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{
"time": "2012-12-03 12:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Matthew Dub\u00e9 (Chambly\u2014Borduas, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Matthew Dub\u00e9 (Chambly\u2014Borduas, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3103920\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, they keep talking about investment, but one of the internal problems we have is a dollar that is too high for those who want to export their products. The government does not have much to say about that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3103921\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Since the member wants to talk about urgency, I would like to raise an urgent matter in my riding: fortunately, the Richelieu River is still protected by the Navigable Waters Protection Act, but none of its tributaries are protected.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3103922\" data-originallang=\"fr\">A river is like a human body: cut off a limb, and the rest of the body suffers as a result. It is ridiculous to suggest that protecting some of our waterways but not others will not have negative consequences. The <a data-HoCid=\"170701\" href=\"/politicians/denis-lebel/\" title=\"Denis Lebel\">Minister of Transport</a> said that the Navigable Waters Protection Act had nothing to do with the environment. I am trying to understand how failing to see that all departments are connected can possibly qualify as good governance.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3103923\" data-originallang=\"fr\">This all seems very irresponsible to me.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3103920\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, on parle d'investissement, mais l'un de nos probl\u00e8mes internes, c'est que le dollar est trop \u00e9lev\u00e9 pour les gens qui veulent exporter leurs produits. Or le gouvernement en parle tr\u00e8s peu.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3103921\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Puisqu'il veut parler d'urgence, je vais parler d'une urgence dans mon comt\u00e9: la rivi\u00e8re Richelieu est toujours prot\u00e9g\u00e9e par la Loi sur la protection des eaux navigables, heureusement, sauf que toutes les rivi\u00e8res connexes ne le sont plus.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3103922\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Disons qu'une rivi\u00e8re est comme un corps humain: si elle se fait amputer, ne va-t-elle pas en ressentir les effets dans le reste de son corps? C'est d'une absurdit\u00e9 totale de pr\u00e9tendre qu'en ne prot\u00e9geant qu'une partie de nos cours d'eau et pas d'autres, \u00e7a n'aura pas de r\u00e9percussions n\u00e9gatives. D'ailleurs, le <a data-HoCid=\"170701\" href=\"/politicians/denis-lebel/\" title=\"Denis Lebel\">ministre des Transports</a> a dit que la Loi sur la protection des eaux navigables n'avait rien \u00e0 voir avec l'environnement. J'essaie de comprendre comment le fait de ne pas r\u00e9aliser que tous les minist\u00e8res sont interreli\u00e9s peut \u00eatre de la bonne gouvernance. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3103923\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Tout cela me semble assez irresponsable.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/12/3/matthew-dube-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/matthew-dube/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4130/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7828683",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Jobs and Growth Act, 2012",
"fr": "Loi de 2012 sur l'emploi et la croissance"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Bill C-45\u2014Time Allocation",
"fr": "Projet de loi C-45 \u2014 Motion d'attribution de temps"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/12/3/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2012%2F12%2F3%2F"
}
}