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{
    "time": "2020-01-31 11:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'\u00cele, BQ)",
        "fr": "M. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'\u00cele, BQ)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6033655\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I first want to thank the citizens of La Pointe-de-l'\u00cele for again placing their trust in me.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6033656\" data-originallang=\"fr\">La Pointe-de-l'\u00cele has exceptional potential for economic development. The last available large sites for major projects are on the Island of Montreal. However, most of this land must be decontaminated, and there is no infrastructure in place.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6033657\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Quebec and the City of Montreal are committed to making massive investments to deal with this and to put in place transit infrastructure. We know that Quebec did not receive its share of infrastructure funding during the government's last term. It received $97 per capita, while the Canadian average per capita was $703, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6033658\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois is asking Ottawa to match the funding invested by Quebec and the municipality in these projects, which are crucial for the east end of Montreal. I hope that we will have the support of the government and opposition parties.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6033655\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je tiens d'abord \u00e0 remercier les citoyennes et les citoyens de La Pointe-de-l'\u00cele qui m'ont de nouveau accord\u00e9 leur confiance. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6033656\" data-originallang=\"fr\">La Pointe-de-l'\u00cele a un extraordinaire potentiel de d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique. On y retrouve les derniers grands espaces disponibles pour des projets majeurs sur l'\u00eele de Montr\u00e9al. Cependant, une grande partie de ces terrains doivent \u00eatre d\u00e9contamin\u00e9s et ne sont pas desservis sur le plan des infrastructures.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6033657\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le Qu\u00e9bec et la Ville de Montr\u00e9al se sont engag\u00e9s \u00e0 faire des investissements massifs \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard et \u00e0 \u00e9tablir un mode de transport collectif structurant. On sait que le Qu\u00e9bec n'a pas re\u00e7u sa part d'investissements en infrastructure dans le dernier mandat: 97 $ par personne, alors que la moyenne canadienne est de 703 $, selon le directeur parlementaire du budget.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6033658\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois demande qu'Ottawa investisse autant que le provincial et le municipal dans ces projets cruciaux pour l'Est de Montr\u00e9al, et j'esp\u00e8re que nous allons avoir la collaboration du gouvernement et des partis de l'opposition.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2020/1/31/mario-beaulieu-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/mario-beaulieu/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4426/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10742289",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "La Pointe-de-l'\u00cele",
        "fr": "La Pointe-de-l'\u00cele"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2020/1/31/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F1%2F31%2F"
    }
}