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{
    "time": "2017-02-23 15:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Michelle Rempel",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Michelle Rempel"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4770675\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Madam Speaker, it is in this document entitled \u201cCanada's Emissions Trends\u201d, a 2014 report from Environment Canada. If my colleague opposite flips to page 14, under Table 2 he will see that the per capita emissions that Canada saw in 2005, which were at 22.8 are projected under the plan of our government to be reduced to 19.7 in 2020. In 2012, they were reduced to 20.1, and this was because our government took a pragmatic approach. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4770676\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member quoted the former prime minister, who stood up in the House and said it would be crazy for Canada to price itself out of competitivity with the United States. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4770677\" data-originallang=\"en\">My colleague stood up and talked about how the United States has signalled to the world that it wants to reduce regulatory burden and will reduce taxes on job-creating companies, ergo, creating an investment climate where we will see capital flight to the U.S. because of that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4770678\" data-originallang=\"en\">The point is that under our previous government we saw the decoupling of greenhouse gas emissions and economic growth. The Liberal government has no track record on being able to do that. It cannot even produce the data to show that this policy is going to work.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4770679\" data-originallang=\"en\">To my colleague's question, yes, I certainly can produce the data. I referenced the document and I encourage him to read it.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4770675\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, l'analyse se trouve dans le document intitul\u00e9 \u00ab Tendances en mati\u00e8re d'\u00e9missions au Canada \u00bb, un rapport de 2014 d'Environnement Canada. Si mon coll\u00e8gue d'en face se rend \u00e0 la page 16, il verra au tableau 2 que les \u00e9missions par habitant au Canada, qui \u00e9taient de 22,8 tonnes en 2005, devaient \u00eatre r\u00e9duites pour atteindre 19,7 en 2020, en application du plan du gouvernement conservateur. En 2012, elles \u00e9taient de 20,1, et ce, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'approche pragmatique adopt\u00e9e par le gouvernement conservateur.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4770676\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a cit\u00e9 l'ancien premier ministre, qui a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 \u00e0 la Chambre qu'il serait insens\u00e9 pour le Canada de hausser ses prix \u00e0 un point tel qu'il ne puisse plus livrer concurrence aux \u00c9tats-Unis. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4770677\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mon coll\u00e8gue a mentionn\u00e9 que les \u00c9tats-Unis ont fait savoir au monde qu'ils souhaitent att\u00e9nuer le fardeau de la r\u00e9glementation et qu'ils r\u00e9duiront les imp\u00f4ts des entreprises cr\u00e9atrices d'emplois, cr\u00e9ant ainsi un climat d'investissement qui verra les capitaux canadiens s'envoler vers les \u00c9tats-Unis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4770678\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent a dissoci\u00e9 les \u00e9missions de gaz \u00e0 effet de serre et la croissance \u00e9conomique, ce que le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral n'a encore jamais fait. Il ne peut m\u00eame pas produire les donn\u00e9es montrant que sa politique fonctionnera.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4770679\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 la question de mon coll\u00e8gue, oui, je peux certainement produire les donn\u00e9es. J'ai nomm\u00e9 le document en question et j'invite le d\u00e9put\u00e9 \u00e0 le lire.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/2/23/michelle-rempel-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/michelle-rempel/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4385/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9402473",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Impact of Carbon Taxes",
        "fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 L'incidence de la tarification du carbone"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/2/23/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F2%2F23%2F"
    }
}