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{
    "time": "2023-02-06 12:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Ryan Williams",
        "fr": "M. Ryan Williams"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7557192\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, certainly we want Canada to lead the world not only in battery production but also in battery manufacturing. The problem with Canada, over so many years, is that Canada has become a branch-plant factory. We bring multinational corporations in, and this provides jobs. However, we are certainly not helping Canadian companies develop critical minerals and then manufacture those minerals in Canada. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7557193\" data-originallang=\"en\">As I mentioned, Canada has one lithium mine, and it is owned by China. Canada is certainly working on having Volkswagen and other great companies come in here to manufacture, but where are the Canadian companies? How are we helping Canadian companies grow?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7557194\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The result is that we want GDP per capita, which means paycheques for Canadians, to go up. That means growing Canadian companies, investing in Canadian critical minerals and ensuring that Canada benefits, not solely the rest of the world. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7557192\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, nous voulons certainement que le Canada soit un chef de file mondial non seulement dans la production de batteries, mais aussi dans leur fabrication. Le probl\u00e8me du Canada est que depuis de nombreuses ann\u00e9es il est devenu une usine \u00e0 succursales. Nous faisons venir des multinationales, ce qui cr\u00e9e des emplois. Cependant, nous n'aidons pas les entreprises canadiennes \u00e0 extraire des min\u00e9raux essentiels pour ensuite fabriquer les batteries au Canada. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7557193\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme je l'ai mentionn\u00e9, le Canada a une seule mine de lithium, et elle appartient \u00e0 la Chine. Le Canada travaille pour que Volkswagen et d'autres grandes entreprises viennent fabriquer des batteries ici, mais o\u00f9 sont les entreprises canadiennes? Comment aidons-nous les entreprises canadiennes \u00e0 cro\u00eetre? </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7557194\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Nous voulons que le PIB par habitant, c'est-\u00e0-dire le ch\u00e8que de paie des Canadiens, augmente. Cette augmentation signifie qu'il faut faire cro\u00eetre les entreprises canadiennes, investir dans les min\u00e9raux essentiels canadiens et s'assurer que le Canada, et pas seulement le reste du monde, en profite. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/2/6/ryan-williams-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ryan-williams/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4614/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12032112",
    "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/2023/2/6/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F2%2F6%2F"
    }
}