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{
    "time": "2020-06-17 17:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. M\u00e9lanie Joly",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. M\u00e9lanie Joly"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6205433\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, we have invested $71 million in our CFDCs in Quebec. When we include the Community Futures Network outside of Quebec, we have invested $267 million.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6205434\" data-originallang=\"fr\">These are good investments because entrepreneurs in the regions often have difficulty accessing a bank or financial institution. Sometimes, the bank or credit union branch may be hundreds of kilometres from where the business is located. That is why we wanted to find a way to reach them. The CFDCs have a strong presence in the field.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6205435\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I had the opportunity to speak with H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Deslauriers, the executive director of the Quebec CFDC network, and all board members of network last Friday. We can be proud of their efforts. They are changing the lives of entrepreneurs and our rural areas every day, especially in these times.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6205433\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous avons investi 71 millions de dollars dans nos SADC au Qu\u00e9bec. Au total, avec le R\u00e9seau de d\u00e9veloppement des collectivit\u00e9s, l'\u00e9quivalent des SADC \u00e0 l'ext\u00e9rieur du Qu\u00e9bec, nous avons investi 267 millions de dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6205434\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ce sont de bons investissements, parce que, souvent, les entrepreneurs dans les r\u00e9gions n'ont pas facilement acc\u00e8s \u00e0 une banque ou \u00e0 une institution financi\u00e8re. Parfois, la succursale de la banque ou de la caisse populaire peut \u00eatre \u00e0 des centaines de kilom\u00e8tres de l'endroit o\u00f9 se situe l'entreprise. C'est la raison pour laquelle nous voulions trouver une fa\u00e7on de les rejoindre. Les SADC sont extr\u00eamement pr\u00e9sentes sur le terrain.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6205435\" data-originallang=\"fr\">D'ailleurs, j'ai eu l'occasion de parler avec H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Deslauriers, la directrice des SADC au Qu\u00e9bec, et tous les pr\u00e9sidents-directeurs g\u00e9n\u00e9raux des SADC au Qu\u00e9bec, vendredi dernier. Nous pouvons \u00eatre fiers de leur travail. Ils changent la vie des entrepreneurs et de nos milieux ruraux tous les jours, particuli\u00e8rement ces jours-ci.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2020/6/17/melanie-joly-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/melanie-joly/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4365/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10890109",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Supplementary Estimates (A), 2020-21",
        "fr": "Le budget suppl\u00e9mentaire des d\u00e9penses (A) 2020-2021"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2020/6/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F6%2F17%2F"
    }
}