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{
"time": "2015-12-11 10:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Gord Johns",
"fr": "M. Gord Johns"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4176204\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, in response to my friend from Winnipeg Centre, I want to outline that the court case is important.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4176205\" data-originallang=\"en\"> During the campaign the chief from Hesquiaht First Nation, April Charleson, talked about the fact that the government has cut the welfare rate and income assistance rates. Transportation had been gutted so they could not even get home. It was $250 to get a water taxi from Hesquiaht to Tofino to buy groceries. At the same time they had won their court victory to catch and sell the very fish that were running by their villages and they could not even get access to those resources.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4176206\" data-originallang=\"en\">My colleague is absolutely right. This is the solution. This is an opportunity to feed the people of Hesquiaht, feed the people of our communities. This is an opportunity to make sure that we empower people instead of mismanaging poverty. We have a historic opportunity right now to do just that and I hope my colleague will join me in helping make that happen.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4176204\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, en r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 mon coll\u00e8gue de Winnipeg-Centre, je tiens \u00e0 souligner l'importance de l'affaire judiciaire en question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4176205\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pendant la campagne \u00e9lectorale, la chef de la Premi\u00e8re Nation de Hesquiat, April Charleson, a parl\u00e9 des compressions appliqu\u00e9es par le gouvernement aux prestations de l'aide sociale et de l'aide au revenu. Comme on avait sabr\u00e9 dans les services de transport, ces gens ne pouvaient m\u00eame plus rentrer chez eux. Ceux qui allaient faire leur march\u00e9 devaient payer 250 $ pour prendre un bateau-taxi entre Hesquiat et Tofino. Par ailleurs, m\u00eame si la cour leur avait donn\u00e9 gain de cause pour leur permettre de p\u00eacher et de vendre les poissons qui se trouvaient \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 de leurs villages, ils ne pouvaient m\u00eame pas acc\u00e9der \u00e0 ces ressources.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4176206\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mon coll\u00e8gue a tout \u00e0 fait raison. Voil\u00e0 la solution. Nous avons l'occasion de nourrir la population de Hesquiaht, de nourrir les gens de nos collectivit\u00e9s. Nous pouvons permettre aux gens de se prendre en mains au lieu de trouver des moyens inefficaces de lutter contre la pauvret\u00e9. Nous pouvons saisir d\u00e8s maintenant cette occasion historique, et j'esp\u00e8re que mon coll\u00e8gue se joindra \u00e0 moi pour m'aider \u00e0 atteindre cet objectif.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2015/12/11/gord-johns-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gord-johns/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4237/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8764325",
"h1": {
"en": "Speech From The Throne",
"fr": "Discours Du Tr\u00f4ne"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply",
"fr": "Reprise du d\u00e9bat sur l'Adresse en r\u00e9ponse"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2015/12/11/",
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}