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{
"time": "2009-10-07 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Mervin Tweed (Brandon\u2014Souris, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1614176\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Canadian cattle and hog farmers have been facing hard times due to country of origin labelling restrictions imposed on them by the U.S. government.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1614177\" data-originallang=\"en\">While our farmers have been hurt by this regressive policy, the Liberal Party and its agriculture critic, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"128358\" href=\"/politicians/wayne-easter/\" title=\"Wayne Easter\">Malpeque</a>, have done nothing of consequence to help our producers. It seems that the Liberals just do not understand or care about farmers.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1614178\" data-originallang=\"en\">Could the <a data-HoCid=\"111568\" href=\"/politicians/gerry-ritz/\" title=\"Gerry Ritz\">Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food</a> inform the House of all the positive steps the Conservative government has taken to fight COOL on behalf of our farmers?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1614176\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les \u00e9leveurs de bovins et de porcs du Canada vivent des moments difficiles en raison des restrictions li\u00e9es \u00e0 l'\u00e9tiquetage indiquant le pays d'origine impos\u00e9es par les Am\u00e9ricains.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1614177\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nos \u00e9leveurs souffrent de cette politique r\u00e9gressive, et cependant, le Parti lib\u00e9ral et son porte-parole en mati\u00e8re d'agriculture, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"128358\" href=\"/politicians/wayne-easter/\" title=\"Wayne Easter\">Malpeque</a> n'ont pris absolument aucune mesure concr\u00e8te pour aider nos \u00e9leveurs. On dirait que les lib\u00e9raux ne comprennent pas du tout les \u00e9leveurs ou qu'ils s'en moquent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1614178\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"111568\" href=\"/politicians/gerry-ritz/\" title=\"Gerry Ritz\">ministre de l\u2019Agriculture et de l\u2019Agroalimentaire </a> pourrait-il parler de toutes les mesures efficaces que le gouvernement conservateur a prises pour lutter, au nom de nos \u00e9leveurs, contre l'\u00e9tiquetage indiquant le pays d'origine?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/10/7/merv-tweed-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/merv-tweed/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1299/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2883522",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Agriculture and Agri-Food",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/10/7/",
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}
}