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{
"time": "2017-02-13 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Alexander Nuttall (Barrie\u2014Springwater\u2014Oro-Medonte, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Alexander Nuttall (Barrie\u2014Springwater\u2014Oro-Medonte, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4745163\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, we in Barrie\u2014Springwater\u2014Oro-Medonte are proud of beautiful Lake Simcoe. Lake Simcoe is a popular recreation area that generates millions of dollars per year in tourism. It is a great agricultural hub and supplies clean drinking water to eight municipalities. However, the prospects for Lake Simcoe were not always so bright, with high phosphates, diminishing fish populations, and a reduced number of species. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4745164\" data-originallang=\"en\">Those of us who are lucky enough to work, live, and play around Lake Simcoe have benefited from the previous Conservative government's successful investments, with local not-for-profits, to clean up the lake through the Lake Simcoe clean-up fund. The fund invested over $60 million to revitalize the Lake Simcoe watershed and southeastern Georgian Bay. That funding is set to expire this year. Continued investment will ensure that future generations can enjoy the same clean lake and beautiful waterfront community that residents and tourists enjoy today. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4745165\" data-originallang=\"en\">I call upon the current government to renew the Lake Simcoe and southeastern Georgian Bay clean-up fund in its coming budget.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4745163\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le magnifique lac Simcoe est une grande fiert\u00e9 pour nous, r\u00e9sidants de Barrie\u2014Springwater\u2014Oro-Medonte. Le lac Simcoe est une aire de loisirs populaire qui g\u00e9n\u00e8re des millions de dollars chaque ann\u00e9e pour le secteur du tourisme. Il constitue une importante plaque tournante de l'agriculture et fournit huit municipalit\u00e9s en eau potable. Les perspectives d'avenir du Lac Simcoe n'ont cependant pas toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 aussi brillantes en raison de son taux \u00e9lev\u00e9 de phosphate, du d\u00e9clin des populations de poissons et d'une diminution globale du nombre d'esp\u00e8ces.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4745164\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ceux d'entre nous qui avons le privil\u00e8ge de travailler, de vivre et de s'amuser pr\u00e8s du lac Simcoe avons joui des retomb\u00e9es engendr\u00e9es par les investissements de l'ancien gouvernement conservateur et des organismes sans but lucratifs locaux dans le Fonds d'assainissement du lac Simcoe, qui visait \u00e0 nettoyer le lac. Ce sont pr\u00e8s de 60 millions de dollars qui ont ainsi \u00e9t\u00e9 investis pour la revitalisation du bassin hydrographique du lac Simcoe et de la partie sud-est de la baie Georgienne. Ce financement arrive \u00e0 \u00e9ch\u00e9ance cette ann\u00e9e. Il importe d'investir de fa\u00e7on continue pour s'assurer que les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations futures pourront b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier du m\u00eame lac bien propre et du superbe secteur riverain qui font pr\u00e9sentement le bonheur des r\u00e9sidants et des touristes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4745165\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je demande au gouvernement actuel de reconduire le Fonds d'assainissement du lac Simcoe et du sud-est de la baie Georgienne dans son prochain budget.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/2/13/alex-nuttall-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/alex-nuttall/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4193/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9366971",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Water Quality",
"fr": "La qualit\u00e9 de l'eau"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/2/13/",
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}
}