This is a single speech (house debate) resource from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.

Content

Get this resource as raw JSON.

See the corresponding webpage.

{
    "time": "2018-09-18 16:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Tracey Ramsey (Essex, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Tracey Ramsey (Essex, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5524696\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I have a lot of respect for the member opposite, but I am very disappointed in her today to not even mention auto, to not talk about the vibrant auto community in Whitby or Oshawa. Unifor Local 222 president Colin James represents 21,000 members. I am talking about the harm to auto, the loss of jobs to auto, how many people will be out of work who will not be able to enjoy Whitby in the way that she described it because of the CPTPP.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5524697\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member spoke about the tech industry. I will read a quote from committee, which heard from Jim Balsillie, the former CEO of the Canadian company Research In Motion. He said, \u201cthere's nothing in TPP that is specifically advancing any Canadian companies.\u201d Canada would be a \u201ccolossal loser\u201d under the TPP.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5524698\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want to go back to auto. I hope the member has done the work on this, representing auto workers. I would like her to explain to the House the interpretation of the CPTPP rules of origin and the connection to auto jobs being threatened in her riding of Whitby. I will note that the automotive parts manufacturers are predicting 20,000 jobs lost across our supply chain in Ontario. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5524699\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would ask her to explain to the House her interpretation of the rules of origin and why she thinks the CPTPP is good for auto.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5524696\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, j'ai beaucoup de respect pour la d\u00e9put\u00e9e d'en face, mais je suis tr\u00e8s d\u00e9\u00e7ue de son discours aujourd'hui. Elle n'a m\u00eame pas fait allusion \u00e0 l'automobile. Elle n'a pas parl\u00e9 du dynamique secteur automobile \u00e0 Whitby ou \u00e0 Oshawa. Le pr\u00e9sident de la section locale 222 d'Unifor, Colin James, repr\u00e9sente 21 000 membres. Je parle des r\u00e9percussions sur l'automobile, des pertes d'emploi dans le secteur, des nombreuses personnes sans travail qui, \u00e0 cause du PTPGP, ne pourront pas profiter de Whitby comme elle l'a d\u00e9crit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5524697\" data-originallang=\"en\">La d\u00e9put\u00e9e a parl\u00e9 de l'industrie de la haute technologie. Je vais citer un t\u00e9moignage entendu au comit\u00e9, celui de Jim Balsillie, ancien PDG de l'entreprise canadienne Research In Motion. Il a dit que \u00ab rien dans le PTP ne contribue sp\u00e9cifiquement \u00e0 l'avancement des entreprises canadiennes \u00bb. Le Canada ne pourrait que \u00ab perdre lamentablement \u00bb aux termes du PTP.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5524698\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je reviens au secteur automobile. J'esp\u00e8re que la d\u00e9put\u00e9e a fait le travail n\u00e9cessaire pour repr\u00e9senter les travailleurs de l'automobile. J'aimerais qu'elle explique \u00e0 la Chambre quelle est son interpr\u00e9tation des r\u00e8gles d'origine du PTPGP et quel est le lien avec les emplois du secteur qui sont en p\u00e9ril dans sa circonscription, Whitby. Je souligne que les fabricants de pi\u00e8ces d'automobile pr\u00e9voient la perte de 20 000 emplois dans l'ensemble de la cha\u00eene d'approvisionnement en Ontario.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5524699\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je lui demanderais d'expliquer \u00e0 la Chambre comment elle interpr\u00e8te les r\u00e8gles d'origine et les raisons pour lesquelles elle croit que le PTPGP est bon pour le secteur de l'automobile.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/9/18/tracey-ramsey-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/tracey-ramsey/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4299/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10243902",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation Act",
        "fr": "L'Accord de partenariat transpacifique global et progressiste"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/9/18/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2018%2F9%2F18%2F"
    }
}