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{
"time": "2015-04-28 10:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Rathika Sitsabaiesan",
"fr": "Mme Rathika Sitsabaiesan"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4064935\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, gridlock costs Canadian cities billions of dollars each year. Earlier, I presented a petition which says that Canada is the only OECD country that does not have a national public transit strategy. We know there will be a gap of $18 billion over the next five years with respect to infrastructure needs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4064936\" data-originallang=\"en\">The NDP proposed a bold urban plan for permanent, stable and predictable funding for public transit. The Conservatives talk the gridlock game, but they do not really do anything. Their scheme is filled with so much red tape that the municipalities will not even be able to get their hands on the money they desperately need to invest in our crumbling cities.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4064937\" data-originallang=\"en\">In Toronto, bridges and roads are crumbling and are literally falling on top of cars that are driving below them. In Scarborough, we are so reliant on buses in our community. In Scarborough\u2014Rouge River and north Scarborough we are reliant on surface level buses only. The Conservatives are continuing to leave people in Scarborough waiting on the streets for buses. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4064935\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la congestion routi\u00e8re co\u00fbte aux villes canadiennes des milliards de dollars par ann\u00e9e. Plus t\u00f4t, j'ai pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 une p\u00e9tition disant que le Canada est le seul pays de l'OCDE \u00e0 ne pas avoir de strat\u00e9gie nationale concernant les transports en commun. Nous savons qu'il y aura un manque \u00e0 gagner de 18 milliards de dollars, au cours des cinq prochaines ann\u00e9es, pour r\u00e9pondre aux besoins en infrastructures.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4064936\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le NPD propose un plan urbain audacieux pr\u00e9voyant un financement permanent, stable et pr\u00e9visible pour les transports en commun. Les conservateurs ont beau parler de la congestion routi\u00e8re, mais ils ne font pas grand-chose. Il y a tant d'obstacles administratifs dans leur programme que les municipalit\u00e9s ne pourront m\u00eame pas mettre la main sur l'argent dont elles ont d\u00e9sesp\u00e9r\u00e9ment besoin pour nos villes, qui tombent en ruines.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4064937\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 Toronto, les ponts et les routes s'effritent et tombent litt\u00e9ralement sur les toits des voitures qui passent en-dessous. \u00c0 Scarborough, nous sommes tr\u00e8s d\u00e9pendant des autobus. \u00c0 Scarborough\u2014Rouge River et Scarborough-Nord, nous n'avons qu'un moyen de transport de surface, les autobus. \u00c0 cause des conservateurs, les gens de Scarborough doivent encore attendre l'autobus dans la rue.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2015/4/28/rathika-sitsabaiesan-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/rathika-sitsabaiesan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4115/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8665979",
"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/2015/4/28/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2015%2F4%2F28%2F"
}
}