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{
"time": "2023-11-09 11:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Pierre-Boucher\u2014Les Patriotes\u2014Verch\u00e8res, BQ)",
"fr": "M. Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Pierre-Boucher\u2014Les Patriotes\u2014Verch\u00e8res, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8020413\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I found the member's speech very optimistic. He said that he sees foreign investment in Canada as a good thing. I agree with him. Everyone wants foreign investment. We are always happy when people want to invest money here. That means our country is an attractive place and there will be job creation and economic spinoffs and so on. I have nothing against that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8020414\" data-originallang=\"fr\">There is just one small problem. We need to know what the investment is. We need to be able to look at it, at least. From 2021 to 2022, only 2% of the 1,255 proposed investments were reviewed. I see that as a bit of a problem.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8020415\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I feel that, sometimes, these investments are serving interests that may not align with ours. We should at least have a way to review these proposals to determine whether they are in our interest or not. Does my colleague not feel his government is a bit too naively optimistic about this?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8020413\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, dans son discours, que j'ai trouv\u00e9 tr\u00e8s optimiste, mon coll\u00e8gue mentionnait qu'il trouvait tr\u00e8s positif qu'il y ait des investissements \u00e9trangers au Canada. Je suis d'accord avec lui; tout le monde veut des investissements \u00e9trangers. Nous sommes toujours contents quand des gens d\u00e9cident d'investir de l'argent chez nous. Cela veut dire que notre pays est un endroit attractif et que l'on va cr\u00e9er de l'emploi, des retomb\u00e9es \u00e9conomiques et tout cela. Je n'ai rien \u00e0 dire contre cela. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8020414\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Cependant, l\u00e0 o\u00f9 il y a un petit probl\u00e8me, c'est qu'il faudrait quand m\u00eame savoir quel est l'investissement. Il faut \u00eatre au moins capable de l'examiner. De 2021 \u00e0 2022, sur 1 255 projets d'investissements, c'est moins de 2 % d'entre eux qui ont fait l'objet d'un examen. Je trouve qu'il y a quand m\u00eame un petit probl\u00e8me.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8020415\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il me semble que, parfois, les int\u00e9r\u00eats derri\u00e8re ces investissements ne sont pas n\u00e9cessairement les n\u00f4tres. Il faudrait au moins avoir les moyens d'examiner les projets pour savoir s'ils sont dans notre int\u00e9r\u00eat ou non. Mon coll\u00e8gue ne trouve-t-il pas que son gouvernement est un peu trop jovialiste en la mati\u00e8re?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/11/9/xavier-barsalou-duval-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/xavier-barsalou-duval/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4369/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12435830",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act",
"fr": "Loi sur la modernisation de l'examen des investissements relativement \u00e0 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2023/11/9/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F11%2F9%2F"
}
}