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{
"time": "2012-09-20 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Anne Minh-Thu Quach (Beauharnois\u2014Salaberry, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Anne Minh-Thu Quach (Beauharnois\u2014Salaberry, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2976418\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, today I would like to salute market gardeners in my riding. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2976419\" data-originallang=\"fr\">On July 4, a severe hailstorm hit the region, devastating everything. Hailstones the size of golf balls destroyed entire fields of lettuce, carrots, onions and other vegetables. Most producers had to throw everything out. Sixty market gardeners lost almost everything. They worked day and night to clean up their fields and try to reseed. The Association des jardiniers mara\u00eechers du Qu\u00e9bec estimates damages on the order of $50 million. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2976420\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Unfortunately, existing aid programs are not designed for market gardeners. The federal government must adapt its programs quickly to help our farmers recover from this natural disaster. To date, we are still waiting for the <a data-HoCid=\"111568\" href=\"/politicians/gerry-ritz/\" title=\"Gerry Ritz\">Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food</a> to do something.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2976421\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Farmers in my riding deserve much better. After all, they produce most of the fruits and vegetables in Quebec, and it is thanks to them that we can eat fresh foods every day. Today I salute their hard work and their courage. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2976418\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais aujourd'hui rendre hommage aux agriculteurs mara\u00eechers de mon comt\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2976419\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le 4 juillet dernier, une violente temp\u00eate de gr\u00eale s'est abattue sur la r\u00e9gion et a tout d\u00e9vast\u00e9. Des gr\u00ealons de la grosseur d'une balle de golf ont d\u00e9truit des champs entiers de cultures de laitues, de carottes, d'oignons et d'autres l\u00e9gumes. La plupart des producteurs ont d\u00fb tout jeter. En fait, 60 mara\u00eechers ont essuy\u00e9 des pertes presque totales. Ils ont travaill\u00e9 jour et nuit pour nettoyer leurs champs et tenter de ressemer. L'Association des jardiniers mara\u00eechers du Qu\u00e9bec estime que les dommages s'\u00e9l\u00e8vent \u00e0 pr\u00e8s de 50 millions de dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2976420\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Malheureusement, les programmes d'aide actuels ne conviennent pas \u00e0 la situation des mara\u00eechers. Il est essentiel que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral adapte ses programmes rapidement pour aider nos agriculteurs \u00e0 se relever de cette catastrophe naturelle. Pourtant, on attend toujours, encore aujourd'hui, une intervention du <a data-HoCid=\"111568\" href=\"/politicians/gerry-ritz/\" title=\"Gerry Ritz\">ministre de l\u2019Agriculture et de l\u2019Agroalimentaire</a>. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2976421\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Les fermiers de mon comt\u00e9 m\u00e9ritent beaucoup mieux. Apr\u00e8s tout, ils produisent la vaste majorit\u00e9 des fruits et l\u00e9gumes du Qu\u00e9bec en entier, et c'est gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 eux que nous pouvons manger des produits frais tous les jours. Aujourd'hui, je salue leur travail et leur courage.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/9/20/anne-minh-thu-quach-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/anne-minh-thu-quach/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4125/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7682276",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Quebec Market Gardeners",
"fr": "Les jardiniers mara\u00eechers du Qu\u00e9bec"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/9/20/",
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}
}