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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2015-04-22 14:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Megan Leslie (Halifax, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Megan Leslie (Halifax, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4058899\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, this budget puts a burden on future generations, and the <a data-HoCid=\"204553\" href=\"/politicians/joe-oliver/\" title=\"Joe Oliver\">Minister of Finance</a> has admitted it. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4058900\" data-originallang=\"en\">Today is Earth Day, but climate change, one of the biggest threats to future generations, is not in the budget, which is not surprising. Environment Canada's main estimates cut climate change funding by 26% and the report on plans and priorities slashes climate change staff by 54% next year. Meanwhile, our emissions keep growing, no matter what the <a data-HoCid=\"194618\" href=\"/politicians/leona-aglukkaq/\" title=\"Leona Aglukkaq\">Minister of the Environment</a> says.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4058901\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why is the government making our children and our grandchildren pay for its inaction on climate change?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4058899\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le budget fait porter le fardeau aux prochaines g\u00e9n\u00e9rations. Le <a data-HoCid=\"204553\" href=\"/politicians/joe-oliver/\" title=\"Joe Oliver\">ministre des Finances</a> l'a d'ailleurs admis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4058900\" data-originallang=\"en\">Aujourd'hui, c'est le Jour de la Terre, mais le budget \u2014 il ne faut pas s'en \u00e9tonner \u2014 ne parle pas du tout des changements climatiques alors qu'il s'agit de la principale menace qui p\u00e8se sur les prochaines g\u00e9n\u00e9rations. Dans le Budget principal des d\u00e9penses d'Environnement Canada, les fonds consacr\u00e9s aux changements climatiques ont diminu\u00e9 de 26 %, et son rapport sur les plans et les priorit\u00e9s pr\u00e9voit l'an prochain une r\u00e9duction de 54 % du personnel s'occupant de la lutte contre les changements climatiques. Entretemps, quoi qu'en dise la <a data-HoCid=\"194618\" href=\"/politicians/leona-aglukkaq/\" title=\"Leona Aglukkaq\">ministre de l'Environnement</a>, les \u00e9missions du Canada continuent de cro\u00eetre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4058901\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi le gouvernement fait-il payer aux prochaines g\u00e9n\u00e9rations son inaction dans le dossier des changements climatiques?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2015/4/22/megan-leslie-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/megan-leslie/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1099/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8656262",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Budget",
"fr": "Le budget"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2015/4/22/",
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}
}