Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2018-04-30 15:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Dan Albas (Central Okanagan\u2014Similkameen\u2014Nicola, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Dan Albas (Central Okanagan\u2014Similkameen\u2014Nicola, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5371304\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I certainly appreciate the opportunity to rise again in this place. I gave a full presentation earlier in regard to some concerns I have with the bill. The bill represents a political decision by the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a>. By putting in place a ban in this one particular area, it is actually only going to exacerbate the problem in other areas. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5371305\" data-originallang=\"en\">I met with first nations elders and chiefs, along with the member of Parliament for <a data-HoCid=\"214240\" href=\"/politicians/todd-doherty/\" title=\"Todd Doherty\">Cariboo\u2014Prince George</a> in his riding shortly after the bill was tabled. They were shocked that the government would have tabled legislation without first speaking to them. Since that time I have also met with first nations that want to see economic development areas. They want to see some heavy oil exports run so that their communities can benefit from that resource development.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5371306\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is an area where we have to come to grips when we have a <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> who says that he needs to hold consultations and build social licence and at the same time tables legislation that does neither. In fact, it makes many of those first nations that are seeking to develop their own economic resources so they can move to own-source revenue very cynical and skeptical not only of this government, but of government in general. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5371307\" data-originallang=\"en\">When I was first elected to Ottawa, one particular politician, who had just retired, gave me some advice. He said to me, \u201cDan, you may think Ottawa is around 3,000 kilometres away, but to us back home, it's more like 30,000.\u201d That view is felt even more closely when we start going into northern regions of British Columbia, where the actual communities themselves see this as an excellent way to develop their own own-source revenue, to train, to bring in new expansions for jobs. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5371308\" data-originallang=\"en\">When I meet with many of the first nations leaders in my riding, the number one priority they have is for their children to learn skills. Instead, rather than taking advantage of these kinds of things, we have a Liberal government that seems intent on running counter to that. We have to figure out how we are going to deal with that, because there are communities that may not like resource extraction, whether they be first nations or otherwise, but we cannot allow just a few to make decisions on behalf of others in these rural and remote areas.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5371309\" data-originallang=\"en\">I look forward to questions and further debate on this issue in this place. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5371304\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis tr\u00e8s heureux d'avoir l'occasion de prendre la parole \u00e0 nouveau. Tout \u00e0 l'heure, j'ai pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 un expos\u00e9 complet concernant certaines de mes r\u00e9serves quant au projet de loi. Le projet de loi constitue une d\u00e9cision politique prise par le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a>. Imposer une interdiction dans ce domaine pr\u00e9cis ne fait qu'exacerber les probl\u00e8mes dans d'autres domaines.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5371305\" data-originallang=\"en\">Peu apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9p\u00f4t du projet de loi, j'ai rencontr\u00e9 des a\u00een\u00e9s et des chefs des Premi\u00e8res Nations, de concert avec le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"214240\" href=\"/politicians/todd-doherty/\" title=\"Todd Doherty\">Cariboo\u2014Prince George</a>, dans sa circonscription. Ils \u00e9taient outr\u00e9s que le gouvernement pr\u00e9sente une mesure l\u00e9gislative sans leur en avoir d'abord parl\u00e9. Depuis lors, j'ai aussi rencontr\u00e9 des Premi\u00e8res Nations qui souhaitent qu'on ouvre le d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique \u00e0 d'autres domaines. Elles veulent qu'on permette l'exportation de p\u00e9trole lourd afin que leurs communaut\u00e9s puissent b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier de l'exploitation de cette ressource.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5371306\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a un probl\u00e8me \u00e0 r\u00e9gler dans ce domaine, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 que le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> affirme qu'il doit tenir des consultations et obtenir l'approbation sociale, alors qu'il pr\u00e9sente en m\u00eame temps une mesure l\u00e9gislative qui ne fait ni l'un ni l'autre. En fait, \u00e0 cause de cette attitude, bon nombre des Premi\u00e8res Nations qui tentent de d\u00e9velopper leurs propres ressources \u00e9conomiques afin d'avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des revenus autonomes deviennent tr\u00e8s cyniques et sceptiques non seulement \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard du gouvernement actuel, mais du gouvernement en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5371307\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lorsque j'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lu pour la premi\u00e8re fois \u00e0 Ottawa, un politicien qui venait de prendre sa retraite m'a donn\u00e9 des conseils. Il m'a dit: \u00ab Dan, vous pensez peut-\u00eatre qu'Ottawa est \u00e0 environ 3 000 kilom\u00e8tres, mais pour les gens d'o\u00f9 je viens, c'est plus 30 000 kilom\u00e8tres. \u00bb C'est encore plus vrai lorsqu'on se rend dans les r\u00e9gions du Nord de la Colombie-Britannique, o\u00f9 des communaut\u00e9s per\u00e7oivent ce projet comme une excellente fa\u00e7on d'avoir des revenus autonomes, de la formation et de nouvelles possibilit\u00e9s d'emplois.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5371308\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lorsque je rencontre des chefs de Premi\u00e8res Nations dans ma circonscription, beaucoup me disent que leur priorit\u00e9 est que leurs enfants acqui\u00e8rent des comp\u00e9tences. Plut\u00f4t que de leur faire profiter de ce genre de choses, le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral semble vouloir aller dans le sens oppos\u00e9. Il faut trouver des fa\u00e7ons de g\u00e9rer cette situation, car certaines communaut\u00e9s peuvent ne pas aimer l'id\u00e9e de l'extraction des ressources, qu'on parle des Premi\u00e8res Nations ou autres. Cependant, nous ne pouvons pas laisser une poign\u00e9e de personnes prendre des d\u00e9cisions au nom des autres dans ces r\u00e9gions rurales et \u00e9loign\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5371309\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis pr\u00eat \u00e0 r\u00e9pondre aux questions et \u00e0 poursuivre le d\u00e9bat \u00e0 la Chambre sur cette question.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/4/30/dan-albas-2/",
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    "source_id": "10090512",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Oil Tanker Moratorium Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur le moratoire relatif aux p\u00e9troliers"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/4/30/",
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