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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2009-03-03 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity\u2014Spadina, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1315826\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, have you ever waited for a street car on the windy, cold, icy winter street corners of Toronto? Well, the wait will soon be a lot shorter.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1315827\" data-originallang=\"en\">Toronto is buying 204 new street cars. My constituents who ride the TTC on Queens Quay, Spadina, King, Queen, Dundas, College and Bathurst will all benefit from this purchase. Shorter waits means fewer people will drive.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1315828\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Not only is riding the red rocket the better way, building new street cars creates 300 jobs over 10 years.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1315829\" data-originallang=\"en\">The federal government should send its $450 million to Toronto so the TTC street car contract can be signed by April 27. The Conservatives, however, refuse to adopt a gas tax formula that reflects Toronto's priorities. As a result funds have been mired in red tape for years.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1315830\" data-originallang=\"en\">When will Torontonians finally see some of their tax money back in town?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1315826\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 attendu un tramway au coin d'une rue venteuse par temps glacial \u00e0 Toronto? Eh bien, l'attente sera bient\u00f4t beaucoup plus courte.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1315827\" data-originallang=\"en\">Toronto a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de faire l'acquisition de 204 nouveaux tramways. Mes \u00e9lecteurs qui se d\u00e9placent en tramway sur les rues Queens Quay, Spadina, King, Queen, Dundas, College et Bathurst en b\u00e9n\u00e9ficieront tous. Gr\u00e2ce aux d\u00e9lais d'attente plus courts, moins de gens prendront leur voiture.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1315828\" data-originallang=\"en\">Non seulement il est pr\u00e9f\u00e9rable de prendre le tramway pour ses d\u00e9placements, mais la construction de tramways permettra de cr\u00e9er 300 emplois en 10 ans. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1315829\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral devrait envoyer ses 450 millions de dollars \u00e0 Toronto de sorte que le contrat pour les tramways de la TTC puisse \u00eatre sign\u00e9 d'ici au 27 avril. Les conservateurs, cependant, refusent d'adopter une formule de transfert de la taxe sur l'essence qui refl\u00e8te les priorit\u00e9s de Toronto. Il en r\u00e9sulte que les fonds sont bloqu\u00e9s dans les d\u00e9dales administratifs depuis des ann\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1315830\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand les Torontois vont-ils enfin voir une partie des imp\u00f4ts qu'ils paient \u00eatre investie dans leur ville?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/3/3/olivia-chow-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/olivia-chow/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/374/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2632639",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Federal Gas Tax",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/3/3/",
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}
}