Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2014-02-13 16:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg North, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg-Nord, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3574624\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I want to pick up on the member's comments on disabilities because a fairly important issue affecting all Canadians was recently decided upon. Canada Post now wants to make significant changes, for example, ending door-to-door letter carrier services. It is interesting; the CEO at the time said it allows people to get exercise, as if that is a justification for ending it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3574625\" data-originallang=\"en\">When the member referred to individuals with disabilities, the other component that came to my mind right away was seniors. There are many vulnerable people within society and the cancellation of door-to-door delivery services will have an even more profound impact on them. Allowing Canada Post to do this is something the government seems bent on supporting, when in fact Canada Post over the last decade has made hundreds of millions of dollars. It has been an outstanding corporation and there really is no need to make that change.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3574626\" data-originallang=\"en\">Perhaps the member could bring a disability perspective concerning Canada Post\u2019s decision to end this important service to Canadians.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3574624\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais revenir sur les observations de la d\u00e9put\u00e9e concernant les personnes handicap\u00e9es, car le gouvernement a r\u00e9cemment pris une d\u00e9cision sur une question assez importante qui touche tous les Canadiens. Postes Canada veut maintenant apporter des changements consid\u00e9rables, notamment la suppression des services de livraison \u00e0 domicile du courrier. C'est int\u00e9ressant; le PDG a dit, sur le coup, que cela permettra aux gens de faire de l'exercice, comme si c'est l\u00e0 une raison valable pour mettre fin \u00e0 ces services.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3574625\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand la d\u00e9put\u00e9e a \u00e9voqu\u00e9 les personnes handicap\u00e9es, j'ai tout de suite pens\u00e9 \u00e0 l'autre cat\u00e9gorie de gens qui seraient touch\u00e9s, soit les personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es. Il y a de nombreuses personnes vuln\u00e9rables dans notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9, et l'annulation des services de livraison \u00e0 domicile aura un impact encore plus profond sur elles. Le gouvernement semble \u00eatre enclin \u00e0 donner le feu vert \u00e0 Postes Canada, alors qu'en r\u00e9alit\u00e9, celle-ci a enregistr\u00e9 des centaines de millions de dollars de profits au cours des dix derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. C'est une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 remarquable, et il n'est vraiment pas n\u00e9cessaire de proc\u00e9der \u00e0 un tel changement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3574626\" data-originallang=\"en\">La d\u00e9put\u00e9e pourrait peut-\u00eatre d\u00e9crire comment les personnes handicap\u00e9es per\u00e7oivent la d\u00e9cision de Postes Canada de mettre fin \u00e0 ce service qui est important pour les Canadiens.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2014/2/13/kevin-lamoureux-9/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-lamoureux/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4032/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8235698",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Budget",
        "fr": "Le budget"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Financial Statement of Minister of Finance",
        "fr": "L'expos\u00e9 financier du ministre des Finances"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/2/13/",
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    }
}