{"time": "2012-10-26 11:30:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Pierre Lemieux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, CPC)", "fr": "M. Pierre Lemieux (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre de l'Agriculture, PCC)"}, "content": {"en": "

Mr. Speaker, as I just said, our government was elected by farmers on a platform to modernize the grain sector in Canada and to keep our economy strong. These changes will eliminate about $20 million in unnecessary costs in the grain handling system, costs that are ultimately borne by the farmers.

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I will read a quote from Doug Robertson, the president of the Western Barley Growers Association. He said, \u201cThis announcement is a very positive one in the evolution of our grain system in Canada.\u201d

", "fr": "

Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme je viens de le dire, notre gouvernement s'est fait \u00e9lire par les agriculteurs en proposant de moderniser le secteur des grains du Canada et de pr\u00e9server la vigueur de notre \u00e9conomie. Ces changements \u00e9limineront environ 20 millions de dollars de co\u00fbts inutiles du syst\u00e8me de manutention des grains, co\u00fbts qui, \u00e0 la fin, sont assum\u00e9s par les agriculteurs.

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Je vais lire une citation de Doug Robertson, pr\u00e9sident de la Western Barley Growers Association: \u00ab Il s'agit d'une annonce tr\u00e8s positive dans l'\u00e9volution du syst\u00e8me c\u00e9r\u00e9alier du Canada. \u00bb

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