Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2017-10-31 15:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie",
        "fr": "M. Gabriel Ste-Marie"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5091736\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Mississauga for his question. First, I would remind him that I travel by bike more than by train or plane. Living in Joliette allows me to get around using active modes of transportation such as walking and cycling. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5091737\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I must say I find the actions of the Liberal government deplorable. It is the same for almost all issues. If we listen to their speeches, like the one my colleague just gave, we hear fine statements about about train safety and about how we need to do more and what the government is doing is fantastic. In speaking about the budget and finance, the government constantly refers to the middle class. The mini budget repeated that phrase 61 times. In reality, however, both it and the budget contained virtually no measures for the middle class.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5091738\" data-originallang=\"fr\">In our opinion, the rail safety measures set out in Bill <a data-HoCid=\"8945674\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-49/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and other Acts respecting transportation and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-49</a> are completely inadequate. Yes, putting black boxes on locomotives and recording what is done is another step, but people in Quebec just lived through the Lac-M\u00e9gantic disaster. The subcontractor must have its own maintenance and monitoring plan. Everything is being left up to the private sector. That is the ultimate in complacency. Rail cars that are no longer up to standard are being used to transport oil. Companies are pressuring employees. We are still dealing with the same toxic combination that previously ended in disaster, and that is shameful. This would have been the time to present a real comprehensive rail safety plan so that a tragedy like that never happens again. The government should have given the people of Lac-M\u00e9gantic something, like a rail bypass, and made sure that a situation like that never happens again.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5091739\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Right now, all we have is a black box for rail passengers who are travelling. The government is out of touch with reality. Once again, we agree with what the Liberal Party is saying, but it is not backing up its words with action. The Liberals cannot govern using only a communications plan.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5091736\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie mon coll\u00e8gue de Mississauga de sa question. Je vais lui rappeler d'abord que j'utilise plus le v\u00e9lo que le train ou l'avion. La ville de Joliette me permet le d\u00e9placement actif comme la marche ou le v\u00e9lo. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5091737\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ce que je d\u00e9plore, ce sont les agissements du gouvernement lib\u00e9ral. C'est ainsi sur \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s tous les dossiers. Quand on analyse le discours, comme les propos que vient de tenir mon coll\u00e8gue, on a un beau discours qui appelle \u00e0 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 en train, qui dit qu'il faut faire plus et que ce que le gouvernement fait est fantastique. Quand il est question de budget, de finances, le gouvernement parle sans cesse de la classe moyenne. Dans le mini budget, cela a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9 61 fois, alors que dans les faits, comme dans le budget, il n'y avait presque pas de mesure pour la classe moyenne.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5091738\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> \u00c0 notre avis, ce qui est pr\u00e9vu dans le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"8945674\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-49/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and other Acts respecting transportation and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-49</a> pour la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 ferroviaire est vraiment insuffisant. Oui, le fait de mettre en place des enregistrements de type bo\u00eete noire et d'enregistrer ce qui est fait est une mesure de plus, mais nous, nous venons de vivre Lac-M\u00e9gantic au Qu\u00e9bec. La compagnie sous-traitante doit elle-m\u00eame faire un plan d'entretien et de surveillance de ses rails. Tout est laiss\u00e9 au priv\u00e9. C'est un laxisme total. Des wagons qui ne correspondent plus \u00e0 la norme sont utilis\u00e9s pour transporter du p\u00e9trole. La compagnie met la pression sur les employ\u00e9s. On a tout le cocktail explosif pour avoir la trag\u00e9die qu'il y a eue, ce qui est d\u00e9plorable. Il aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 temps de pr\u00e9senter ici un vrai plan de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 global, entre autre pour le transport ferroviaire, afin que cela ne se reproduise plus jamais. Il aurait fallu donner quelque chose aux gens de Lac-M\u00e9gantic comme la voie de contournement, et s'assurer que des situations comme celle-l\u00e0 ne se r\u00e9p\u00e8tent pas. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5091739\" data-originallang=\"fr\">L\u00e0, nous avons une bo\u00eete noire pour les passagers de train qui vont se promener. On est sur une autre plan\u00e8te. Encore une fois, sur le plan du discours, nous sommes d'accord avec le Parti lib\u00e9ral, mais ce que nous d\u00e9plorons, ce sont les gestes qui sont faits. On ne peut pas gouverner juste avec un plan de communication.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/10/31/gabriel-ste-marie-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/gabriel-ste-marie/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4425/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9749243",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Transportation Modernization Act",
        "fr": "La Loi sur la modernisation des transports"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/10/31/",
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