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{
    "time": "2017-10-16 12:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Shannon Stubbs",
        "fr": "Mme Shannon Stubbs"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5061624\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, as a first-generation Albertan with family in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick, I certainly agree with the importance of marine areas and oceans, and the connection that Canadians have to our coastal areas.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5061625\" data-originallang=\"en\">As I have already mentioned, the Conservatives support the protection of marine areas, and policies and legislation that are actually about environmental stewardship, environmental conservation, and protecting air, land, and water for all Canadians. However, the expedition of these timelines, and granting ministers unilateral and arbitrary power without having to go through a diligent, comprehensive process that mandates consultation with local communities and involves publicly available economic and environmental analyses to make decisions, is a very concerning pattern. It is on those grounds that we oppose that aspect of this bill.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5061624\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, en tant qu'Albertaine de premi\u00e8re g\u00e9n\u00e9ration, avec de la parent\u00e9 en Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse, \u00e0 Terre-Neuve et au Nouveau-Brunswick, je reconnais \u00e9videmment l'importance des zones marines et des oc\u00e9ans ainsi que de l'importance des r\u00e9gions c\u00f4ti\u00e8res pour les Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5061625\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme je l'ai dit plus t\u00f4t, les conservateurs appuient la protection des zones marines ainsi que les politiques et les lois qui favorisent vraiment l'intendance de l'environnement et la protection de l'air, de la terre et de l'eau pour tous les Canadiens. Toutefois, le fait que le gouvernement d\u00e9cide d'acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer les \u00e9ch\u00e9anciers et d'accorder un pouvoir unilat\u00e9ral et arbitraire aux ministres, sans avoir suivi de processus rigoureux et complet pr\u00e9voyant une consultation des populations locales et des analyses \u00e9conomiques et environnementales publiques, t\u00e9moigne d'une tendance tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9occupante. C'est pour ces raisons que nous nous opposons \u00e0 cet aspect du projet de loi. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/10/16/shannon-stubbs-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/shannon-stubbs/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4398/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9705220",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Oceans Act",
        "fr": "La Loi sur les oc\u00e9ans"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/10/16/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F10%2F16%2F"
    }
}