Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2023-10-26 12:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Jennifer O'Connell",
        "fr": "Mme Jennifer O'Connell"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7974303\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it seems I have hit a very specific nerve with the Conservative Party. It seems I am alluding to exactly what they are afraid of, which is that they are not serious when it comes to matters of national security. They are reckless when it comes to producing meaningful legislation that would actually keep Canadians safe.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7974304\" data-originallang=\"en\">They have just allowed Canadians to see very clearly their lack of seriousness when it comes to matters of national security. What I find even more interesting is the fact that they have chosen this topic; I had been looking forward to the day when we could discuss our plan for infrastructure rather than the Conservatives' reckless history.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7974305\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Conservatives have chosen to abandon principles that would ensure our national security legislation continues to be modernized. However, the fact that they then chose the topic of infrastructure tells me that whoever was in charge of this scheme here today did not actually do their homework. They are about to be quite embarrassed for however long this debate continues.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7974306\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let us start talking about infrastructure and the Canada Infrastructure Bank, which is what the Conservatives felt was going to be a winning issue for them. Let us talk about Conservative math for a second.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7974307\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Conservatives have talked here today. I have listened to them refer to things such as slush funds. Meanwhile, the Conservative infrastructure plan previously included gazebos, fake lakes and photo ops with fighter jets. Despite that, let us actually talk about the Conservative record on building infrastructure. The Conservatives had what they called P3 Canada, which was their infrastructure program. In 10 years, they had 25 projects which only totalled a $1.3-billion investment.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7974308\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let us compare that\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7974303\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je crois bien avoir mis le doigt sur un point sensible pour le Parti conservateur. Il semble que je fais allusion \u00e0 exactement ce dont ils ont peur, \u00e0 savoir qu\u2019ils ne sont pas s\u00e9rieux lorsqu\u2019il s\u2019agit de questions de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale. Ils sont imprudents lorsqu\u2019il s\u2019agit de produire une loi importante qui assurerait r\u00e9ellement la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7974304\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ils viennent de permettre aux Canadiens de constater tr\u00e8s bien leur manque de s\u00e9rieux sur le plan de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale. Ce que je trouve encore plus int\u00e9ressant, c\u2019est le fait qu\u2019ils aient choisi ce sujet; j\u2019attendais avec impatience le jour o\u00f9 nous pourrions discuter de notre plan pour l\u2019infrastructure plut\u00f4t que de l\u2019historique d'insouciance des conservateurs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7974305\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les conservateurs ont choisi d\u2019abandonner les principes qui garantiraient la modernisation de notre l\u00e9gislation en mati\u00e8re de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale. Cependant, le fait qu\u2019ils aient ensuite choisi le th\u00e8me de l\u2019infrastructure me montre que les responsables de cette manigance n\u2019ont pas vraiment fait leurs devoirs. Ils sont sur le point d\u2019\u00eatre tr\u00e8s embarrass\u00e9s pendant toute la dur\u00e9e de ce d\u00e9bat.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7974306\" data-originallang=\"en\">Commen\u00e7ons par parler d\u2019infrastructure et de la Banque de l\u2019infrastructure du Canada, ce que les conservateurs pensaient \u00eatre un sujet gagnant pour eux. Parlons un peu des calculs des conservateurs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7974307\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les conservateurs ont prononc\u00e9 des discours dans cette enceinte aujourd\u2019hui. Je les ai entendus parler de choses telles que les caisses noires. Pourtant, le plan d\u2019infrastructure des conservateurs pr\u00e9voyait des kiosques, de faux lacs et des s\u00e9ances de photos avec des avions de chasse. Malgr\u00e9 cela, parlons du bilan des conservateurs en mati\u00e8re de construction d\u2019infrastructures. Les conservateurs avaient ce qu\u2019ils appelaient PPP Canada, leur programme d\u2019infrastructure. En 10 ans, ils ont r\u00e9alis\u00e9 25 projets qui n\u2019ont repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 qu\u2019un investissement total de 1,3 milliard de dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7974308\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comparons cela...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/10/26/jennifer-oconnell-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jennifer-oconnell/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4356/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12395362",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Committees of the House",
        "fr": "Les comit\u00e9s de la Chambre"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Transport, Infrastructure and Communities",
        "fr": "Transports, infrastructure et collectivit\u00e9s"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/10/26/",
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    }
}