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{
"time": "2013-02-12 19:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Gerald Keddy (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and for the Atlantic Gateway, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Gerald Keddy (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre du Commerce international, pour l'Agence de promotion \u00e9conomique du Canada atlantique et pour la porte d'entr\u00e9e de l'Atlantique, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3182550\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I have to admire the hon. member opposite for his persistence. He asked a question in the House on the FIPA with China, then he gets to ask a question in the late show. The question in the late show should try to correct the mistakes he made in the last question in the late show. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182551\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let us go back to the 16 years. He was wrong on it in the last late show and he is wrong on it tonight.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182552\" data-originallang=\"en\">Here is how it happens. There is a 15-year term. Absolutely, I totally agree. These investments can be extended for another 16 years to make 31 years, correct again, but only on those investments that have already occurred in that 15-year period. The FIPA is not extended for another 31 years. That is a clarification. Clarity does not hurt a thing. We are happy to have clarity.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182553\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let us look at Canada's exporting, let us look at what runs this economy, and let us understand the importance of trading with the growing economies of the world, including China. The hon. member ignores a number of facts here. He ignores the fact that China, today, is the second-largest economy in the world. He ignores the fact that China holds probably the largest reserves of foreign currency in the world. We do not know that for certain, but it is right up there in the top two or three holders of foreign currency in the world.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182554\" data-originallang=\"en\">Somehow or another, we should not trade with this economy that by 2030 will be the largest economy on earth. Have we lost our minds in this country? Do we not understand that the Pacific Rim countries are the economy of the future? Canada needs to participate in that economy. We need to be part of it, along with the European Union, along with the trading partners that we already have. We have to have fair and balanced trade, and with the FIPA, we need to protect Canadian investment that already exists in China. It is not about trading just tomorrow. It is about protecting investment that is already in place, and those companies and the work they are going to continue to do in China. This is a very important and significant relationship.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182555\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are moving forward. We are moving forward with a very ambitious pro-trade plan. We understand the huge market in Asia, not just in China but in Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea and India. There are tremendous opportunities for Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182556\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let us look at our Canadian foreign investment promotion and protection agreement with China. It will provide stronger protection for Canadians investing in China. It establishes a clear set of rules under which investments are made and under which investment disputes are resolved. Canadian businesses looking to set up in China cannot be treated less favourably than any other foreign company looking to do the same.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182557\" data-originallang=\"en\">The foreign investment promotion and protection agreement, or FIPA, also ensures that all investment disputes are resolved under international arbitration, ensuring that adjudications are independent and fair. Canadian investors in China will no longer have to rely on the Chinese legal system to have their disputes resolved. It is important to note that ours is the first bilateral investment agreement that China has signed that expressly includes language on the transparency of dispute settlement proceedings.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182558\" data-originallang=\"en\">Fundamentally, this treaty is about protecting the interests of Canadians investing in one of the world's most dynamic and high-growth markets.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3182550\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'admire la pers\u00e9v\u00e9rance du d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face. Il a pos\u00e9 une question \u00e0 la Chambre au sujet de l'APIE conclu avec la Chine, puis il pose une question pendant le d\u00e9bat d'ajournement. Il devrait en profiter pour essayer de corriger les erreurs qu'il a commises la derni\u00e8re fois qu'il a pos\u00e9 une question durant le d\u00e9bat d'ajournement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182551\" data-originallang=\"en\">Revenons \u00e0 la p\u00e9riode de 16 ans. Il a fait erreur \u00e0 ce sujet lors du dernier d\u00e9bat d'ajournement et il fait encore erreur ce soir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182552\" data-originallang=\"en\">Voici comment cela fonctionne. Il y a d'abord une p\u00e9riode de 15 ans. C'est tout \u00e0 fait exact. Les investissements peuvent \u00eatre prolong\u00e9s pour 16 ans, ce qui fait 31 ans, c'est encore exact, mais seulement pour les investissements qui ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 effectu\u00e9s pendant la p\u00e9riode de 15 ans. L'APIE n'est pas prolong\u00e9 pendant 31 ans de plus. Il ne s'agissait que d'un \u00e9claircissement. Cela ne fait de tort \u00e0 personne. Nous sommes heureux que les choses soient claires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182553\" data-originallang=\"en\">Jetons un coup d'oeil aux exportations canadiennes, \u00e0 ce qui fait tourner notre \u00e9conomie, afin de comprendre l'importance des \u00e9changes commerciaux avec les \u00e9conomies \u00e9mergentes de la plan\u00e8te, dont la Chine. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 ne tient pas compte de certains faits, entre autres que l'\u00e9conomie chinoise est maintenant la deuxi\u00e8me en importance dans le monde. Il ne tient pas compte du fait que la Chine poss\u00e8de probablement les plus importantes r\u00e9serves de devises \u00e9trang\u00e8res au monde. Nous n'en sommes pas s\u00fbrs, mais elle figure certainement parmi les deux ou trois principaux d\u00e9tenteurs de devises \u00e9trang\u00e8res au monde. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182554\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il ne faudrait pas que nous ayons des \u00e9changes commerciaux avec une \u00e9conomie qui, d'ici 2030, devrait \u00eatre la plus importante de la plan\u00e8te. Avons-nous perdu la t\u00eate? Ne comprenons-nous pas que les pays du Pacifique repr\u00e9sentent l'\u00e9conomie du futur? Le Canada doit participer \u00e0 cette \u00e9conomie. Nous devons en faire partie, tout comme l'Union europ\u00e9enne et nos autres partenaires commerciaux actuels. Nous devons signer des accords commerciaux justes et \u00e9quilibr\u00e9s et, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'APIE, prot\u00e9ger les investissements canadiens actuels en Chine. Il ne s'agit pas de prot\u00e9ger uniquement de futurs \u00e9changes commerciaux, mais aussi les investissements existants, les entreprises qui m\u00e8nent d\u00e9j\u00e0 des activit\u00e9s en Chine. Il s'agit d'une relation tr\u00e8s importante et significative.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182555\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous allons de l'avant avec cet ambitieux plan de promotion du commerce. Nous sommes conscients de l'immense march\u00e9 que repr\u00e9sente l'Asie. Pas seulement la Chine, mais aussi l'Indon\u00e9sie, le Vietnam, la Cor\u00e9e et l'Inde. Il y a l\u00e0 d'incroyables d\u00e9bouch\u00e9s pour les Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182556\" data-originallang=\"en\">Jetons un coup d'oeil \u00e0 notre accord sur la promotion et la protection des investissements \u00e9trangers avec la Chine. Il offrira une protection accrue aux Canadiens qui investissent en Chine. Il \u00e9tablit des r\u00e8gles claires pour la r\u00e9alisation d'investissements et le r\u00e8glement de diff\u00e9rends. Les entreprises canadiennes qui veulent s'installer en Chine ne pourront pas \u00eatre trait\u00e9es moins favorablement que les autres entreprises \u00e9trang\u00e8res cherchant \u00e0 faire la m\u00eame chose.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182557\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'accord sur la promotion et la protection des investissements \u00e9trangers, ou APIE, permet \u00e9galement de s'assurer que tous les diff\u00e9rents relatifs aux investissements sont r\u00e9gl\u00e9s par arbitrage international, ce qui permettra de garantir que les d\u00e9cisions sont ind\u00e9pendantes et justes. Les investisseurs canadiens en Chine n'auront plus \u00e0 d\u00e9pendre du syst\u00e8me judiciaire chinois pour le r\u00e8glement de leurs diff\u00e9rends. Il est important de noter que cet accord est le premier accord bilat\u00e9ral sur les investissements sign\u00e9 par la Chine qui aborde express\u00e9ment la question de la transparence dans le r\u00e8glement des diff\u00e9rends. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3182558\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce trait\u00e9 vise essentiellement \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger les int\u00e9r\u00eats des Canadiens qui investissent dans l'un des march\u00e9s les plus dynamiques et dont la croissance est la plus forte au monde.</p>"
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"en": "Adjournment Proceedings",
"fr": "Motion D'Ajournement"
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"en": "Foreign Investment",
"fr": ""
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