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{
"time": "2017-01-30 12:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Diane Finley (Haldimand\u2014Norfolk, CPC)",
"fr": "L'hon. Diane Finley (Haldimand\u2014Norfolk, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4723581\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, one of the great things about Canada is our diversity, and we celebrate that in many ways. However, this bill causes me some concern. It would replace the existing advisory council, which currently has representation from each of our 13 provinces and territories.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4723582\" data-originallang=\"en\">Members have travelled the country as I have and know that the issues of primary concern in Nova Scotia may be quite different from those of primary concern in Yukon. The council with which the minister is proposing to replace the original council does not have 13 members; it only has 10. In other words, three of our territories or provinces would be excluded on the assumption that the others would be evenly dispersed.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4723583\" data-originallang=\"en\">First, why is the minister replacing the old council? Second, if he is so big on diversity, then why is he excluding three of our 10 provinces or territories on the structure of the new council?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4723581\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la diversit\u00e9 est l'un des \u00e9l\u00e9ments qui rendent le Canada remarquable, et nous la c\u00e9l\u00e9brons de bien des mani\u00e8res. Toutefois, le projet de loi \u00e0 l'\u00e9tude me pr\u00e9occupe. Il remplacerait le conseil consultatif actuel, qui r\u00e9unit des repr\u00e9sentants des 13 provinces et territoires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4723582\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme moi, les d\u00e9put\u00e9s ont voyag\u00e9 au pays et savent que les principales pr\u00e9occupations en Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse peuvent \u00eatre bien diff\u00e9rentes de celles au Yukon. Le conseil que le ministre propose de substituer au conseil original ne compte pas 13 membres; il n'en compte que 10. Autrement dit, trois des territoires et provinces du Canada en seraient exclus, en supposant que les autres postes soient r\u00e9partis de mani\u00e8re \u00e9gale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4723583\" data-originallang=\"en\">Premi\u00e8rement, pourquoi le ministre remplace-t-il l'ancien conseil? Deuxi\u00e8mement, s'il appuie tant la diversit\u00e9, pourquoi exclut-il trois des provinces et territoires de la composition du nouveau conseil?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/1/30/diane-finley-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/diane-finley/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1370/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9325672",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Statistics Act",
"fr": "La Loi sur la statistique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/1/30/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F1%2F30%2F"
}
}