Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2012-05-31 11:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Dominic LeBlanc",
        "fr": "L'hon. Dominic LeBlanc"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2899268\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, yes, I have visited a place where there is an hour commute. I went to the University of Toronto, which is a great example of where people are forced into commutes that often exceed an hour.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2899269\" data-originallang=\"en\">Since the member says that he represents a rural riding, I am surprised he did not also include this in his question. An hour-long commute in Toronto may be 8 kilometres or 10 kilometres. It may also be on a public transit service that needs improvement but that still offers people an alternative.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2899270\" data-originallang=\"en\">In my riding, there is no public transit. Therefore, a one-hour commute is a 100-kilometre commute, with gas prices already at a level that represent a huge economic hardship, and on highways that are already very dangerous. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2899271\" data-originallang=\"en\">Maybe the member was not here when I said this, but the closest subway to my riding is in Boston. I have also been to Boston, in case the member is wondering.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2899268\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, j'ai bien s\u00fbr d\u00e9j\u00e0 eu l'occasion de me rendre dans des endroits o\u00f9 les gens doivent faire des trajets d'une heure pour se rendre au travail. Je suis all\u00e9 \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 de Toronto, et je peux vous dire que c'est un bon exemple car les gens sont souvent oblig\u00e9s de faire des trajets de plus d'une heure pour se rendre \u00e0 leur travail. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2899269\" data-originallang=\"en\">Puisque le d\u00e9put\u00e9 repr\u00e9sente une circonscription rurale, je suis surpris qu'il n\u2019ait pas fait remarquer qu'un trajet d'une heure, \u00e0 Toronto, c'est peut-\u00eatre 8 ou 10 km, mais qu\u2019il y a des services de transport en commun qui, m\u00eame s'ils ont besoin d'\u00eatre am\u00e9lior\u00e9s, sont quand m\u00eame une option pour les gens. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2899270\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans ma circonscription, il n'y a pas de transport en commun. Et un trajet d'une heure, c'est souvent un trajet de 100 km alors, avec les prix de l'essence, cela repr\u00e9sente une d\u00e9pense consid\u00e9rable et des difficult\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques suppl\u00e9mentaires, sans compter que les routes sont tr\u00e8s dangereuses. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2899271\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 n'\u00e9tait peut-\u00eatre pas l\u00e0 quand je l'ai dit, mais le m\u00e9tro le plus proche de ma circonscription est celui de Boston. Et au cas o\u00f9 le d\u00e9put\u00e9 se pose encore des questions, je tiens \u00e0 lui dire que je suis d\u00e9j\u00e0 all\u00e9 \u00e0 Boston. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2012/5/31/dominic-leblanc-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/dominic-leblanc/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1314/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "7613764",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Employment Insurance",
        "fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 L'assurance-emploi"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2012/5/31/",
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}