Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2013-03-04 12:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Leona Aglukkaq",
        "fr": "L'hon. Leona Aglukkaq"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3213803\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, northerners want to move forward in development. Northerners want jobs and want to see young people taking advantage of the training opportunities that come with development.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3213804\" data-originallang=\"en\">Yesterday we were at the PTAC conference in Toronto where we met many companies that were working with northerners and putting forward projects. It is important that we move quickly to ensure there is legislation in place that identifies predictable timelines and that allows greater certainty for businesses.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3213805\" data-originallang=\"en\">I have seen development in the north first hand. Just outside of Baker Lake we have a gold mine that opened in the middle of a global recession. The Agnico-Eagle company hired approximately 400 or 500 people. That community of Baker Lake had an unemployment rate of about 60% prior to the mining coming into force. Through the partnerships that the mining company established with the community and with the Inuit of that region, we were able to reduce the unemployment rate of Baker Lake to 4% in a very short period of time. People are working. Young people are working.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3213806\" data-originallang=\"en\">More northerners want to take advantage of those opportunities. Therefore, it is very important that we support the bill to allow that.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3213803\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les habitants du Nord veulent travailler au d\u00e9veloppement. Ils veulent des emplois, et voir les jeunes se pr\u00e9valoir des possibilit\u00e9s de formation offertes par le d\u00e9veloppement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3213804\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Hier, nous assistions au colloque de la Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada, \u00e0 Toronto, o\u00f9 nous avons rencontr\u00e9 des entreprises qui travaillent \u00e0 la mise en oeuvre de projets avec les habitants du Nord. Il est important d'agir rapidement afin d'avoir des mesures l\u00e9gislatives en place permettant de fixer des d\u00e9lais pr\u00e9visibles, procurant plus d'assurances aux entreprises.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3213805\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 t\u00e9moin du d\u00e9veloppement du Nord. Une mine d'or vient d'ouvrir \u00e0 deux pas de Baker Lake, en pleine r\u00e9cession mondiale. La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Agnico-Eagle a embauch\u00e9 de 400 \u00e0 500 personnes. La localit\u00e9 de Baker Lake avait un taux de ch\u00f4mage d'environ 60 % avant le d\u00e9but des activit\u00e9s mini\u00e8res. Les partenariats que la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 mini\u00e8re a \u00e9tablis avec la collectivit\u00e9 et les Inuits de la r\u00e9gion ont permis de r\u00e9duire le taux de ch\u00f4mage de Baker Lake \u00e0 4 % en tr\u00e8s peu de temps. La population travaille, y compris les jeunes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3213806\" data-originallang=\"en\">Un grand nombre de personnes habitant le Nord souhaitent tirer parti de ces possibilit\u00e9s. Il est donc fort important d'appuyer le projet de loi afin que cela devienne r\u00e9alit\u00e9.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/3/4/leona-aglukkaq-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/leona-aglukkaq/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/929/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "7913394",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Northern Jobs and Growth Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur l'emploi et la croissance dans le Nord"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/3/4/",
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}