Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2014-03-28 12:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre, Lib.)",
        "fr": "L'hon. Hedy Fry (Vancouver-Centre, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3629798\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to present a petition, representing hundreds of thousands of British Columbians, in the Lower Mainland and beyond, who wish to make it very clear that the Fraser Surrey Docks proposal to ship U.S. thermal coal through B.C. communities poses serious and direct risks to both the residents and the environment along the proposed coal corridor. It includes White Rock, Surrey, Delta, New Westminster, Burnaby, Richmond, and Texada Island. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3629799\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners point out that coal dust causes respiratory illness such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and diesel particulates cause respiratory illness and are a carcinogen, according to the World Health Organization. Coal contains toxic heavy metals, and over 100 schools are within a distance that may pose possible health risks from coal dust or diesel particulates. Nine municipalities, representing more than 40% of British Columbia's population, have passed resolutions either opposing the Fraser Surrey Docks coal port or requesting an independent, third-party comprehensive health impact assessment. The chief medical officers of the region are also asking for such an assessment to be made. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3629798\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je pr\u00e9sente une p\u00e9tition au nom de centaines de milliers de citoyens de la Colombie-Britannique, de la vall\u00e9e du bas Fraser et au-del\u00e0, qui souhaitent faire savoir clairement que la proposition de Fraser Surrey Docks d'exp\u00e9dier du charbon thermique en provenance des \u00c9tats-Unis en le faisant passer par des collectivit\u00e9s de la Colombie-Britannique expose directement les citoyens et l'environnement \u00e0 de graves dangers tout le long du couloir propos\u00e9, notamment \u00e0 White Rock, \u00e0 Surrey, \u00e0 Delta, \u00e0 New Westminster, \u00e0 Burnaby, \u00e0 Richmond, et \u00e0 l'\u00eele Texada. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3629799\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires soulignent que, selon l'Organisation mondiale de la sant\u00e9, la poussi\u00e8re de charbon peut causer des maladies respiratoires telles que la bronchite chronique et l'emphys\u00e8me, tandis que les particules de diesel peuvent causer des maladies respiratoires et sont canc\u00e9rog\u00e8nes. Le charbon contient des m\u00e9taux lourds toxiques, et plus d'une centaine d'\u00e9coles sont situ\u00e9es \u00e0 une distance qui les exposerait \u00e0 des risques pour la sant\u00e9 dus \u00e0 la poussi\u00e8re de charbon ou aux particules de diesel. Neuf municipalit\u00e9s, repr\u00e9sentant plus de 40 % de la population de la Colombie-Britannique, ont adopt\u00e9 des r\u00e9solutions soit pour s'opposer au port houiller de Fraser Surrey Docks, soit pour r\u00e9clamer la r\u00e9alisation, par un tiers, d'une \u00e9valuation compl\u00e8te des cons\u00e9quences pour la sant\u00e9. Les m\u00e9decins chefs de la r\u00e9gion r\u00e9clament \u00e9galement une telle \u00e9valuation.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2014/3/28/hedy-fry-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/hedy-fry/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3102/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8285277",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires Courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": "P\u00e9titions"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "The Environment",
        "fr": "L'environnement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/3/28/",
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    }
}