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{
    "time": "2014-10-27 15:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Laurin Liu (Rivi\u00e8re-des-Mille-\u00celes, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Laurin Liu (Rivi\u00e8re-des-Mille-\u00celes, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3861417\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I will have the opportunity to speak to this tomorrow morning. It is a pleasure to hear today's debate and participate in it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3861418\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would like to reiterate that the NDP supports free trade agreements with democratic countries such as South Korea. It could be excellent news for various sectors, including the aerospace industry, which is very important to my riding.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3861419\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The NDP uses a number of criteria to assess free trade agreements. The agreement has to be beneficial to Canada, and it must be concluded with a democratic country that has very rigorous regulations governing the environment and human rights.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3861420\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would like to ask the government why it chose to negotiate a free trade agreement with a country like Honduras, whose economy is approximately equal to that of the Ottawa-Gatineau region? The current government there is not doing anything to address the fact that journalists are being murdered. Leaders and workers are also being murdered there. Why did the government choose to negotiate a free trade agreement with a country like Honduras?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3861417\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aurai l'occasion de faire un discours \u00e0 ce sujet, demain matin. C'est donc un plaisir d'entendre le d\u00e9bat aujourd'hui et d'y participer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3861418\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'aimerais r\u00e9it\u00e9rer le fait que le NPD appuie des ententes de libre-\u00e9change avec des pays d\u00e9mocratiques, comme la Cor\u00e9e du Sud. Cela peut \u00eatre une excellente nouvelle pour plusieurs secteurs, entre autres celui de l'a\u00e9rospatiale qui est tr\u00e8s important dans ma circonscription.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3861419\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le NPD a plusieurs crit\u00e8res pour \u00e9valuer des ententes de libre-\u00e9change. En effet, il faut que l'entente b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie au Canada et qu'elle se fasse avec des pays d\u00e9mocratiques, ayant des r\u00e8glements tr\u00e8s rigoureux concernant l'environnement et les droits humains.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3861420\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'aimerais demander au gouvernement pourquoi il a choisi de n\u00e9gocier une entente de libre-\u00e9change avec un pays comme le Honduras, dont l'\u00e9conomie est \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s au m\u00eame niveau que celle de la r\u00e9gion d'Ottawa-Gatineau? Ce pays a pr\u00e9sentement un gouvernement qui ne fait rien face \u00e0 l'assassinat de journalistes. Des leaders et des travailleurs y sont aussi assassin\u00e9s. Pourquoi le gouvernement a-t-il choisi de n\u00e9gocier une entente de libre-\u00e9change avec un pays comme le Honduras?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2014/10/27/laurin-liu-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/laurin-liu/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4142/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8481004",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur la croissance \u00e9conomique et la prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 \u2014 Canada-Cor\u00e9e"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/10/27/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2014%2F10%2F27%2F"
    }
}