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{
"time": "2019-02-08 12:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Kevin Lamoureux (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5769423\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, we have heard a great deal this morning. Trade is perceived as a positive thing overall. Canada is a trading nation. Over the last three years, we have had a government that recognizes the true value of expanding trade, which really helps Canada's middle class. The healthier the economy is, the healthier our middle class will be. There is no doubt that trade plays a very critical role in terms of Canada's future. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5769424\" data-originallang=\"en\">Would the member across the way not at the very least acknowledge that the way in which Canada can enhance and secure markets in the future is by having these formal trade agreements? To a certain degree there is always room for improvement. However, gaining that access is so critical, and that is something the government has strived to do over the last three years.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5769423\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous avons entendu beaucoup de choses ce matin. Le commerce international est per\u00e7u comme une chose positive dans l'ensemble. Le Canada est un pays commer\u00e7ant. Au cours des trois derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, nous avons eu un gouvernement qui reconna\u00eet la valeur de l'accroissement des \u00e9changes commerciaux, ce qui aide vraiment la classe moyenne du Canada. Plus l'\u00e9conomie se porte bien, plus la classe moyenne se porte bien. Il ne fait aucun doute que le commerce international joue un r\u00f4le d\u00e9terminant pour l'avenir du Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5769424\" data-originallang=\"en\">La d\u00e9put\u00e9e d'en face ne pourrait-elle pas, \u00e0 tout le moins, reconna\u00eetre que le moyen pour le Canada d'am\u00e9liorer et d'accro\u00eetre les d\u00e9bouch\u00e9s est de conclure des accords commerciaux officiels? Dans une certaine mesure, il est toujours possible de faire mieux. Toutefois, obtenir l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 de nouveaux march\u00e9s est crucial, et c'est ce que le gouvernement s'efforce de faire depuis trois ans.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2019/2/8/kevin-lamoureux-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-lamoureux/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4032/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10484822",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act",
"fr": "L\u2019Accord de libre-\u00e9change Canada-Isra\u00ebl"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2019/2/8/",
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}
}