Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2019-06-14 11:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Robert Aubin (Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Robert Aubin (Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5993096\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, a few days from now, I will have completed my second term as a member of Parliament thanks to the support of the people of Trois-Rivi\u00e8res.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5993097\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Naturally, I want to thank them, but I also want to take this opportunity to explain why the work of an opposition MP matters. No, we are never photographed holding oversized cheques, but without my entire team's tireless work combined with the active engagement of individuals and various regional economic players, we would not have obtained $30 million to support pyrrhotite victims or resurrected the concrete quality study to help grey zone victims recover. We would not be awaiting a high-frequency train announcement that I expect will happen soon. We would not have seen an overhaul of compensation for victims of thalidomide, federal investments in Trois-Rivi\u00e8res that would make a Liberal backbencher go red, enhanced international visibility for Trois-Rivi\u00e8res because of the Francophonie, and so many more things that I do not have enough time to list.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5993098\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I was given a mandate to hold the government accountable, to serve Trois-Rivi\u00e8res and to put forward alternatives to the measures proposed by a majority government elected by a minority of voters.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5993099\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mission accomplished, I say, and until next time, if that is what the people want.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5993096\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, dans quelques jours, je terminerai mon deuxi\u00e8me mandat \u00e0 la Chambre, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l\u2019appui que m\u2019ont t\u00e9moign\u00e9 les Trifluviens. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5993097\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Bien s\u00fbr, je veux les remercier, mais je veux \u00e9galement profiter de l\u2019occasion pour faire la d\u00e9monstration de la pertinence du travail d\u2019un d\u00e9put\u00e9 de l\u2019opposition. Si nous ne sommes jamais photographi\u00e9s avec de gros ch\u00e8ques, il n\u2019en demeure pas moins que, sans le travail acharn\u00e9 de toute mon \u00e9quipe, jumel\u00e9 \u00e0 la mobilisation des citoyens et des diff\u00e9rents acteurs \u00e9conomiques de la r\u00e9gion, nous n\u2019aurions pas obtenu les 30 millions de dollars en guise de soutien aux victimes de la pyrrhotite, la remise en route de l\u2019\u00e9tude sur la qualit\u00e9 du b\u00e9ton qui devrait permettre aux victimes de la zone grise d\u2019en sortir, le TGF dont je parie l\u2019annonce imminente, la r\u00e9vision de l\u2019indemnisation des victimes de la thalidomide, des investissements f\u00e9d\u00e9raux \u00e0 Trois-Rivi\u00e8res qui feraient rougir un d\u00e9put\u00e9 d\u2019arri\u00e8re-ban lib\u00e9ral, une visibilit\u00e9 pour Trois-Rivi\u00e8res \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle internationale gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la Francophonie, et j\u2019en passe parce que je manque de temps.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5993098\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le mandat qui m\u2019avait \u00e9t\u00e9 confi\u00e9 \u00e9tait de rendre responsable le gouvernement, de servir Trois-Rivi\u00e8res et de proposer d\u2019autres avenues que celles pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es par un gouvernement majoritaire \u00e9lu par une minorit\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9lecteurs. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5993099\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je peux dire mission accomplie, et \u00e0 la prochaine, si tel est le d\u00e9sir des citoyens.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2019/6/14/robert-aubin-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/robert-aubin/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4034/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10710967",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Trois-Rivi\u00e8res",
        "fr": "Trois-Rivi\u00e8res"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2019/6/14/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2019%2F6%2F14%2F"
    }
}