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{
"time": "2010-04-19 17:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Scott Simms",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1880189\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I mentioned something in my speech was about Peru and Chile, and I think my colleague would concur with me. We have established comprehensive trade agreements there and in other nations around the world. We need to point to that to see it is not just an issue of trade deficits and improving the economy, but also one of social responsibility.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1880190\" data-originallang=\"en\">One thing I really like about this are the side accords about labour. An issue we have in our country is workers' compensation. Workers' compensation principles are now improving around the world, thanks in part because of these trade agreements. He talked about the crime aspect. There is no doubt about that. In rural areas, when they disband these military groups, they reform, regroup and end up in major urban centres.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1880191\" data-originallang=\"en\">Once again, that exacerbates a situation where people just do not have options. Well over half of the people there are not involved in the legal economy. It is not because they do not want to be, it is because they do not have that choice. This is not entirely perfect, but it is certainly a positive step ahead for these people to get ahead and join in with the rest of the world to improve the standard of living.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1880189\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, j'ai dit quelque chose \u00e0 propos du P\u00e9rou et du Chili dans mon discours, et je pense que mon coll\u00e8gue est d'accord avec moi. Nous avons conclu des accords de libre-\u00e9change d\u00e9taill\u00e9s avec ces pays et d'autres. Il faut le dire pour constater qu'il ne s'agit pas seulement de d\u00e9ficits commerciaux et d'am\u00e9lioration de l'\u00e9conomie, mais aussi de responsabilit\u00e9 sociale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1880190\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les accords parall\u00e8les sur le travail me plaisent tout particuli\u00e8rement. Au Canada, nous avons l'indemnisation des accident\u00e9s du travail. De plus en plus de pays adh\u00e8rent aux principes de l'indemnisation des accident\u00e9s du travail, en partie gr\u00e2ce aux accords commerciaux. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a parl\u00e9 de criminalit\u00e9. Ce qu'il a dit ne fait aucun doute. Les membres des groupes militaires qui sont d\u00e9mantel\u00e9s dans les r\u00e9gions rurales se regroupent ensuite dans les grands centres urbains.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1880191\" data-originallang=\"en\">Une fois de plus, cela exacerbe la situation et les gens n'ont tout simplement plus d'options. Bien au-del\u00e0 de la moiti\u00e9 des Colombiens ne participent pas \u00e0 l'\u00e9conomie l\u00e9gale. Ils aimeraient faire autrement, mais ils n'ont pas le choix. Bien qu'imparfait, cet accord constitue certainement un pas en avant qui permettra aux gens d'am\u00e9liorer leur situation et de se joindre au reste du monde pour am\u00e9liorer le niveau de vie.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/4/19/scott-simms-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/scott-simms/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/571/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3101895",
"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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}