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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2016-01-25 17:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Ben Lobb",
"fr": "M. Ben Lobb"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4178813\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, businesses do not have an infinite amount of money and time to decide where they are going to deploy their capital. They have to decide because they are responsible to their shareholders. More times than not, when there is uncertainty created by the government, they will take a pass.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4178814\" data-originallang=\"en\">The environmental assessment process is very rigorous. There has been an environmental assessment process going on in my riding since I have been elected, for seven and a half years, and there is still no yes or no answer. That, to me, would seem a very onerous and rigorous system and one maybe in some cases is warranted. However, if the average is that long, that certainly will not work. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4178815\" data-originallang=\"en\">If anything, I believe the Liberal government should find ways to make the environmental assessment process work quicker, better, and faster, so companies that are looking to invest in our country know they have certainty. Right now, unfortunately, the Liberal government has raised a multitude of red flags that will have investors scratching their heads and looking to see where else to invest.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4178813\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les entreprises n'ont pas une quantit\u00e9 infinie d'argent, et elles n'ont pas non plus tout le temps du monde pour d\u00e9cider o\u00f9 investir leurs capitaux. Elles doivent se d\u00e9cider, parce qu'elles doivent ensuite rendre des comptes \u00e0 leurs actionnaires. Or, bien souvent, si le climat est incertain \u00e0 cause du gouvernement, elles vont pr\u00e9f\u00e9rer passer leur tour.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4178814\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le processus d'\u00e9valuation environnementale est extr\u00eamement exigeant. Dans ma circonscription, il y en a un qui est entam\u00e9 depuis que j'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lu, il y a sept ans et demi, et il n'y a toujours pas eu de r\u00e9ponse. Il s'agit, \u00e0 mes yeux, d'un syst\u00e8me aussi lourd qu'exigeant, et s'il est vrai qu'il puisse avoir sa raison d'\u00eatre dans certains cas, il n'en demeure pas moins que, si le processus moyen prend autant de temps, cela ne pourra pas fonctionner.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4178815\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour tout dire, je crois que le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral devrait trouver des moyens de rendre le processus d'\u00e9valuation environnementale plus rapide et plus efficace afin que les entreprises qui songent \u00e0 investir dans notre pays sachent \u00e0 quoi s'en tenir. Pour le moment, h\u00e9las, le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral multiplie les signaux d'alarme, ce qui pourra seulement laisser les investisseurs dubitatifs et les inciter \u00e0 regarder ailleurs.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/1/25/ben-lobb-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/ben-lobb/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1102/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8766969",
"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/2016/1/25/",
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}
}