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{
"time": "2012-03-29 13:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Laverdi\u00e8re",
"fr": "Mme H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Laverdi\u00e8re"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2779247\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, that shows the problem with the way the government approaches issues like free trade. Despite what some of our colleagues say, New Democrats have never said we are against all free trade agreements. The government seems to say all free trade agreements are good. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2779248\" data-originallang=\"en\">With respect to Jordan, another country I have visited, by the way, we face a very different situation both in terms of human rights and workers' rights. To my knowledge, Jordan has never been on the OECD black list of tax evasion havens. They are two different situations. In each situation what would be ideal is that we negotiate more multilaterally, but if we are intent on negotiating bilaterally, we have to look at each situation and its specific circumstances, and Panama is not Jordan.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2779247\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, voil\u00e0 qui illustre parfaitement pourquoi la fa\u00e7on de faire du gouvernement dans les dossiers tels le libre-\u00e9change pose probl\u00e8me. Malgr\u00e9 ce que certains de nos coll\u00e8gues affirment, les n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates n'ont jamais dit qu'ils s'opposaient \u00e0 tout accord de libre-\u00e9change. En revanche, le gouvernement semble estimer que tout accord de libre-\u00e9change est un bon accord.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2779248\" data-originallang=\"en\">En Jordanie \u2014 un autre pays que j'ai eu la chance de visiter, soit dit en passant \u2014, la situation des droits de la personne et des droits des travailleurs n'est pas du tout la m\u00eame. Selon ce que je sais, la Jordanie n'a jamais fait partie de la liste noire des paradis fiscaux de l'OCDE. Il s'agit de deux situations diff\u00e9rentes. Dans les deux cas, il aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9f\u00e9rable de mener des n\u00e9gociations multilat\u00e9rales. Toutefois, si nous tenons \u00e0 n\u00e9gocier de fa\u00e7on bilat\u00e9rale, il faut alors tenir compte des circonstances particuli\u00e8res de chaque pays, et le Panama n'est pas la Jordanie. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/3/29/helene-laverdiere-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/helene-laverdiere/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4053/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7210686",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act",
"fr": "Loi sur la croissance \u00e9conomique et la prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 -- Canada-Panama"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/3/29/",
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}
}