Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2018-12-05 14:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill\u2014Keewatinook Aski, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Niki Ashton (Churchill\u2014Keewatinook Aski, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5712197\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Canada is losing more and more good-paying jobs. This past week was particularly bad in terms of job losses. In our region, it was the announcement by HudBay that it is closing the Flin Flon mining operation by 2021. This follows the closure of the smelter and the refinery in Thompson earlier this year. Nationally, we have seen the closure of the Oshawa GM plant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5712198\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are seeing the hollowing out of the Canadian economy in key sectors, like manufacturing and the resource sector. While our communities have been working hard to diversify and find other job opportunities, there can be no doubt that the loss of these good-paying jobs is devastating.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5712199\" data-originallang=\"en\">Governments need to be there for us in tough times. They need to be there for Canadians, and the federal government has been largely absent. Despite the fact that the Flin Flon operation is directly under federal jurisdiction, the government has done nothing.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5712200\" data-originallang=\"en\">As the member of Parliament for our region, I believe that governments have to be engaged. The federal government must be at the table. These are tough times for northern communities and communities across the country. Our region and our country deserves better.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5712197\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le Canada perd de plus en plus d'emplois payants. La semaine derni\u00e8re a \u00e9t\u00e9 particuli\u00e8rement difficile \u00e0 ce chapitre. Dans notre r\u00e9gion, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Hudbay a annonc\u00e9 la fermeture de son site d'exploitation mini\u00e8re \u00e0 Flin Flon d'ici 2021. Cette annonce fait suite \u00e0 la fermeture de la fonderie et de la raffinerie \u00e0 Thompson plus t\u00f4t cette ann\u00e9e. Ailleurs au pays, il y a eu la fermeture de l'usine GM \u00e0 Oshawa.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5712198\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous assistons \u00e0 l'\u00e9rosion de l'\u00e9conomie canadienne dans des secteurs importants, comme le secteur manufacturier et le secteur des ressources. M\u00eame si les localit\u00e9s travaillent fort pour diversifier leur \u00e9conomie et trouver d'autres possibilit\u00e9s d'emploi, il ne fait aucun doute que la perte de ces bons emplois r\u00e9mun\u00e9rateurs est d\u00e9vastatrice.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5712199\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les gouvernements doivent \u00eatre l\u00e0 pour nous lorsque les temps sont durs. Ils doivent \u00eatre l\u00e0 pour les Canadiens, et le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral est en grande partie absent. En d\u00e9pit du fait que le site d'exploitation mini\u00e8re de Flin Flon rel\u00e8ve directement de la comp\u00e9tence f\u00e9d\u00e9rale, le gouvernement ne fait rien.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5712200\" data-originallang=\"en\">En qualit\u00e9 de d\u00e9put\u00e9 pour notre r\u00e9gion, j'estime que les gouvernements doivent s'en m\u00ealer. Le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral doit \u00eatre \u00e0 la table. Les collectivit\u00e9s du Nord et les collectivit\u00e9s de partout ailleurs au pays traversent des moments difficiles. Notre r\u00e9gion et notre pays m\u00e9ritent mieux.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/12/5/niki-ashton-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/niki-ashton/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4267/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10427242",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Economy",
        "fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/12/5/",
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}