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{
"time": "2010-06-14 14:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Geoff Regan (Halifax West, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2041270\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the <a data-HoCid=\"147118\" href=\"/politicians/christian-paradis/\" title=\"Christian Paradis\">Minister of Natural Resources</a> has finally admitted the truth about absolute liability being limited to $30 million on the east coast and $40 million elsewhere. That is a drop in the bucket if we consider the $3 billion cost of the ongoing gulf disaster. When he boasts about unlimited civil liability, he forgets that it requires proving negligence. That would cost millions and could take decades. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2041271\" data-originallang=\"en\">Will the minister take immediate steps to ensure taxpayers are not left holding the bag in the case of a major spill?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2041270\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le <a data-HoCid=\"147118\" href=\"/politicians/christian-paradis/\" title=\"Christian Paradis\">ministre des Ressources naturelles</a> a fini par reconna\u00eetre la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 en admettant que la responsabilit\u00e9 absolue est limit\u00e9e \u00e0 30 millions de dollars sur la c\u00f4te Est et \u00e0 40 millions de dollars partout ailleurs. C'est une goutte dans l'oc\u00e9an. En effet, le co\u00fbt de la catastrophe du golfe du Mexique s'\u00e9l\u00e8ve d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e0 3 milliards de dollars. Lorsqu'il se vante du fait que la responsabilit\u00e9 civile est illimit\u00e9e, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 oublie de mentionner que la n\u00e9gligence doit \u00eatre prouv\u00e9e, ce qui co\u00fbterait des millions et prendrait des dizaines d'ann\u00e9es. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2041271\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le ministre prendra-t-il imm\u00e9diatement les mesures n\u00e9cessaires pour \u00e9viter que les contribuables n'aient \u00e0 payer la note en cas de d\u00e9versement important?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/6/14/geoff-regan-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/geoff-regan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1640/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3227360",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Offshore Drilling",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/6/14/",
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}