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{
    "time": "2013-06-03 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Niki Ashton (Churchill, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3381494\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, for many Arctic communities, the only viable travel option is by air, but many northern airports are so old, air carriers are having to downgrade, flying smaller and slower airplanes. This makes life in northern communities more challenging and more expensive. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3381495\" data-originallang=\"en\">Conservatives have claimed that there is money, but a new report indicates that it is not enough for the much needed northern upgrades. When is the government going to make improving access to Arctic communities a real priority?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3381494\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, dans bien des collectivit\u00e9s de l\u2019Arctique, le seul moyen de transport r\u00e9el, c\u2019est le transport a\u00e9rien, mais bien des a\u00e9roports du Nord sont tellement v\u00e9tustes que les transporteurs doivent r\u00e9duire leurs services et utiliser des appareils plus petits et plus lents. Cela a pour cons\u00e9quence que la vie dans les localit\u00e9s du Nord est plus difficile et co\u00fbte plus cher.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3381495\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Les conservateurs ont pr\u00e9tendu qu\u2019il y avait de l\u2019argent disponible, mais un nouveau rapport r\u00e9v\u00e8le que les montants pr\u00e9vus ne suffisent pas pour assurer dans le Nord des modernisations dont on a grand besoin. Quand le gouvernement va-t-il faire de l\u2019am\u00e9lioration de l\u2019acc\u00e8s aux localit\u00e9s de l\u2019Arctique une vraie priorit\u00e9? </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/6/3/niki-ashton-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/niki-ashton/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/942/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8051750",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Air Transportation",
        "fr": "Le transport a\u00e9rien"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/6/3/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2013%2F6%2F3%2F"
    }
}