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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2010-10-25 14:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Linda Duncan (Edmonton\u2014Strathcona, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2115160\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today we are joined on Parliament Hill by farmers from the northern Alberta Peace region. They are here to ask why they are being denied federal aid to help them weather a 12-year drought.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2115161\" data-originallang=\"en\"> While increased assistance was provided to farmers in the south hit by flooding, the government continues to ignore the pleas of Alberta's northern producers. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2115162\" data-originallang=\"en\">With the pittance offered in federal relief, farmers are forced to sell their herds and their lands to corporate enterprises.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2115163\" data-originallang=\"en\">When will the minister commit to provide this sorely needed assistance? </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2115160\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, aujourd'hui, des agriculteurs de la r\u00e9gion de Peace, dans le Nord de l'Alberta, sont ici sur la Colline du Parlement. Ils sont ici parce qu'ils veulent savoir pourquoi le f\u00e9d\u00e9ral refuse de les aider, compte tenu qu'ils sont aux prises avec une s\u00e9cheresse qui dure depuis 12 ans.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2115161\" data-originallang=\"en\">Une aide accrue a \u00e9t\u00e9 accord\u00e9e aux fermiers du Sud qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 touch\u00e9s par des inondations, mais le gouvernement continue de faire la sourde oreille aux appels des producteurs du Nord de l'Alberta.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2115162\" data-originallang=\"en\">Compte tenu du montant d\u00e9risoire offert \u00e0 titre d'aide f\u00e9d\u00e9rale, les producteurs sont contraints de vendre leurs b\u00eates et leurs terres \u00e0 des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2115163\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand le ministre va-t-il s'engager \u00e0 fournir l'aide dont les agriculteurs ont tellement besoin?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/10/25/linda-duncan-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/linda-duncan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1029/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3407893",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Agriculture",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/10/25/",
"related": {
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}
}