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{
    "time": "2012-09-20 14:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Lib.)",
        "fr": "Mme Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke-Nord, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2976617\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the Commissioner of the Environment said that the government's approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions is unlikely to meet Canada's target for 2020. Today there was a report that Arctic ice cover has melted to its lowest point since records began. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2976618\" data-originallang=\"en\">Despite the government's new accounting and taking credit for the work of the provinces, what is the government doing to fix the huge deficiencies the commissioner found in the government's ability to meet its climate commitments?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2976617\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, selon le commissaire \u00e0 l'environnement, il est peu probable que l'approche du gouvernement en mati\u00e8re de r\u00e9duction des \u00e9missions de gaz \u00e0 effet de serre permette au Canada d'atteindre son objectif pour 2020. Aujourd'hui, on signalait que la superficie de la couverture glaciaire dans l'Arctique est plus r\u00e9duite qu'elle ne l'a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 depuis que des donn\u00e9es \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard sont pr\u00e9lev\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2976618\" data-originallang=\"en\">M\u00eame si le gouvernement a r\u00e9cemment reconnu et salu\u00e9 les efforts des provinces, que fait-il pour rem\u00e9dier aux immenses lacunes observ\u00e9es par le commissaire dans sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 respecter ses engagements en mati\u00e8re de lutte contre les changements climatiques?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2012/9/20/kirsty-duncan-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/kirsty-duncan/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1028/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "7682472",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Environment",
        "fr": "L'environnement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2012/9/20/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2012%2F9%2F20%2F"
    }
}