Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2021-04-23 11:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena\u2014Bulkley Valley, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena\u2014Bulkley Valley, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6644519\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, in northwest B.C. the railroad tracks run through so many of our communities. Day and night, trains over a kilometre long rumble through residential areas carrying dangerous goods such as diesel, propane and methanol. If proposed terminal projects go ahead, the volume of dangerous goods will increase even further.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6644520\" data-originallang=\"en\">While these trains are integral to our economy, the increase has communities concerned. They see derailments occurring and worry about the risk of a major incident, like the one in Lac-M\u00e9gantic. They wonder about response times and evacuation plans. Most of all, they wonder if federal regulations are doing enough to ensure that a major incident never occurs in the first place. Recent reports from the environment commissioner and the Auditor General have shown their concerns are legitimate.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6644521\" data-originallang=\"en\">People who live in northwest B.C., including those who work on the trains, deserve a federal government that is doing everything in its power to protect communities, workers and our environment. We will not be silent until that basic responsibility is fulfilled.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6644519\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, dans le Nord-Ouest de la Colombie-Britannique, les voies ferr\u00e9es traversent un grand nombre de nos communaut\u00e9s. Jour et nuit, des trains de plus d'un kilom\u00e8tre de long traversent des zones r\u00e9sidentielles avec leur cargaison de marchandises dangereuses comme le di\u00e9sel, le propane et le m\u00e9thanol. Si les projets de terminaux propos\u00e9s re\u00e7oivent le feu vert, le volume de marchandises dangereuses augmentera encore plus.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6644520\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bien que ces trains fassent partie int\u00e9grante de notre \u00e9conomie, cette hausse inqui\u00e8te les collectivit\u00e9s. Elles voient des d\u00e9raillements se produire et s'inqui\u00e8tent du risque d'un incident majeur, comme celui qui est survenu \u00e0 Lac-M\u00e9gantic. Elles s'interrogent sur les d\u00e9lais d'intervention et les plans d'\u00e9vacuation. Surtout, elles craignent que la r\u00e9glementation f\u00e9d\u00e9rale ne suffise pas \u00e0 pr\u00e9venir un incident majeur. Selon de r\u00e9cents rapports du commissaire \u00e0 l'environnement et de la v\u00e9rificatrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, elles ont raison d'\u00eatre inqui\u00e8tes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6644521\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les gens qui vivent dans le Nord-Ouest de la Colombie-Britannique, y compris ceux qui travaillent \u00e0 bord des trains, m\u00e9ritent un gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral qui fait tout en son pouvoir pour prot\u00e9ger les collectivit\u00e9s, les travailleurs et l'environnement. Nous ne resterons pas silencieux, pas tant que le gouvernement se soustrait \u00e0 cette responsabilit\u00e9 fondamentale.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2021/4/23/taylor-bachrach-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/taylor-bachrach/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4561/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11257824",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements by Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Rail Safety",
        "fr": "La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 ferroviaire"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2021/4/23/",
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    }
}