dans de nombreux foyers de l'int\u00e9rieur de la Colombie-Britannique. Les risques d'incendie de for\u00eat seront encore importants cette saison en raison du bois mort qui s'accumule et des conditions climatiques qui s\u00e9vissent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1100932\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais savoir quelles mesures le gouvernement conservateur est en train de prendre pour prot\u00e9ger les populations en danger. En fera-t-on encore trop peu trop tard?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2008/5/16/libby-davies-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/libby-davies/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2499/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2482694",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Forestry Industry",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2008/5/16/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2008%2F5%2F16%2F"
    }
}