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{
    "time": "2014-10-02 13:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Fran\u00e7ois Choquette",
        "fr": "M. Fran\u00e7ois Choquette"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3837647\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his excellent question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3837648\" data-originallang=\"fr\">All of the major environmental groups that are concerned about Rouge Park are saying that the focus should be on ecological integrity, or something along those lines, because recent cuts are a major source of concern.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3837649\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Conservatives have opened the door to commercializing our parks. We do not want that. We want parks to be open and accessible to everyone. National urban parks should be created so that as many people as possible can access them. This park should not be exclusively for the elite, nor should it be commercialized so that it becomes very expensive.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3837650\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I hope that the Conservatives on the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development will be open to considering amendments that will improve the Rouge Park legislation.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3837647\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie mon coll\u00e8gue de son excellente question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3837648\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Tous les grands groupes environnementaux qui s'occupent du parc de la Rouge exigent que la priorit\u00e9 soit accord\u00e9e \u00e0 l'int\u00e9grit\u00e9 \u00e9cologique, ou \u00e0 quelque chose qui y ressemblerait, car les compressions r\u00e9centes sont la source de grandes pr\u00e9occupations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3837649\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Les conservateurs ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 ouvrir la porte \u00e0 la commercialisation de nos parcs. Ce n'est pas ce que nous voulons. Nous voulons que les parcs soient ouverts et accessibles \u00e0 tout le monde. Si on institue un parc urbain national, c'est pour qu'il soit accessible au plus de gens possible. Ce parc ne doit pas \u00eatre r\u00e9serv\u00e9 \u00e0 l'\u00e9lite ni \u00eatre commercialis\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on \u00e0 ce que ce soit tr\u00e8s co\u00fbteux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3837650\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> J'esp\u00e8re que les conservateurs feront preuve d'ouverture au Comit\u00e9 permanent de l'environnement et du d\u00e9veloppement durable et qu'ils seront enclins \u00e0 consid\u00e9rer des amendements qui permettront de faire une bonne loi sur le parc de la Rouge.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2014/10/2/francois-choquette-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/francois-choquette/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4136/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8457685",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Rouge National Urban Park Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur le parc urbain national de la Rouge"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/10/2/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2014%2F10%2F2%2F"
    }
}