Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2020-11-20 11:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Eric Duncan (Stormont\u2014Dundas\u2014South Glengarry, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Eric Duncan (Stormont\u2014Dundas\u2014South Glengarry, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6359217\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, for generations, Canadians have been proud to visit and showcase Parliament Hill, with our House of Commons, the Peace Tower and the Centennial Flame. However, with the ongoing work taking place here to renovate these historical assets, Canadians are becoming increasingly concerned with their cost in an accountability process that continues to spiral out of control.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6359218\" data-originallang=\"en\">This week, it was reported that another $153 million was added to the now $4.4-billion project, an amount growing with every update. It is now at least four times the size of the original estimates. It is very clear that the governance and oversight in this project are a mess. To use the old saying, there are too many cooks in the kitchen.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6359219\" data-originallang=\"en\">I love Parliament Hill and I am honoured to serve here, but it is projects like this that make the federal government look incapable of managing our tax dollars properly. I implore this chamber and the minister to intervene immediately, come up with a proper governance and oversight plan, and get this project back to a reasonable budget.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6359217\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, depuis des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations, les Canadiens sont fiers de visiter et de mettre en valeur la Colline du Parlement, o\u00f9 se trouve la Chambre des communes, la tour de la Paix et la flamme du centenaire. Cependant, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 les travaux en cours pour r\u00e9nover ces infrastructures patrimoniales, les Canadiens sont de plus en plus pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s par le co\u00fbt des travaux dans le cadre d'un processus de reddition de comptes qui continue \u00e0 \u00e9chapper \u00e0 tout contr\u00f4le.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6359218\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cette semaine, on a appris qu'un montant suppl\u00e9mentaire de 153 millions de dollars a \u00e9t\u00e9 ajout\u00e9 au co\u00fbt du projet, qui s'\u00e9l\u00e8ve maintenant \u00e0 4,4 milliards de dollars et qui ne cesse d'augmenter \u00e0 chaque mise \u00e0 jour. Il est maintenant au moins quatre fois plus \u00e9lev\u00e9 que les estimations initiales. Il est tr\u00e8s clair que la gouvernance et la supervision de ce projet sont un fiasco. Pour reprendre le vieil adage, il y a trop de chefs dans la cuisine.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6359219\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aime la Colline du Parlement et c'est pour moi un honneur de servir \u00e0 la Chambre, mais ce sont des projets comme celui-ci qui donnent l'impression que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral est incapable de g\u00e9rer correctement l'argent des contribuables. J'implore les d\u00e9put\u00e9s et la ministre d'intervenir imm\u00e9diatement, de proposer un plan de gouvernance et de supervision appropri\u00e9 et de r\u00e9tablir un budget raisonnable pour le projet.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2020/11/20/eric-duncan-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/eric-duncan/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4550/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11021492",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements by Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Renovations on Parliament Hill",
        "fr": "Les r\u00e9novations sur la Colline du Parlement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2020/11/20/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F11%2F20%2F"
    }
}