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{
"time": "2009-03-26 14:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Malcolm Allen (Welland, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1375872\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Canadians deserve to know that the food they are putting on their families' table is safe.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1375873\" data-originallang=\"en\">During the deadly listeriosis outbreak last summer, the government assured Canadians that 2,000 new meat inspectors would be put on the job. They were not. Now we hear that it has suspended the listeria testing program and that it does not know how many inspectors it really has. It is no wonder Canadians do not trust the government with the safety of their food. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1375874\" data-originallang=\"en\">How can Canadians feel safe when the minister's department cannot even tell the country how many meat inspectors it has?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1375872\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les Canadiens ont le droit d\u2019\u00eatre rassur\u00e9s quant \u00e0 la salubrit\u00e9 des aliments qu\u2019ils servent \u00e0 leur famille. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1375873\" data-originallang=\"en\"> L\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 dernier, au cours de la flamb\u00e9e de list\u00e9riose qui a fait des morts, le gouvernement a donn\u00e9 aux Canadiens l\u2019assurance qu\u2019il engagerait 2 000 nouveaux inspecteurs des viandes. Ils n\u2019ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 engag\u00e9s. Nous apprenons maintenant qu\u2019il a suspendu le programme de d\u00e9pistage de la bact\u00e9rie <em>Listeria</em> et qu\u2019il ne sait pas combien d\u2019inspecteurs au juste il a \u00e0 son service. Pas \u00e9tonnant que les Canadiens ne fassent pas confiance au gouvernement pour assurer la salubrit\u00e9 de leurs aliments. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1375874\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Comment les Canadiens peuvent-ils se sentir en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alors que les services du ministre ne peuvent m\u00eame pas leur dire combien ils ont d\u2019inspecteurs des viandes?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/3/26/malcolm-allen-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/malcolm-allen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/931/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2679135",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Health",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/3/26/",
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}
}