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{
"time": "2019-06-12 16:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Catherine McKenna",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Catherine McKenna"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5986558\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am trying to understand the question in relation to the most important changes we are making to environmental assessments in a decade. I like riding my bike, if that is what the member of Parliament would like to hear.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5986559\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, I will talk to the people in his riding because this is such an important piece of legislation. I agree that we need to get our resources to market. That is critically important. We have a $500-billion opportunity to develop our natural resources. The only way one will be able to develop one's resources in the 21st century is to do it in a way that has the trust of the public. One has to engage and consult in accordance with our constitutional obligations with indigenous peoples, make sure to look at the environmental and economic impacts, and of course have a system that ensures good projects can go ahead in a timely way. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5986560\" data-originallang=\"en\">That is exactly what we have done with the bill. We think it is a very good bill for the residents of his riding and residents across Canada.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5986558\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j\u2019essaie de comprendre le lien entre la question et les principaux changements apport\u00e9s au processus d\u2019\u00e9valuation environnementale depuis une d\u00e9cennie. J\u2019aime circuler \u00e0 v\u00e9lo, si c\u2019est ce que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 souhaite entendre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5986559\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vais toutefois m\u2019adresser aux r\u00e9sidants de sa circonscription, car il s\u2019agit d\u2019un projet de loi d\u2019une importance capitale. Je conviens que nous devons acheminer nos ressources vers les march\u00e9s. C\u2019est extr\u00eamement important. Nous avons la possibilit\u00e9 d'investir 500 milliards de dollars dans le secteur des ressources naturelles. La seule fa\u00e7on d\u2019exploiter nos ressources naturelles aux XXI<sup>e </sup>si\u00e8cle, c\u2019est de le faire d\u2019une mani\u00e8re qui a la confiance du public. Nous devons nous engager \u00e0 consulter, conform\u00e9ment \u00e0 nos obligations constitutionnelles envers les peuples autochtones, nous devons nous assurer que les r\u00e9percussions environnementales et \u00e9conomiques seront prises en compte et, bien s\u00fbr, nous devons mettre en place un syst\u00e8me qui facilite la mise en \u0153uvre de bons projets rapidement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5986560\" data-originallang=\"en\">C\u2019est exactement ce que pr\u00e9voit ce projet de loi. Nous pensons que c\u2019est un tr\u00e8s bon projet de loi pour les r\u00e9sidants de sa circonscription et de l\u2019ensemble du Canada.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2019/6/12/catherine-mckenna-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/catherine-mckenna/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4386/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10702980",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Impact Assessment Act",
"fr": "Loi sur l'\u00e9valuation d'impact"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2019/6/12/",
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}
}