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{
"time": "2016-05-12 12:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Chrystia Freeland",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Chrystia Freeland"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4339528\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, as I said in my remarks, and as he suggested, now is a worrying time for all of those who, like us, appreciate the importance of trade and of an open world economy for good-paying Canadian middle-class jobs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4339529\" data-originallang=\"en\">The only way for us to fight that protectionist current is to advance a truly progressive trade agenda. There are two essential ways to do that. One is to have an open, democratic, and consultative process so that people do not fear, as they have sometimes done in the past, that deals are done behind their backs and in secret. The second is to advance truly progressive goals, like protection of the environment, like strong labour standards, like rights for women in small businesses in trade agreements.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4339528\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, comme je l\u2019ai dit dans mon allocution, et comme le d\u00e9put\u00e9 vient de le mentionner, la situation est pr\u00e9occupante pour tous ceux qui, comme nous, comprennent l\u2019importance du commerce international et d\u2019une \u00e9conomie mondiale ouverte pour que les Canadiens de la classe moyenne aient acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des emplois payants.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4339529\" data-originallang=\"en\">La seule fa\u00e7on de lutter contre ce courant protectionniste consiste \u00e0 promouvoir un programme commercial vraiment progressiste. Il y a deux fa\u00e7ons d\u2019y arriver. La premi\u00e8re consiste \u00e0 mettre en place un processus de consultation ouvert et d\u00e9mocratique afin que les gens n\u2019aient pas peur, comme cela est parfois arriv\u00e9 par le pass\u00e9, que des accords soient conclus \u00e0 leur insu et dans le secret. La deuxi\u00e8me consiste \u00e0 int\u00e9grer aux accords commerciaux des objectifs vraiment progressistes, comme la protection de l\u2019environnement, des normes du travail rigoureuses et les droits des femmes dans les petites entreprises.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/5/12/chrystia-freeland-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/chrystia-freeland/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4261/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8919313",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Trans-Pacific Partnership",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Le Partenariat transpacifique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/5/12/",
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}
}