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{
"time": "2018-04-19 13:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. MaryAnn Mihychuk (Kildonan\u2014St. Paul, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. MaryAnn Mihychuk (Kildonan\u2014St. Paul, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5348802\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, this week is National Soil Conservation week, and I would like to highlight Manitoba's Netley Marsh. Netley, located at the mouth of the Red River and Lake Winnipeg, is the largest coastal wetland in Canada and one of the most significant wetlands on our continent. The delta is made of numerous islands. The soil hosts vital vegetation, wildlife, and fish habitat and is a key pollution filter, working like our kidneys. Scientists have suggested that a restored marsh would reduce Lake Winnipeg's pollution level up to 5% more than all the measures already taken.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5348803\" data-originallang=\"en\">Prior to 1989, active soil remediation occurred at the marsh, and since it has stopped, the islands' soil has been washed out. The international Red River Basin Commission has been working tirelessly to repair the situation. Healthy soils mean healthy ecosystems, and it is time this riparian ecosystem was repaired.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5348802\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, nous c\u00e9l\u00e9brons cette semaine la Semaine nationale de la conservation des sols, et j'aimerais mettre en vedette le marais Netley, au Manitoba. Le marais Netley, qui se trouve \u00e0 l'embouchure de la rivi\u00e8re Rouge et du lac Winnipeg, est la plus grande zone de terres humides c\u00f4ti\u00e8res au Canada et l'une des plus vastes zones de terres humides sur notre continent. Le delta est compos\u00e9 de nombreuses \u00eeles. Elle accueille des plantes, des animaux et des poissons essentiels. Il s'agit d'un filtre \u00e0 pollution n\u00e9vralgique qui joue un r\u00f4le semblable \u00e0 celui des reins. Selon des scientifiques, la restauration du marais r\u00e9duirait le niveau de pollution du lac Winnipeg jusqu'\u00e0 5 % de plus que toutes les mesures qui ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 prises.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5348803\" data-originallang=\"en\">Avant 1989, le marais faisait l'objet d'une d\u00e9contamination active du sol. Depuis que ce n'est plus le cas, le sol des \u00eeles est emport\u00e9 par les eaux. La commission internationale Red River Basin ne m\u00e9nage aucun effort pour rem\u00e9dier \u00e0 la situation. Un sol sain se traduit par un \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me sain. Il est temps de restaurer cet \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me riverain.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/4/19/maryann-mihychuk-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/maryann-mihychuk/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4408/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10064921",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Environment",
"fr": "L'environnement"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/4/19/",
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}