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{
    "time": "2016-01-28 15:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Pierre-Boucher\u2014Les Patriotes\u2014Verch\u00e8res, BQ)",
        "fr": "M. Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Pierre-Boucher\u2014Les Patriotes\u2014Verch\u00e8res, BQ)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4182742\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, my question is about the government that recently instituted new transitional standards that seem pretty bogus to me. There are no meaningful measures here; this is just a smokescreen to hide the fact that the government is not really doing anything and does not really care about public safety.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4182743\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Some 45% of Quebeckers get their water from the St. Lawrence. The proposed energy east pipeline will cross more than 150 rivers. The commissioner of the environment and sustainable development correctly pointed out that the National Energy Board was not conducting the necessary infrastructure audits. One wonders if there is much of a difference between the Conservatives, who make no secret of their support for the pipeline, and the Liberals, who give us bogus measures that suggest they might support pipelines after all.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4182744\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would just like to know how the government plans to really win Quebeckers' trust on this issue.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4182742\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, ma question concerne le gouvernement qui a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 il n'y a pas si longtemps de nouvelles normes transitoires qui m'apparaissent plut\u00f4t factices. En fait, c'est un mirage pour cacher qu'il ne m\u00e8ne pas d'action et qu'il ne se soucie pas vraiment de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 du public, puisqu'il n'y a pas vraiment de mesures concr\u00e8tes derri\u00e8re cela. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4182743\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Alors qu'environ 45 % de la population du Qu\u00e9bec s'abreuve au fleuve Saint-Laurent, alors que le futur pipeline \u00c9nergie Est va traverser plus de 150 fleuves et rivi\u00e8res, alors aussi que le commissaire \u00e0 l'environnement et au d\u00e9veloppement durable a remarqu\u00e9 justement que l'Office national de l'\u00e9nergie ne faisait pas les v\u00e9rifications n\u00e9cessaires en ce qui concerne les infrastructures. En fait, on en vient \u00e0 se demander quelle est la diff\u00e9rence entre les conservateurs et les lib\u00e9raux, puisque les conservateurs, eux, ne se cachent pas d'\u00eatre en faveur du pipeline, alors que les lib\u00e9raux proposent de fausses mesures pour dire qu'ils seraient peut-\u00eatre, au bout du compte, favorables aux pipelines.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4182744\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Sur cette question, j'aimerais simplement savoir comment le gouvernement compte vraiment gagner la confiance de la population du Qu\u00e9bec.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2016/1/28/xavier-barsalou-duval-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/xavier-barsalou-duval/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4369/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8774066",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Energy East Pipeline Project",
        "fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Le projet d'ol\u00e9oduc \u00c9nergie Est"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2016/1/28/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F1%2F28%2F"
    }
}