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{
"time": "2008-05-30 11:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Dennis Bevington (Western Arctic, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1128780\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, as an observer to the recent international conference on the Arctic Ocean held in Greenland, I was pleased to hear that other Arctic nations have the same view that the NDP has on how to protect the Arctic.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1128781\" data-originallang=\"en\">The nations at the conference agreed that the best way to deal with the question of Arctic sovereignty is through cooperation, diplomacy and the international legal system and not through military muscle. This is the same position the NDP has long taken on this issue. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1128782\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is unfortunate the Conservatives have chosen the route of military force to deal with Arctic sovereignty. The Conservatives plan to build more military bases and buy a fleet of ineffective slush breakers. Just like their position on climate change, the Conservatives' policy on the Arctic is out of step with the rest of the world.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1128783\" data-originallang=\"en\">We in the NDP, and now our Arctic neighbours, believe that the best way to protect the Arctic is through support for civilian enforcement of our laws, diplomacy and improving the lives of northern Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1128784\" data-originallang=\"en\">There is a role for the military in Canada's north through activities like the Canadian Rangers and search and rescue, a need that the Conservatives--</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1128780\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, en ma qualit\u00e9 d'observateur \u00e0 la r\u00e9cente conf\u00e9rence internationale sur l'Oc\u00e9an arctique tenue au Groenland, j'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 ravi d'apprendre que d'autres pays de l'Arctique partagent le point de vue du NPD quant \u00e0 la fa\u00e7on de prot\u00e9ger l'Arctique. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1128781\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les pays qui ont particip\u00e9 \u00e0 la conf\u00e9rence ont convenu qu'il \u00e9tait pr\u00e9f\u00e9rable de s'en remettre \u00e0 la coop\u00e9ration, \u00e0 la diplomatie et au syst\u00e8me judiciaire international, plut\u00f4t qu'\u00e0 une pr\u00e9sence militaire, pour assurer la souverainet\u00e9 dans l'Arctique. Il s'agit l\u00e0 de la position que le NPD pr\u00e9conise depuis longtemps.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1128782\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est malheureux que les conservateurs aient choisi la voie de la force militaire pour aborder la souverainet\u00e9 dans l'Arctique. Les conservateurs veulent construire d'autres bases militaires et acheter une flotte de brise-gadoue inefficaces. Comme dans le cas du dossier des changements climatiques, la politique des conservateurs sur l'Arctique d\u00e9tonne par rapport au reste du monde.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1128783\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates, et maintenant nos voisins de l'Arctique, estiment que la meilleure fa\u00e7on de prot\u00e9ger l'Arctique consiste \u00e0 appuyer l'application de nos lois par des civils, \u00e0 favoriser la diplomatie et \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer les conditions de vie dans le Nord du Canada. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1128784\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les militaires ont un r\u00f4le \u00e0 jouer dans le Nord canadien, pensons entre autres aux Rangers canadiens et aux op\u00e9rations de recherche et de sauvetage. Ce besoin, les conservateurs...</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/5/30/dennis-bevington-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/dennis-bevington/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/339/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2499988",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Arctic",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/5/30/",
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}