Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2010-04-19 17:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Brian Storseth",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1880233\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, being a member of the agriculture committee, I have seen the member constantly strive to fight for agriculture in Canada, particularly the agriculture in his area. He has always been a strong proponent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1880234\" data-originallang=\"en\"> He is absolutely right. We need to continue to try to move forward on free trade agreements, bilateral free trade agreements. The European Union is tremendously important. Once again, I will go back to pork. This is an industry that has been devastated over the last several years. Romania's being included in the European Union has taken away another niche market for our pork industry that is tremendously important to value-adding for our Canadian farmers.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1880235\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is the same as Colombia. Not only would this free trade agreement with Colombia give us a niche market that is important to our farmers but it would also raise human rights standards for Colombian farmers. It would also allow them to interact on a more global basis with us in an exchange of ideas and information that would better their farming techniques.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1880236\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is important that we do not become an isolationist country when it comes to free trade and that we continue to expand that around the world.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1880233\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, \u00e9tant membre du Comit\u00e9 de l'agriculture, je suis t\u00e9moin des efforts constants d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s par le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pour d\u00e9fendre les agriculteurs canadiens, en particulier ceux de sa r\u00e9gion. Depuis toujours, il d\u00e9fend ardemment les int\u00e9r\u00eats du secteur agricole.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1880234\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il a tout \u00e0 fait raison. Nous devons continuer de chercher \u00e0 conclure des accords bilat\u00e9raux de libre-\u00e9change. Le march\u00e9 de l'Union europ\u00e9enne est extr\u00eamement important. Permettez-moi de revenir \u00e0 l'industrie du porc. Ce secteur a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9vast\u00e9 au cours des derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. Comme elle fait maintenant partie de l'Union europ\u00e9enne, la Roumanie pr\u00e9sente un autre cr\u00e9neau pour notre industrie porcine qui est extr\u00eamement important pour la valeur ajout\u00e9e des produits agricoles canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1880235\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est la m\u00eame chose dans le cas de la Colombie. Cet accord de libre-\u00e9change procurerait non seulement un cr\u00e9neau important \u00e0 nos agriculteurs, mais il permettrait aussi de rehausser les normes relatives aux droits de la personne pour les agriculteurs colombiens. Il leur permettrait \u00e9galement d'\u00e9changer de mani\u00e8re plus globale des id\u00e9es et de l'information avec nous, ce qui les aiderait \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer leurs techniques agricoles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1880236\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est important de ne pas devenir un pays isolationniste sur le plan du commerce et que nous continuions de trouver de nouveaux d\u00e9bouch\u00e9s partout dans le monde.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/4/19/brian-storseth-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/brian-storseth/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/583/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3101914",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/4/19/",
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}