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{
"time": "2018-03-02 11:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Pat Finnigan (Miramichi\u2014Grand Lake, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Pat Finnigan (Miramichi\u2014Grand Lake, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5296202\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, this week marks the sixth anniversary of the House of Commons unanimously passing Shannen's Dream, which called for safe and equitable education for first nations children.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5296203\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We know that schools on reserves are severely underfunded. That is why we are investing $2.6 billion over five years to support primary and secondary education on reserve. This funding is in addition to the nearly $1 billion allocated to support 169 education infrastructure projects, some of which have already been completed.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5296204\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am pleased to highlight that in my riding, funding has been approved for a new K-to-8 school on Elsipogtog First Nation to replace the existing 35-year-old one. Every first nations child deserves the best start in life and this begins with properly funded education.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5296202\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, cela fait six ans cette semaine que la Chambre des communes a adopt\u00e9 \u00e0 l'unanimit\u00e9 la motion sur le r\u00eave de Shannen, qui demandait que les enfants des Premi\u00e8res Nations aient acc\u00e8s \u00e0 une \u00e9ducation \u00e9quitable dans des \u00e9coles s\u00fbres.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5296203\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Nous sommes conscients que les \u00e9coles des r\u00e9serves sont grandement sous-financ\u00e9es. C'est pourquoi nous investissons 2,6 milliards de dollars sur cinq en appui \u00e0 la prestation des services d'\u00e9ducation primaire et secondaire dans les r\u00e9serves. Ce montant s'ajoute \u00e0 la somme de pr\u00e8s de 1 milliard de dollars destin\u00e9e \u00e0 l'infrastructure de l'\u00e9ducation qui appuiera 169 projets, dont certains sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 termin\u00e9s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5296204\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis heureux de signaler que, dans ma circonscription, des fonds ont \u00e9t\u00e9 approuv\u00e9s pour la construction d'une nouvelle \u00e9cole pour les \u00e9l\u00e8ves de la maternelle \u00e0 la huiti\u00e8me ann\u00e9e dans la nation Elsipogtog afin de remplacer l'\u00e9cole actuelle, qui est vieille de 35 ans. Tous les enfants des Premi\u00e8res Nations m\u00e9ritent le meilleur d\u00e9but possible dans la vie. Pour cela, il est n\u00e9cessaire de financer ad\u00e9quatement l'\u00e9ducation.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/3/2/pat-finnigan-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/pat-finnigan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4325/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10004315",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "First Nations Education",
"fr": "L'\u00e9ducation des Premi\u00e8res Nations"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/3/2/",
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}
}