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{
"time": "2012-03-27 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, CPC)",
"fr": "Mme Michelle Rempel (Calgary-Centre-Nord, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2776636\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, our government stands up for the responsible development of our oil sands. Oil sands development is expected to contribute over $2.6 trillion to the Canadian economy and create over 900,000 new jobs from coast to coast over the next 25 years. By contrast, the NDP leader erroneously claims that the oil sands are taking more money out of the Canadian economy than they are putting in.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2776637\" data-originallang=\"en\">While the oil sands are expected to create $63 billion of economic benefits in Ontario alone, the NDP leader blames Canada's oil sands for a decline in eastern manufacturing jobs even as he supports a raise in taxes on job-creating manufacturing companies. On top of this, the NDP leader suggested a carbon tax that would kill jobs and economic growth, especially in our energy sector.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2776638\" data-originallang=\"en\">This opposition to jobs and growth shows the risk the anti-trade, anti-jobs NDP presents to the Canadian standard of living.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2776636\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement d\u00e9fend le d\u00e9veloppement responsable de nos sables p\u00e9trolif\u00e8res. L'exploitation des sables p\u00e9trolif\u00e8res devrait rapporter plus de 2,6 billions de dollars \u00e0 l'\u00e9conomie canadienne et cr\u00e9er plus de 900 000 nouveaux emplois d'un oc\u00e9an \u00e0 l'autre au cours des 25 ann\u00e9es \u00e0 venir. Or, le chef du NPD pr\u00e9tend, \u00e0 tort, que l'exploitation des sables p\u00e9trolif\u00e8res co\u00fbte plus \u00e0 l'\u00e9conomie canadienne qu'elle ne lui en rapporte.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2776637\" data-originallang=\"en\">Alors que l'exploitation des sables p\u00e9trolif\u00e8res devrait rapporter 63 milliards de dollars en avantages \u00e9conomiques \u00e0 l'Ontario seulement, le chef du NPD attribue la diminution du nombre d'emplois dans le secteur manufacturier dans l'Est du Canada \u00e0 l'industrie canadienne des sables p\u00e9trolif\u00e8res tandis que, par ailleurs, il appuie l'augmentation du fardeau fiscal des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s manufacturi\u00e8res qui cr\u00e9ent des emplois. Qui plus est, le chef du NPD propose d'imposer une taxe sur le carbone qui ferait perdre des emplois et nuirait \u00e0 la croissance \u00e9conomique, surtout dans le secteur canadien de l'\u00e9nergie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2776638\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'opposition du NPD \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation d'emplois et \u00e0 la croissance t\u00e9moigne du risque que ce parti anti-commerce et anti-emplois pr\u00e9sente pour le niveau de vie des Canadiens.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/3/27/michelle-rempel-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michelle-rempel/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4118/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7174039",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada",
"fr": "Le chef du Nouveau Parti d\u00e9mocratique du Canada"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/3/27/",
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}
}