Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2014-02-11 10:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Thomas Mulcair",
        "fr": "L'hon. Thomas Mulcair"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3566807\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, again, I congratulate my friend and colleague, the member of Parliament for <a data-HoCid=\"170821\" href=\"/politicians/dennis-bevington/\" title=\"Dennis Bevington\">Western Arctic</a>, for his extraordinary work and the respect he has on all sides in this discussion.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3566808\" data-originallang=\"en\">Of course, Premier McLeod made that statement. It is a reflection of exactly what the NDP is saying here today. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3566809\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Conservatives, by bundling these changes to the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, are in fact holding devolution hostage to the acceptance of those changes. We are asking them to play this frankly and openly. Remove those parts and deal with them separately. Indeed, if they have a guarantee for review in five years, let us start looking at what is necessary now.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3566810\" data-originallang=\"en\">Every Canadian is concerned about how we are doing resource extraction and water management in this country. The federal government has an obligation. It is not an option. It has an obligation to watch out for the water resources in this country. The Conservatives have not been following that obligation. They have not been respecting it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3566811\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are concerned that this is an attempt to force the Northwest Territories to agree to this. That is exactly what Premier McLeod was saying in his statements in committee, which is that they are about devolution. That is what he and his government are trying to get, and by the way, the sections we are discussing here today are our problem. That is why we are talking about it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3566812\" data-originallang=\"en\">I do not agree when the Conservatives try to impugn the motives of the opposition when they say that we should be listening to Premier McLeod. I return the invitation to listen to Premier McLeod. He is saying that this is a matter for the federal Parliament. This is our job. Let us remove this section that has nothing to do with devolution and deal with it separately. That is what the people of the Northwest Territories want, and that is what the official opposition wants.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3566807\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je f\u00e9licite une fois de plus le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"170821\" href=\"/politicians/dennis-bevington/\" title=\"Dennis Bevington\">Western Arctic</a>, mon coll\u00e8gue et ami, de son excellent travail et du respect dont il jouit aupr\u00e8s de tous les partis dans ce d\u00e9bat.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3566808\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est vrai que M. McLeod a fait cette d\u00e9claration, et elle refl\u00e8te tout \u00e0 fait ce que dit aujourd'hui le NPD.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3566809\" data-originallang=\"en\">En regroupant les changements \u00e0 la Loi sur la gestion des ressources de la vall\u00e9e du Mackenzie et les autres mesures, les conservateurs subordonnent le transfert des responsabilit\u00e9s \u00e0 l'acceptation de ces changements. Nous leur demandons de jouer franc jeu en retirant ces dispositions du projet de loi afin qu'on les traite s\u00e9par\u00e9ment. Si un examen doit effectivement \u00eatre r\u00e9alis\u00e9 dans cinq ans, commen\u00e7ons \u00e0 d\u00e9terminer ce qui est n\u00e9cessaire d\u00e8s maintenant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3566810\" data-originallang=\"en\">Tous les Canadiens se demandent comment se font l'extraction des ressources et la gestion des eaux au pays. Le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral a une obligation; ce n'est pas optionnel. Il a l'obligation de veiller sur les ressources hydriques du pays. Or, les conservateurs manquent \u00e0 cette obligation. Ils ne la respectent pas.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3566811\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous redoutons qu'on tente ainsi de forcer les Territoires du Nord-Ouest \u00e0 plier. C'est pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment ce qu'a expliqu\u00e9 M. McLeod au comit\u00e9: son gouvernement et lui sont pour le transfert des responsabilit\u00e9s. C'est ce qu'ils cherchent \u00e0 obtenir et, en passant, les articles dont il est question aujourd'hui sont notre probl\u00e8me. C'est pourquoi nous en discutons.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3566812\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lorsque les conservateurs cherchent \u00e0 faire un proc\u00e8s d'intention \u00e0 l'opposition en soutenant que nous devrions \u00e9couter M. McLeod, je ne suis pas d'accord. Je les invite \u00e0 mon tour \u00e0 \u00e9couter ce qu'il dit: la question rel\u00e8ve du Parlement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral. C'est notre travail. Retirons du projet de loi la partie qui n'a rien \u00e0 voir avec le transfert des responsabilit\u00e9s de mani\u00e8re \u00e0 la traiter s\u00e9par\u00e9ment. C'est ce que veulent les habitants des Territoires du Nord-Ouest et c'est aussi ce que veut l'opposition officielle.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2014/2/11/thomas-mulcair-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/thomas-mulcair/",
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    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8227039",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Northwest Territories Devolution Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur le transfert de responsabilit\u00e9s aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Motions in Amendment",
        "fr": "Motions d'amendement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/2/11/",
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