Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2013-04-26 11:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Dennis Bevington (Western Arctic, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Dennis Bevington (Western Arctic, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3292971\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the Department of Aboriginal Affairs has finally admitted it misled Canadians when it said the cost of dealing with the over 270,000 tonnes of arsenic at Giant Mine was only $449 million. The new figure is nearly $1 billion and could go higher. Canada only received a little over $400 million in 2002 dollars in royalties over the 60-year life of the mine, meaning Canadians are on the hook for around $600 million.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3292972\" data-originallang=\"en\">While the Conservatives were hiding the massive cost to Canadians to clean up the environmental disaster at Giant, they were slashing environmental protections, particularly for the oil sands and the oil industry in general.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3292973\" data-originallang=\"en\">Considering the massive cost to Canadians for cleaning up one single mine, I have to wonder just how many billions of dollars our children and grandchildren will be paying because of the Conservatives' and the Liberals' failure to ensure the environment is protected in their rush to exploit the oil sands.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3292974\" data-originallang=\"en\">The cost of cleaning up the oil sands tailings ponds alone will be gigantic.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3292971\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le minist\u00e8re des Affaires autochtones a enfin admis avoir tromp\u00e9 les Canadiens lorsqu'il a affirm\u00e9 qu'il n'en co\u00fbterait que 449 millions de dollars pour r\u00e9gler le probl\u00e8me des 270 000 tonnes d'arsenic qui se trouvent dans la mine Giant. Les nouvelles estimations s'\u00e9l\u00e8vent \u00e0 1 milliard de dollars, et la facture pourrait grimper davantage. Le Canada avait re\u00e7u, en date de 2002, un peu plus de 400 millions de dollars en redevances au cours des 60 ann\u00e9es d'exploitation de la mine; les Canadiens devront donc d\u00e9bourser environ 600 millions de dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3292972\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pendant que les conservateurs dissimulaient les co\u00fbts colossaux que les Canadiens devront assumer pour rem\u00e9dier au d\u00e9sastre environnemental de la mine Giant, ils s'affairaient \u00e0 r\u00e9duire consid\u00e9rablement les protections environnementales, surtout dans le secteur des sables bitumineux et dans l'industrie p\u00e9troli\u00e8re dans son ensemble.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3292973\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vu le co\u00fbt \u00e9norme que les Canadiens devront assumer pour assainir une seule et unique mine, je me demande combien de milliards de dollars nos enfants et petits-enfants devront payer \u00e0 cause des conservateurs et des lib\u00e9raux, qui n'ont pas veill\u00e9 \u00e0 ce que l'environnement soit prot\u00e9g\u00e9 dans leur empressement \u00e0 faciliter l'exploitation des sables bitumineux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3292974\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le co\u00fbt de l'assainissement des bassins de d\u00e9cantation des sables bitumineux sera, \u00e0 lui seul, colossal.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/4/26/dennis-bevington-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/dennis-bevington/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/339/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "7984576",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Environment",
        "fr": "L'environnement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/4/26/",
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}