Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2018-11-26 21:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Lisa Raitt",
        "fr": "L'hon. Lisa Raitt"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5684522\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I believe electric vehicles are part of the mix, but here is the piece that people are glossing over. The reason why these vehicles on the line currently in Oshawa are not being sold is because people do not want to buy them. It is pretty simple. What they do want do buy are buy trucks and crossover sport utility vehicles. The reason why they want to do that is because they can get more comfort for the money they spend and the value they put into these vehicles. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5684523\" data-originallang=\"en\">If members do not believe me, talk to any of the automotive manufacturers in the GTA that will tell them exactly the same thing. It is not about whether somebody is moving to an electric vehicle. This about the fact that people are actually utilizing vehicles that are bigger and more comfortable because they have become so technologically advanced that they can give the same kinds of results and better fuel mileage than they ever did before.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5684524\" data-originallang=\"en\">The reality is that Oshawa was building vehicles that no one was buying, but Canadians should be competitive enough to say they can build anything. What is the most popular vehicle that will be sold in the North American continent in the next year? We have the ingenuity, we have the competitiveness, we have the tax system and we have the people who can build it. That is the conversation we should be having instead of a conversation about we are really good here, we hope GM can do good things with us and Canada is back.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5684522\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je crois que les v\u00e9hicules \u00e9lectriques font partie de la solution, mais les gens oublient une chose: les v\u00e9hicules qui sont assembl\u00e9s \u00e0 Oshawa ne se vendent pas parce que les gens n'en veulent pas. C'est bien simple. Ce qu'ils veulent, ce sont des camions, des v\u00e9hicules multisegments et des v\u00e9hicules utilitaires sport, parce qu'ils recherchent plus de confort pour l'argent qu'ils y investissent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5684523\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s qui ne me croient pas n'ont qu'\u00e0 parler \u00e0 n'importe quel fabricant de voitures de la r\u00e9gion du Grand Toronto. Il leur dira exactement la m\u00eame chose. La question ne concerne pas tellement la transition vers les v\u00e9hicules \u00e9lectriques, mais le fait que les gens conduisent des v\u00e9hicules plus gros et plus confortables, rendus plus performants et plus \u00e9conomiques \u00e0 l'usage gr\u00e2ce aux technologies de pointe. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5684524\" data-originallang=\"en\">La v\u00e9rit\u00e9, c'est qu'Oshawa fabrique des voitures dont personne ne veut. Toutefois, les Canadiens devraient \u00eatre assez comp\u00e9titifs pour affirmer qu'ils peuvent construire n'importe quoi. Quel sera le v\u00e9hicule le plus vendu en Am\u00e9rique du Nord l'an prochain? Nous avons l'ing\u00e9niosit\u00e9, la comp\u00e9titivit\u00e9, le syst\u00e8me fiscal et les gens capables de le construire. Voil\u00e0 la conversation qu'il faut tenir, plut\u00f4t que d'affirmer que nous sommes tr\u00e8s bons, nous esp\u00e9rons que GM fera de bonnes choses avec nous et le Canada est de retour. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/11/26/lisa-raitt-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/lisa-raitt/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4273/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10398661",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Emergency Debate",
        "fr": "D\u00e9bat D'Urgence"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "General Motors Plant Closure",
        "fr": "La fermeture de l'usine de General Motors"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/11/26/",
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}