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{
    "time": "2012-10-31 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3034011\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, once upon a time Canada's waterways belonged to all Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3034012\" data-originallang=\"fr\">With Bill <a data-HoCid=\"5754371\" href=\"/bills/41-1/C-45/\" title=\"A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures\">C-45</a>, only 97 lakes will be protected by federal legislation. A fact of interest is that 12 of those lakes are located in the riding of the <a data-HoCid=\"170841\" href=\"/politicians/tony-clement/\" title=\"Tony Clement\">President of the Treasury Board</a>. Another interesting fact is that 90% of the lakes that will be protected are located in Conservative ridings.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3034013\" data-originallang=\"fr\">What gives the Conservatives the right to appropriate our natural heritage?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3034011\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il \u00e9tait un temps o\u00f9 les cours d'eau du Canada appartenaient \u00e0 tous les Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3034012\" data-originallang=\"fr\">En raison du projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"5754371\" href=\"/bills/41-1/C-45/\" title=\"A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures\">C-45</a>, seulement 97 lacs seront prot\u00e9g\u00e9s par la loi f\u00e9d\u00e9rale. Fait int\u00e9ressant \u00e0 noter, 12 de ces lacs se trouvent dans le comt\u00e9 du <a data-HoCid=\"170841\" href=\"/politicians/tony-clement/\" title=\"Tony Clement\">pr\u00e9sident du Conseil du Tr\u00e9sor</a>; autre fait int\u00e9ressant, 90 % des lacs qui seront prot\u00e9g\u00e9s se trouvent dans des r\u00e9gions ayant un d\u00e9put\u00e9 conservateur. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3034013\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Qu'est-ce qui donne aux conservateurs le droit de s'approprier notre patrimoine naturel?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2012/10/31/francis-scarpaleggia-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/francis-scarpaleggia/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1480/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "7754433",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Environment",
        "fr": "L'environnement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2012/10/31/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2012%2F10%2F31%2F"
    }
}