Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2012-03-15 14:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2749859\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I want to draw the attention of the House to World Water Day, which is one week from today on March 22.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2749860\" data-originallang=\"en\">Since its inception nearly 20 years ago, World Water Day has provided the opportunity for the world's citizens and their governments to reflect on the universal and vital importance of water. This year there is positive news to celebrate and ongoing challenges to address. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2749861\" data-originallang=\"en\">The United Nations recently announced that one of the millennium development goals, namely, the goal of cutting in half the number of people worldwide without access to safe drinking water, has been met five years early. Yet, sadly, there remain many first nations communities right here in Canada that still lack basic access to safe drinking water.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2749862\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The federal, provincial and municipal governments must ensure responsible management of fresh water, which is essential to our identity, our environment and our economy, as well as to the health of Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2749863\" data-originallang=\"en\">As World Water Day approaches, I call on all members of the House to commit to working together to make the protection of Canada's most vital resource a national priority.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2749859\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'attire l'attention de la Chambre sur la Journ\u00e9e mondiale de l'eau qui se tiendra dans une semaine, soit le 22 mars. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2749860\" data-originallang=\"en\">Depuis sa cr\u00e9ation, il y a environ 20 ans, la Journ\u00e9e mondiale de l'eau a permis aux citoyens du monde et aux gouvernements de r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir au r\u00f4le universel et essentiel de l'eau. Cette ann\u00e9e, nous soulignerons de bonnes nouvelles, mais nous devrons aussi nous pencher sur certains probl\u00e8mes auxquels nous sommes constamment confront\u00e9s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2749861\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les Nations Unies ont r\u00e9cemment annonc\u00e9 que l'un des objectifs du mill\u00e9naire pour le d\u00e9veloppement, c'est-\u00e0-dire celui consistant \u00e0 r\u00e9duire de moiti\u00e9 le nombre de personnes qui n'ont pas acc\u00e8s \u00e0 de l'eau potable dans le monde entier, a \u00e9t\u00e9 atteint cinq ans plus t\u00f4t que pr\u00e9vu. Cela dit, malheureusement, de nombreuses collectivit\u00e9s des Premi\u00e8res nations ici, au Canada, n'ont toujours pas acc\u00e8s \u00e0 de l'eau potable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2749862\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Les gouvernements f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, provinciaux et municipaux doivent assurer une gestion responsable de l'eau douce, qui est essentielle \u00e0 notre identit\u00e9, \u00e0 notre environnement et \u00e0 notre \u00e9conomie, de m\u00eame qu'\u00e0 la sant\u00e9 des Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2749863\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 l'approche de la Journ\u00e9e mondiale de l'eau, j'invite tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s de la Chambre \u00e0 s'engager \u00e0 travailler de concert afin de faire de la protection de la plus importante ressource du Canada une priorit\u00e9 nationale.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2012/3/15/francis-scarpaleggia-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/francis-scarpaleggia/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1480/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "6984463",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "World Water Day",
        "fr": "La Journ\u00e9e mondiale de l'eau"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2012/3/15/",
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}